A paramedic is a registered healthcare professional who works autonomously across a range of health and care settings and may specialise in clinical practice,as well as in education,leadership,and research.
Peng Chau is a small island located off the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island,Hong Kong. It is known locally for its temples,fishing industry and seafood.
Cheung Chau is an island 10 kilometres southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is nicknamed the 'dumbbell island (啞鈴島)' due to its shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong,and had a population of 22,740 as of 2011. Administratively,it is part of the Islands District.
Haw Par Corporation Limited is a Singaporean company involved in healthcare,leisure products,property and investment. It is the company responsible for Tiger Balm branded liniment (ointment). Its brands also included Kwan Loong and it also owns and operates weekend and leisure time destinations such as oceanariums.
The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Food and Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is Henry Fan.
Caritas Medical Centre is a district general hospital in So Uk,Cheung Sha Wan,New Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is the major hospital in Sham Shui Po District and co-managed by the Hospital Authority and Caritas Hong Kong.
Aw Boon-Haw,OBE,was a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as founder of Tiger Balm. He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin,with his ancestral home in Yongding County,Fujian Province,China.
Tiger Balm Gardens are public gardens that existed or continue to exist in three East Asia locations. They are also known as Haw Par Villa gardens.
Haw Par Mansion,better known for its public gardens known as Tiger Balm Garden or Aw Boon Haw Garden,was a mansion and gardens located at 15,Tai Hang Road,Tai Hang,Wan Chai District,Hong Kong. The Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004. The Haw Par Mansion and its private garden have been preserved.
Hong Kong St. John Ambulance is a charitable organisation with a long history stretching back over a century and has been serving the community since 1884. Adhered to its motto,"For the Service of Mankind",the organisation is dedicated to providing first aid and ambulance services in emergency,dental care for the handicapped,and courses of instructions on first aid and home nursing for the general public.
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital,known as Eastern Hospital or Youde Hospital is a acute district general hospital in Chai Wan,Hong Kong.
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (AHNH) is an acute district general hospital managed under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. Established by the former London Missionary Society in 1887,it was the first teaching hospital in Hong Kong to train Cantonese locals in Western medical science. It moved to its current location in Tai Po in 1997.
Aw Boon Par was a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm.
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Ambulance Services in Hong Kong are provided by the Hong Kong Fire Services,in co-operation with two other voluntary organisations,the Auxiliary Medical Service and the Hong Kong St. John Ambulance.
Aw Chu Kin was a Burmese Chinese herbalist. He is best known as the original inventor of Tiger Balm.
Gabriel Matthew Leung is the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. From 2013 to 2022,he was the longest-serving Dean of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong,where he was also the inaugural Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health. Formerly,he was Hong Kong's first Under Secretary for Food and Health and fifth Director of the Office of the Chief Executive at the Government of Hong Kong.
The former Lai Chi Kok Hospital,located at No.800 Castle Peak Road,Lai Chi Kok,Kowloon,was listed as one of the Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong on 24 June 2010. The site has now been transformed into Jao Tsung-I Academy under batch 1 of the Hong Kong Government's revitalisation scheme.
Tin Shui Wai Hospital is a public hospital in Tin Shui Wai,Hong Kong. The 300-bed hospital is part of the New Territories West Cluster serving the population of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun districts,particularly those in the Tin Shui Wai New Town. It opened in 2017.
Aw family is the family member of Aw Chu Kin and his descendant. Aw Chu Kin started his business in Burma,which his two sons expanded it into a multi-national conglomerate that from Chinese medicines to newspaper,as well as bank,insurance and real estate. However,the family started to decline in the third generation,by the takeover of family-owned listed company Haw Par Brothers International in Singapore in 1971,which saw Sin Poh Amalgamated,Chung Khiaw Bank and Haw Par Brothers (Thailand) were spin-off from the listed company. Before the dismantle,the key position of the business empire was served by third-generation member and their spouse,which they were removed after the takeover. However,Sally Aw,granddaughter of Aw Chu Kin,remained as one of the influential media tycoon in Hong Kong in 1990s,until forced to sell her Sing Tao Holdings in 1999 due to financial difficulties.
