Initiated by Prof Roger Yat-nork CHUNG, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care is organizing four-lecture series on life and death education. Covering "silent teachers" body donation programme, enduring powers of attorney, advance care planning and funerals, the four public seminars bring us thoughts and understanding on options towards life and death.
First public siminar: Life and Death Education from the “Silent Teachers”
Register here: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=1039880
Date：15th May, 2021 (Sat)
Time：3:00-4:30pm
Venue：Lecture Theatre 1B, Level 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 12 Chak Cheung Street, Shatin, N.T.
Speaker：Mr Pasu Ng
Moderator：Prof Roger Chung
We are honoured to have Mr Pasu Ng, the champion behind the CUHK "Silent Teacher" Body Donation Programme and dissecting laboratory manager of the Faculty of Medicine, to be our speaker in the first public seminar of the four-lecture series on life and death education, organized by the School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK. A veteran embalmer and restorative artist, Pasu will share with us the concepts and values behind body donation, as well as reviewing and projecting the development of and the humanitarian concern behind "remains processing."
Second public seminar: Estate Management, Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney
Register here: https://bit.ly/3vWdIHr
Date：29/5/2021 (Sat)
Time：3:00-4:30pm
Venue：Room 302, Chong Fat Commercial Building, 266-268 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po (Sham Shui Po MTR Exit D1, opposite to Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices)
Speaker：Mr Cheung Pok Man Boris
Moderator：Prof Roger Chung, Mr Pasu Ng
We are honored to have Mr Cheung Pok Man Boris to be our speaker in the second public seminar of the four-lecture series on life and death education organized by the School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK. A solicitor, Boris will share with us the theoretical and practical issues of estate management, wills, and enduring powers of attorney. Since death is an inevitable stage of life, how should we plan ahead to better prepare for ourselves and our relatives and friends? How to ensure that our family members can use our assets to pay for the living, medical and hospital expenses in a timely and uncomplicated fashion? We will learn about all these in this seminar.
Mr Cheung Pok Man Boris's legal practice includes dealing with civil and commercial disputes -- they include but are not limited to representing private clients in handling estate disputes, drafting various contracts, wills, and enduring powers of attorney, and handling family matters such as asset allocation and asset transfer. Mr Cheung also actively participates in social services in his spare time. He was the Gold Award winner of The Law Society of Hong Kong Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme in 2019 and 2020.
Third public siminar: Advance Directive and Advance Care Planning
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Date：12/6/2021(Sat)
Time：3:00-4:30pm
Venue：Lecture Theatre 1A, Level 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 12 Chak Cheung Street, Shatin, N.T.
Speaker：Prof Helen Chan
Moderator：Prof Roger Chung
現今醫療科技發達，很多疾病均可治癒或受控制。當疾病到了末期，醫療科技有時只能提供維持生命治療，但延長死亡過程對病人可能沒有意義，甚至增加痛楚。面對這情況，病人、家屬和醫護人員可以商討是否中止對生活質素沒有幫助的維持生命治療，讓病人安詳離世。第三講邀請到香港中文大學醫學院那打素護理學院副教授陳裕麗博士與大家分享『預設醫療指示』 (Advance Directive)和『設臨終照顧計劃』（Advance Care Planning）的概念與應用，這兩種健康護理選擇不但可以免卻家屬決定病者死時所受到的困難和壓力，減少作出決定後感到矛盾和內疚的機會，亦體現對病者生命和意願的尊重。
Fourth public seminar: After-death care and funeral services
Register here: https://bit.ly/3f8DlOK
Date：26/6/2021 (Sat)
Time：3:00-4:30pm
Venue：「一切從簡」社會企業 九龍深水埗長沙灣道266-268號昌發商業大廈302室(深水埗D1站長沙灣政府合署對面)
Speaker：Mr Pasu Ng
Moderator：Prof Roger Chung
最後一講邀請到中大「無言老師」遺體捐贈計劃的推手兼醫學院解剖室經理，資深遺體防腐師及遺體修復師的伍桂麟先生與大家身後事與殯儀的事宜，透過介紹不同種類殯儀的形式和服務，增加大衆對善終服務的知識。