(Hong Kong, 28 March 2011) Between 2007 and 2010, through the “Heart of Gold” Hong Kong Hospice Service Programme, more than 1500 volunteers, 100 medical professionals, 8 hospice centers and the Li Ka Shing Foundation (“LKSF”) partnered to serve the complex needs of terminal-stage cancer patients... Read More
(Hong Kong, 11 December 2010) The 3rd Annual Palliative Care Symposium for Health Care Workers in Chinese Population jointly organized by the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Li Ka Shing Foundation “Heart of Gold” Hong Kong Hospice Service Program was held... Read More
The elite students of this great university, who become elite leaders, are not content to be moralizing spectators. They are explorers and discoverers searching for, and finding solutions to, the great challenges of our complex world. They know the higher order of the ennobled human spirit, and they... Read More
(Palo Alto, 29 September 2010) The Stanford University School of Medicine today begins a new era with the dedication of the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, expected to dramatically change the way in which physicians are trained. The five-story building with a diverse array of sophisticated... Read More
14 June 2010 Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine appear not to be compatible at first glance because of differences in basics and theories. However, the continued effort on integrating the two to treat selected diseases has yielded encouraging results in recent years. Lazy eye (or... Read More
13 May 2010 Sir Ka-shing Li, Chairman of Hong Kong’s Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited, is to donate ￡5 million to the University of Oxford to extend and strengthen the University’s global health research networks with Asia, and, in particular, China. The donation... Read More
April 23, 2010 Edmonton — The University of Alberta (U of A) will take a big step forward in its efforts to treat and cure virus-based diseases thanks to a C$28-million (HK$214 million) gift from the Li Ka-shing (Canada) Foundation and C$52.5 million (HK$403.1 million) in new related funding... Read More
About 100 health care professionals in palliative care from the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong attended the second Palliative Care Symposium for Health Care Workers in Chinese Population jointly organized by the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Li Ka-shing Foundation... Read More
(Beijing, 5 November 2009) The Ministry of Civil Affairs today announced a joint venture with the Li Ka-shing Foundation to launch the Paediatric Hernia Rehabilitation Programme in Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia to provide free operations for children suffering from hernia. The Foundation will commit... Read More
Nearly 100 health care professionals and volunteers in palliative care from the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong attended the first Palliative Care Symposium for Health Care Workers in Chinese Population jointly organized by the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and... Read More
(April 29, 2008 – Hong Kong) Stanford University’s vision to create a School of Medicine unparalleled in scope and innovation takes another step as construction begins on the US$90 million Li Ka-shing Center for Learning and Knowledge. The Center will be named after its major benefactor,... Read More
(Hong Kong, 29 January 2008) The visit to the new hospice centre at Queen Mary Hospital today by Mr Li Ka-shing, Chairman of the Li Ka-shing Foundation (LKSF), and Mr Anthony Wu, Chairman of the Hospital Authority (HA), marked the extension of the LKSF’s nationwide “Heart of Gold” Hospice... Read More