{"id":777012889,"date":"2024-02-05T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012889"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:22:19","slug":"hkjc-funds-home-for-underprivileged-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-funds-home-for-underprivileged-elderly","title":{"rendered":"HKJC funds home for underprivileged elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Banyan Services Association&#8217;s new home offers care for singles and couples needing residential support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.-\u00a0The <strong>Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust<\/strong>\u00a0has unveiled the BSA Home for the Elderly. The official opening ceremony, held on February 3, was attended by the HKSAR government financial secretary Paul Chan, club steward Bernard Chan, and BSA chairman Peter Nip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The residential care home primarily caters to elderly people who live alone or in a couple and are in need of care. It follows<strong> a set of guidelines established by the Social Welfare Department<\/strong>, which requires specific staffing and space requirements to be met.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-inaugurates-family-home-for-sick-children\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HKJC inaugurates family home for sick children<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rooms are equipped with age-friendly furniture and facilities. The home has an isolation room and epidemic prevention facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The HKJC<\/strong> has supported various charitable initiatives for the elderly, including he Jockey Club Community eHealth Care Project to encourage elderly people to monitor their health, and the Jockey Club Age-friendly City project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, the club supported the Jockey Club Facilities Enhancement Scheme for Pandemic Preparedness at Residential Care Homes which helped upgrade safety and infection control facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-recognized-as-outstanding-contributor-to-hangzhou-asian-games\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HKJC recognized as outstanding contributor to Hangzhou Asian Games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Banyan Services Association&#8217;s new home offers care for singles and couples needing residential support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12624,"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 (HKJC) Charities Trust has inaugurated the BSA Home for the Elderly in Hong Kong, a residential care facility for singles and couples, reinforcing its commitment to corporate social responsibility. This initiative, adhering to Social Welfare Department guidelines, is a key component of HKJC's governance framework, contributing to its social license to operate within the highly regulated Hong Kong gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Banyan Services Association, Hong Kong Jockey Club, HKJC Charities Trust, HKSAR government, Social Welfare Department, Paul Chan, Bernard Chan, Peter Nip","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), investor_analyst (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"HKJC Governance & CSR","query":"How does the Hong Kong Jockey Club's extensive charitable investment, such as the BSA Home for the Elderly, integrate into its broader corporate governance framework and strategically enhance its social license to operate within the highly regulated Hong Kong gaming vertical?"},{"label":"Regulatory Perception","query":"What is the perceived impact of significant philanthropic initiatives by major gaming operators like HKJC on regulatory bodies' assessment of their public interest contributions and overall market stewardship?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[22317],"class_list":["post-777012889","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\/777012889","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=777012889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012907,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012889\/revisions\/777012907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}