Profiles of FHSS recipients

Prof. Sophia Chan Siu-chee is the former Secretary for Food and Health. Before joining the government, she was Dean of the School of Nursing at The University of Hong Kong and Assistant Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong. Prof. Chan was the first person in charge of the Food and Health Bureau with a nursing background as this position had always been held by a medical doctor before her appointment. One of the most respected figures in the nursing profession, she is not only an accomplished clinician and nurse practitioner, but also an acclaimed researcher in the scholarly sphere. Her extensive knowledge and contribution to Hong Kong’s public health, nursing profession and the community as a whole are highly recognised. When setting up the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (HKAN), Prof. Chan had shown her unconditional support. So far, HKAN has achieved many milestones including a certification system for admitting members and fellows, an accreditation system for accrediting specialty college courses, and the formation of the Working Group on Advanced and Specialised Nursing Practice.

Prof. To Chi-ho’s remarkable achievements in innovative vision science research and myopia control are internationally recognised. He led a research team to invent a novel method to control the progression of myopia (short-sightedness) known as Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact Lens (DISC lens). Clinical trial has shown that DISC lens effectively slows down myopia progression by about 60% in Hong Kong school children aged 8 to 13. DISC lens won the Gold Medal with Jury’s Commendation as well as the Grand Prize of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 2011. Prof. To and his team later developed the Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments Spectacle Lenses (DIMS lens), the eyeglasses version of DISC lens. DIMS lens snatched the Grand Prize and Gold Medal with Jury’s Commendation at the 46th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 2018, as well as 2020 SILMO d’Or Award (Vision) at the 2020 SILMO Optical Fair in France. The project known as Novel High Efficacy Nano Multi-ring Defocus Incorporated Spectacle Lens for Myopia Control co-developed by Prof. To also won the Prize of the State of Geneva and a Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva in 2023.

Mr Chan Man-no lays down nursing practice guidelines and standards so as to fill the gap between theory and real-life hospital nursing practice. To improve the standard of patient care, he created and facilitated a specialty orientation programme for nursing students, covering all necessary workflows, documentation, systems, equipment, and points to note. The programme won an award in the Hospital Authority (HA) Convention 2017. A recipient of HA Young Achiever Award in 2018, Mr Chan has integrated technology and evidence-based protocol in nursing practice. To improve quality of nursing documentation, and to enhance the quality of nursing care, he led a team in developing a note divider system to separate data, assessment and response. With this innovative idea, he won the Excellence Award in Hospital Management (Asia) in 2019. Right now, he is developing an innovative system to automate the allocation of nursing students to different hospitals for clinical practica.