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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                                          Funded by 撥款資助

               We would like to thank Mr Tung Chee-hwa, Chairman of Our
               Hong Kong Foundation, for his encouragement and support.
               We would also like to express our gratitude to Mrs Eva Cheng,
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               President of Our Hong Kong Foundation, for her unwavering
               support which made this report possible.                  The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE
                                                                         Fund) aims to be a catalyst for promoting the development of social innovation
               Our Hong Kong Foundation would like to thank all stakeholders   in Hong Kong. It connects the different sectors of the community, including
               who have shared their valuable insights, expertise and pearls of   businesses, non-governmental organisations, academics, philanthropies,
               wisdom that contributed to this research.                 etc. to address poverty and social exclusion as well as foster the well-being
                                                                         and cohesion of the society through innovative solutions. Partly through the
                                                                         intermediaries, the Fund provides visionary individuals and organisations with
                                                                         resources in support of research, capacity building and the entire life cycle of
                                                                         innovative ventures, from supporting idea incubation, providing seed funding to
                                                                         implement prototype and start-up projects, to assisting their eventual scale-
                                                                         up. The ultimate goal is to foster the development of the social innovation
                                                                         ecosystem where social entrepreneurs can thrive and potential talents can
                                                                         be unleashed to develop innovative ideas, products and services that can
               In particular, we would like to thank the Gerontechnology
                                                                         effectively meet social needs.
               Platform, its collaborative partners, and its intermediary, the
               Hong Kong Council of Social Service, for providing us with key
               inputs and help in arranging meetings with various important
               gerontechnology stakeholders.                             Lead Advisor

                                                                         Dr Lam Ching-Choi, SBS, JP
               This report does not necessarily reflect the views of these   Chairman of the Elderly Commission
               stakeholders.
                                                                         Stakeholders

                                                                         Ms Anna Au Suk-Ling
                                                                         Supervisor, Jockey Club Ngai Ching Ngai Pok Hostel,
                                                                         Tung Wah Group of Hospitals



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