Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

With the major purpose of paying tribute to those who live up to our ideals and put into practice the universal moral values, as well as arousing students’ interest in English story writing, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals has organized the inter-school “Good People, Good Deeds”: English Story-Writing Competition which award presentation ceremony was held in the Hong Kong Institute of Education on 14 December in appreciation of students’ great work of English story writing.

In collaboration with the Education Bureau, the Faculty of Education of the Hong Kong University and the Hong Kong Institute of Education, the Competition is a part of the territory-wide campaign of “Hong Kong: Our Home”, which aimed at providing young writers with the opportunity to explore the world of writing, to stretch their imagination and most importantly, to advocate the caring for the vulnerable and to encourage serving the neediest. A total of 1,200 entries have been received from over 100 participating secondary and primary schools. Winners of the Senior, Middle and Junior levels, who were selected from around a thousand contestants, were invited to present their stories on stage during the ceremony.

Mrs Katherine Ma, the 4^th Vice-Chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals cum Chairman of the Education Committee of the Group, extended heartfelt gratitude to the participating students at her welcoming address for their efforts in writing stories on how a person could make a difference simply by taking time to show love, appreciation and kindness to people around them, so as to promote the core values that support a harmonious society.

List of winners:

Since its establishment in 1870, Tung Wah has been all along upholding its mission “To heal the sick and to relieve the distressed; to care for the elderly and to rehabilitate the disabled; to promote education and to nurture youngsters; and to raise the infants and to guide the children.” Nowadays, Tung Wah has become the largest charitable organization in Hong Kong. For over a hundred years, Tung Wah’s medical and health, education and community services have developed rapidly to fulfill the needs of the society and to provide high quality services at low rates. Today, Tung Wah operates over 264 services centres, including 5 hospitals and 27 health services and Chinese medicine services centres, 51 education services centres, 180 community services centres that cover elderly, youth and family, rehabilitation and traditional services, whilst the Tung Wah Museum strives to promote, restore and preserve the heritage and relics of Tung Wah.

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Group photo of Mrs Katherine Ma, the 4th Vice-Chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals cum Chairman of the Education Committee of the Group (middle row ,right 7) with Guest of Honour, Professor May CHENG May-hung,Associate Vice President (Academic Affairs),The Hong Kong Institute of Education ( middle row ,left 6) , guest and the winners at the Award Presentation Ceremony.

Mrs Katherine Ma, the 4th Vice-Chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals cum Chairman of the Education Committee of the Group(left) presented a souvenir to Professor May CHENG May-hung, Associate Vice President (Academic Affairs),The Hong Kong Institute of Education(right).

The Gold prize winner of Junior Level Cheng Yee King presented his story at the ceremony.

The Gold prize winner of Middle Level Chow Tiffany Ying Tung presented her story at the ceremony.

The Gold prize winner of Senior Level Tao Chi Yiu presented her story at the ceremony.

Cappella performance by TWGHs Lee Ching Dea Memorial College.