年報 2017-18

Ms. Ginny Man TheChairmanof Boardof Governors 文頴怡女士 校董會主席 校董會主席的話 Message from the Chairman of Board of Governors 05 Tung Wah College (TWC) has been providing quality tertiary education since its incorporation by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs) in 2010. Thanks to the continuous contributions from themanagement, sta and all members of the Board of Governors and College Council in the past years and the unceasing support of TWGHs, TWC has built up a niche in healthcare education and taken up an important role in the self-financing tertiary education sector of Hong Kong. The College has made remarkable achievements in training the largest number of nurses in Hong Kong every year and becoming the first and only self-financing institution o ering professionally accredited degrees to train healthcare professionals (namely medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists and radiation therapists) in Hong Kong. Until now, we have nurtured more than 2,000 graduates to serve the community. On our road to striving for success, we are grateful for the ongoing support of the Government, which fosters the sustainable development of the College. For example, from the academic year 2018/2019, the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) will be regularised with increasing number of subsidised places. Under the new round of SSSDP, the subsidised places o ered by TWC will increase by one and a half folds from 200 since the launch of the Scheme in 2015/2016 to 510 in 2019/2020. All 50 places of the new Physiotherapy degree programme will also be covered under the Scheme. Moreover, since 2017/2018, the Government has provided a non-means-tested annual subsidy for eligible students who are admitted to recognised local self-financing degree programmes. It helps encourage students to enroll in self-financing degree programmes according to their interests and aptitudes. Furthermore, riding on the launch of the Government’s Seventh Matching Grant Scheme for self-financing institutions in 2017/2018 – 2018/2019, TWC has been soliciting more donations from the community for the developments in teaching, research, student support, campus facilities, etc. While TWC and our students have benefited from the Government measures, we should keep enhancing our competitiveness in o ering programmes that nurture talents with keen demand in the community, such as nurses, healthcare professionals and early childhood educators. I sincerely invite you and people from all walks of life to render support to our education service, e.g. via donations, so that TWC can contribute more to society. 東華學院是由東華三院於 2010 年成立，一直致力提供優質 的高等教育，培育年青學子成為專業人才，貢獻社會。有 賴學院管理層及教職員同事多年來所作出的貢獻，以及東 華三院、東華學院歷屆校董會和校務委員會的大力支持， 學院現時已在香港自資高等教育界扮演著重要的角色，至 今共培育了超過 2,000 名畢業生。特別是在醫療護理教育方 面，學院逐漸建立了獨特的優勢，成為全港每年培訓最多 護士的專上院校，以及全港首間及唯一的自資專上院校， 提供專業認可的輔助醫療相關學位課程，培訓醫療業專才 （包括醫務化驗師、職業治療師及放射治療師）。 在奮鬥向前的路上，我們感謝政府一直以來的支持。政府 將於 2018/2019 學年起將「指定專業／界別課程資助計劃」 恆常化，並增加每屆資助學額，東華學院獲資助學額由 2015/2016 學年計劃之始的 200 個，將增長超過一倍半至 2019/2020 學年的 510 個，當中包括新開辦的物理治療學學 士課程的全部 50 個學額。另外，政府由 2017/2018 學年起， 向入讀認可本地自資學士學位課程的合資格學生提供免入 息審查資助，有助推動學生選讀符合自身興趣及志向的自 資學位課程。為協助自資專上院校開拓經費來源，政府於 2017/2018 – 2018/2019 學年推行第 7 輪配對補助金計劃，學 院藉此積極向各界籌募更多的經費，以促進學院在教學、 研究、學生支援和校園設施等領域的發展。這些措施都有 助學院的持續發展。 政府推動自資院校發展的措施固然讓學院和學生受惠， 但我們仍需努力不懈地維持在自資專上教育界別的競 爭力，培訓社會有急切需求的護理、醫療、幼兒教育等專 業人才。我期盼社會各界繼續支持我們的教育工作，響應 我們的籌款活動，協助我們培育人才，為社會作出更大的 貢獻。