Through his personal foundation, Mr. Li Ka-shing has donated HK$8 million to The Chinese University of Hong Kong to establish an ophthalmology research and training fund. This contribution will go towards funding ophthalmology research and training at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual... Read More
Sponsored by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, the Joint Influenza Research Centre, a collaboration between Shantou University Medical College and the University of Hong Kong, has reported that it is possible for the duck influenza strain to leap directly to humans. The results of the JIRC research... Read More
The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Shantou University Joint Shantou International Eye Centre Eye Bank (Shantou Eye Bank) has become the first eye bank in mainland China to send representatives to hospitals to promote the idea of voluntary corneal donations. Results have been encouraging during... Read More
The STU/CUHK Joint Shantou International Eye Centre (JSIEC) announced appointment of Prof. Dennis SC Lam as Director to replace the retiring Prof. Tang Huiming, founding Director of the institution. JSIEC was set up with RMB 70 million Yuan donation from the Li Ka-shing Foundation. As a world-renowned... Read More
Without dedicated medical professionals, our resources would not be fully utilized and their true value would be lost. Read More
First Retinal Vein Catheterization Operation Performed in China China’s first retinal vein catheterization operation has been successfully performed at the STU/CUHK Joint Shantou International Eye Center (JSIEC). The Eye Center, opened today, is a specialist eye hospital that integrates... Read More
A state-of-the-art cancer research centre was officially opened at the Cambridge University by Mr Li Ka-shing, Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd; and Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, on 18 May 2002. Named the Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, the project arises from a collaboration between... Read More
(Hong Kong, 14 April 2002) The Li Ka-shing Foundation has donated around HK$560,000 to sponsor the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) 7th Annual Genome Meeting 2002 (HGM2002) to be held in Shanghai, China on 14 – 17 April. For the first time the Meeting is held in China, providing a good opportunity... Read More
The Shanghai Charity Foundation has announced that it has received a donation of RMB 28.1 million from the Li Ka-shing Foundation and Hutchison Whampoa Limited to help build the Zhongren Nursing Home in Jinshan, Shanghai. The nursing home is expected to become operational in 2003. Covering an... Read More
When days cannot be added to life, it is important that we add life to days. Read More
In November 1998, the Li Ka-shing Foundation established China’s first hospice at the First Affiliated Hospital of the Shantou University Medical College. Responding to a need to serve cancer patients, the Foundation implemented a nation-wide hospice care programme with an annual donation of RMB... Read More