Hong Kong health authorities launched a month-long educational
and publicity program here Saturday to enhance public understanding
of traditional Chinese medicine.
Officiating at the launching ceremony of the "Promotion of
Traditional Chinese Medicine Program", Secretary for Food and
Health Dr. York Chow said the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR) government is committed to the development of
Chinese medicine in Hong Kong.
The campaign will last for more than one month from Nov. 24 to
Dec.31 during which more than 50 activities will be held to
rejuvenate the industry that has prospered in China for
centuries.
Highlights of the campaign include a symposium on global
development in Chinese medicine, China's mainland-Hong Kong
heart-to-heart carnival on Chinese medicines, visits to elderly
homes, free consultations by Chinese medicine practitioners as well
as seminars.
All the activities are non-profit-making and will be provided
free to the public or the Chinese medicine sector, according to the
Food and Health Department.
Vice-Minister of Health and Director-General of the State
Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dr. Wang Guoqiang
said the "Promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China" is a
nation-wide campaign that will last for three years.
The program in Hong Kong will enable the local community to gain
a better understanding of Chinese medicine and will be beneficial
to its development, he added.
(Xinhua News Agency November 26, 2007)