The government launched a new community programme yesterday aiming to enable residents to gain “easy” access to its “health resources”, with the objective of encouraging more residents to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The programme is jointly carried out by the Health Bureau (SSM), the Sports Bureau (ID), and the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), with the aim of leveraging the synergy effect created by the three public entities’ respective services provided to residents.
Specifically, the programme launched yesterday is the government’s first-ever initiative to integrate three elements of “health information, scientific exercise, and cultural nourishment”, provided by the three bureaus respectively, into a single community setting.
A launch ceremony of the programme was held at the sitting-out area outside the Lok Yeung Fa Yuen residential estate in Fai Chi Kei yesterday.
The ceremony was officiated by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam, Huang Huagai, deputy secretary-general of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, SSM Director Alvis Lo Iek Long, IC President Deland Leong Wai Man, and ID Acting President See Lei Si Leng.
Huang also heads the Liaison Office’s Social Work Department.
The ceremony was also attended by about 100 other officials as well as representatives from various segments of civil society.
The new programme launched yesterday is the operation of “Health Fuel Stations” set up at eight locations across the city, including the Lok Yeung Fa Yuen sitting-out area.
The eight stations are now operated between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., and between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays.
At each of the eight stations, the three bureaus will respectively deploy their staff there, with the Health Bureau to provide residents with free blood pressure tests, health information and assessments, while the Cultural Affairs Bureau will provide residents with guidance and information on cultural activities, and the Sports Bureau will provide personalised scientific exercise guidance.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam (centre) is briefed yesterday about the operation of a Health Fuel Station at the Lok Yeung Fa Yuen sitting-out area, where a health worker was taking a resident’s blood pressure while another resident was working on a Chinese ink wash painting. – Photo: Tony Wong
