| The 6th FHS ¡§Best Buddies Hong Kong¡¨ Movement Electric Cooking Competition cum Talent Show |
The emphasis on teamwork apart from the colour, smell and taste of the dishes was what made this ¡§Best Buddies Hong Kong¡¨ Movement Electric Cooking Competition stand out from the rest of its kind. In these six years of competition, we were impressed by the close cooperation between the participants and their team members with intellectual disabilities, and how they appreciate and learn from each other, build up and maintain a lasting friendship. Not only did their creativity and collaboration result in gourmet dishes, their devotion to participate also brought increasing success to the event! We were also grateful to the CLP Power Hong Kong Limited for their continuous support to the competitions.
Having attracted more than 110 teams comprising a total of over 400 contestants with or without disabilities to take part, Fu Hong Society had the Heat of its 6th ¡§Best Buddies Hong Kong¡¨ Movement Electric Cooking Competition held on 27 and 28 March. The contestants were coming from different secondary schools, special schools, parent self-help groups, corporates, general public and Best Buddies from our Society and teaming up with our service users to participate in the competition. With our sincere invitation, several corporates formed around 10 teams to participate in the Competition. They had continued to be our volunteers after the Competition. The Final and Award Presentation Ceremony was held at Olympian City II on 24 April. We were grateful to have 6 Legislative Council members, including The Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP, The President of the Legislative Council; The Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP, The Hon Frederick Fung Kin-kee, SBS, JP, The Hon LEE Wing-tat, The Hon CHAN Hak-kan, The Hon IP Wai-ming, MH, members of the Legislative Council, together with Ms. CHAN Lai Chu, Senior Social Work Officer (Rehabilitation & Medical Social Services) 1, Social Welfare Department and Ms. Daisy CHAN, Public Affairs Director, CLP Power Hong Kong, to officiate at the ceremony. Seven of them also participated in the ¡§Star Cooking Performance¡¨ and made delicious dishes with persons with intellectual disabilities. We thanked for Mr Chow Chung, Mr Billy Yeung and Mr Bobby Shum, Committee Members of The Hong Kong Chefs Association, as well as Chef Ho Po Lung, Head Chef, Super Star Group served as our judges. Our heartfelt thanks to the unfailing support of the Police Volunteer Group in these six years together with the Citi Volunteers in these three years to help at the Heat and Final. The excellent talent shows by our service users had attracted many from the public to take part as audience and at the stall games, enhancing their understanding of persons with intellectual disabilities and promoting the spirit of social inclusion.
Winners of the 6th ¡§Best Buddies Hong Kong¡¨ Movement Electric Cooking Competition:
Gold Prize:
St. Paul s Convent School (Secondary Section) and FHS Supported Employment Services
Silver Prize:
Ju Ching Chu Secondary School (Kwai Chung) and FHS Kwai Hing Vocational Development Centre
The Most Creative Team:
Hong Kong Shue Yan University and FHS Chak On Adult Training Centre
The Most Cooperative Team:
H.K. & KLN. C.C.P.A. Ma Chung Sum Secondary School and Shatin Public School
Winners of Star Cooking Performance:
Gold Prize:
The Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP and Ms. Lin Li Sha, service user of FHS Cheung Sha Wan Adult Training Centre
The Most Cooperative Team:
The Hon LEE Wing-tat and Mr. Tam King Fai, service user of FHS Cheung Sha Wan Adult Training Centre
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| "Hiking for Health" - Hiking Competition |
"Hiking for Health" - The first Hiking Competition was held on 31st January 2010. This was a golden chance for the public and persons with psychiatric disabilities to join together so as to promote social inclusion.
Please surf the website below for details:
http://www.fuhong.org/events/2010/hiking/
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| Seminar on Autism Service cum Experience Sharing Session - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore |
The captioned seminar had held on 1 April 2009 by Fu Hong Society. The guest speakers shared their view and opinion about autism service. Our staffs also shared our observations in the exchange tours to China, Taiwan and Singapore.
Our Society has prepared the full report of the exchange tour for further information about autism service, please feel free to download in the following link.
Study Report China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore Study Tour (2009-04-01, Traditional Chinese version) |
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| The 5th FHS "Best Buddies Hong Kong" Movement Electric Cooking Competition Event Description |
Aim: To promote "Best Buddies Hong Kong" Movement, strengthening one-to-one friendship between persons with mental handicap and students / members of the community, as well as the spirit of social inclusion.
Content: At the "Best Buddies Hong Kong" Movement Electric Cooking Competition Final, 12 teams were strived for the championship. Besides, Legislative Council members partnered with people with mental handicap to participate in the inclusion cooking match, cooking. Moreover, there were various performances of our service users and volunteers to exhibit their talents.
Judges: Mr. Chow Chung, Ms. Maria Cordero, Chefs from the Hong Kong Chefs Association
Date/Time: 25 April 2009 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue: Central Atrium, G/F., Olympian City 2
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| Best Buddies Hong Kong - Special Olympics Summer Games Exchange Tour (Shanghai, CHINA) [1-5 Oct. 2007] |
With the support from the "Richard Charles & Esther Yewpick Lee Charitable Foundation", a total of 33 "Best Buddies Hong Kong" Movement members set off on 1st October, 2007 for a five-day trip to Shanghai, China attending the "Special Olympics Summer Games" held there. It was honour to have Mr. Hu Jintao, President of the P.R.C., and Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder and Honorary Chair, Special Olympics to officiate at the ceremony.
Download the Tour Sharing Book (Chinese edition) |
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