{"id":777011335,"date":"2023-11-22T06:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011335"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:22:24","slug":"hkjc-inaugurates-family-home-for-sick-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-inaugurates-family-home-for-sick-children","title":{"rendered":"HKJC inaugurates family home for sick children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust donated HK$390m to support the construction of the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- A home for sick children has opened following a HKJC Charities Trust donation of HK$390m in 2018. The RMHC (Kwun Tong House) Jockey Club Building near Hong Kong Children&#8217;s Hospital will house children grappling with severe illnesses along with parents and siblings. It has 66 family rooms, nearly tripling the size of a comparable facility in Sha Tin.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tthe building has communal kitchens, dining areas, laundry and drying facilities. It has shared spaces for psychosocial activities, including education, hobbies and sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening ceremony was attended by figures such as HKSAR government secretary for labour and welfare Chris Sun and club steward Lester Huang.\u00a0Huang emphasised the HKJC&#8217;s commitment to fostering a healthy community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-enters-mou-for-creation-of-global-health-institute\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HKJC enters MoU for creation of Global Health Institute<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust donated HK$390m to support the construction of the home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777011336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has facilitated the opening of a new home for sick children in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, through a HK$390m donation made in 2018. This facility, significantly larger than previous ones, aims to support families grappling with severe illnesses, reinforcing the HKJC's commitment to community welfare and its social license to operate.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, RMHC (Kwun Tong House) Jockey Club Building, Hong Kong Children\u2019s Hospital, HKSAR government, Chris Sun, Lester Huang, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Global Health Institute","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Kwun Tong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"HKJC CSR Strategy?","query":"How does the Hong Kong Jockey Club's philanthropic strategy, as exemplified by this donation, integrate with its broader governance framework and social license to operate within the iGaming vertical?"},{"label":"Reputational Impact?","query":"What is the projected long-term reputational and stakeholder relations impact of significant charitable contributions by major gaming operators like HKJC on their regulatory standing and market perception?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[22317],"class_list":["post-777011335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777011335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040921,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011335\/revisions\/777040921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777011336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}