Personal Profile
As Managing Director of a catering group, Mr Siu Chor-kee has been participating actively in public service. At present, he is Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme (ESR Programme), which is affiliated to Home Affairs Department. The Committee is responsible for scrutinizing applications of projects from social enterprises.
In recent years Mr Siu had also been appointed to several other positions. He chaired the Sub-Committee on Promotion of Volunteering in Community Organizations of the Steering Committee on Promotion of Volunteer Service (set up under the Social Welfare Department), and served for six years as a member of the Committee on Community Support for Rehabilitated Offenders (under the Correctional Services Department).
Mr Siu also devotes much time to charity. He served as director for the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Po Leung Kuk, Yan Chai Hospital, Lok Sin Tong, and from 2004 to 2005, as the Chairman of Yan Oi Tong.
Expectation towards Social Innovation and the SIE Fund
"Our society is now facing the threat of being polarized into the rich and the poor. For the less fortunate ones, uneven distribution of income and inadequate opportunities are detrimental to social mobility. Meanwhile, the youngsters also feel they can hardly find any opportunity for self-fulfillment.
It follows that social innovation really means much to our economy. The SIE Fund will provide funding for youngsters, grassroots and social entrepreneurs to put their innovative ideas into practice. It is expected that in the years to come, with the aid of SIE Fund, the efforts of social entrepreneurs will result in a wider range of social businesses which create more job opportunities and cater for our social needs in more innovative ways."
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