Love and Care for the Heart

Since 2010, Hong Kong has been ranked No. 1 worldwide for the longest lifespan of its residents. Experts suggested this was due to the city’s well-developed economy and quality healthcare services, which helped to raise average life expectancy to 85.4 years. The finding also indicates that the majority of elderly people often suffer from chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, it is imperative that we assist the elderly to maintain good heart health.

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Executive Director of Employees Retraining Board Gives Christian Action High Praise

Thirty years ago Hong Kong’s manufacturing sector was shuttering factory after factory and moving production elsewhere. Thousands of factory workers were being laid off with little prospect of finding replacement employment elsewhere. For them it was a real life nightmare of staggering proportions. This is when Christian Action first started using its decades of experience in running retraining programs for refugees from Vietnam, to help Hong Kong’s working class.

To celebrate 30 years of training services our Training Services Division (TSD) held a wonderful corporate lunch at the Royal Plaza Hotel some time ago. We were honoured to have with us Mr. Byron Ng, BBS, Executive Director of Employees Retraining Board (ERB) and Mr. Patrick Pang, Deputy Executive Director (Training Services). Their presence added a special touch to the celebration, as they were also at our 25th anniversary!

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Wondering How You Can Bless Others This Chinese New Year?

This year’s Chinese New Year falls on February 10th 2024. Let’s bless the disadvantaged in this festive season when we enjoy ourselves with the best food and family reunion. Christian Action is bringing back the Blessings Bag program and I would love you join in!

Last year, I shared the story of Hiu Ching, who attended our After-School Child Care and Interest Classes at our Mong Kok Center. Her family’s finances were so precarious that they couldn’t even afford traditional Chinese New Year delicacies like mushrooms and Chinese sausages. It was like a dark cloud had descended on them.

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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Superheroes wear spandex, a cape and are showered in adoration. But not Hong Kong’s Carers. The media is replete with stories of Carers whom make superhuman sacrifices on behalf of their charges, yet suffer from loneliness, isolation and depression.

What would become of Hong Kong’s elderly relatives or children with special learning needs were it not for Carers? We read of the many tragedies that befall Carers, when their caregiving duties become intolerable and they are unable to seek assistance, or when they’re unable to release the pent-up emotions within them.

Jesus Christ called on us to bear one another’s burdens - but who is helping Carers? After meeting with a many Carers and hearing story-after-story of heroic efforts and the crushing weight and loneliness that comes with their service, Christian Action developed a brand new programme that we call ‘Here to Connect’.

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Earthquake Hits China

A devastating, magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Northwestern China, near the mountainous Gansu - Qinghai border region at midnight on Monday December 18th. Roads and infrastructure worth millions of dollars were destroyed, together with over 100,000 rural mud-brick homes which collapsed; thousands of residents were injured and over 130 residents sadly lost their lives.

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