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Figure 19. Envisioning a “Gerontech Corner” in DHCs

Using existing DHCs as example:

Gerontech
3 Functions of “Gerontech Corner” product display

DHC’s community DHC’s rehab
Showroom for public equipment stores
1 services directory
education & awareness raising directory

Purchase or rental
2 via elderly vouchers
(Recommendation 2.2)

Product testing hub for elderly
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& PwD in the community

Sources: Kwai Tsing DHC Community Service, 2021; Kwai Tsing DHC Rehabilitation Equipment, 2021; Sham Shui Po DHC Community Service Provider, 2021; Sham Shui Po DHC
Rehabilitation Equipment, 2021

As indicated by Figure 19, we envision this DHC Gerontech activities. Second, building on Recommendation 2.2 to extend
Corner to have three key functions. First, like existing voucher schemes to allow for the purchase and rental of
showrooms, we recommend the DHC Gerontech Corner to gerontech, we recommend that products on display in the DHC
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host gerontech-related public education and awareness-raising Gerontech Corner to be available for direct purchase or rental.

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Section 88 NGOs have trading restrictions and are only allowed to conduct trade/business which contributes directly to an expressed object of the charity (Inland Revenue Department
(IRD) Tax Guide, 2021). However, it is possible for NGOs to have social enterprise spin-offs that perform more general trading functions. For example, the Hong Kong Federation of
Youth Groups is both a section 88 NGO (IRD List of Charitable Institutions, 2021) and operator of social enterprises (The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, 2021). Yet it is
important to note that Hong Kong, unlike the United Kingdom, lacks a proper definition for social enterprise. This has caused some difficulties in building up the local social enterprise
ecosystem (LegCo, 2016).
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