Name Larissa Downes Chairperson, Special Needs Network Hong Kong (SNNHK) Place of Birth Hong Kong I lived in Hong Kong as a child for around 6 years and returned as an adult. Year of your return to Hong Kong 1992 What brought you back to Hong Kong? After graduating in the UK, I took a year out to travel in Australia.  I planned a stopover on my way home, and arrived in Hong Kong for a two-week holiday to take a look at the place where I’d lived as a child. And then I stayed.

Name KOH Seng Choon Executive Director, Project Dignity Place of Birth Singapore   Year that Dignity Kitchen opened in Hong Kong 2019 What brought you to Hong Kong? Dignity Kitchen Singapore was set up in 2009 and had been growing for a number of years when the Hong Kong Government approached us in 2014 to replicate the model in Hong Kong.  The timing wasn’t right, so we declined the invitation.  They came back to us in 2018, and the Urban Renewal Authority offered us a site

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Name Dr. Yvonne Becher BA (Hons.), MClin Psych, PhD Chief Executive/ Director, Programme Development & Learning, Child Development Centre...

Name: David M. Nesbitt B.A., M.B.A., Dip. Company Direction Founder, The Nesbitt Centre Ltd. Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Canada Year of...

Name: Dr. Sa Kai Bong B.Optom (Melb), M.Ed. (HK), Ph.D. (Cog. Psy.), PGC. Optom. (NSW), PGC. Child Dev (HK), D.H.Sc. (Optom) Behavioural...

Name: Inès De Beer DO (UK), MICO (UK), MBAKO (Be), MHKOA (HK) Osteopath, Cranial Osteopath, and Founder of The Round Clinic, Hong Kong...

Name: Irene Lau BSc, DDS, Cert. Ped. Dentistry Pediatric Dentist & Co-founder of Hello Smile Hong Kong Place of Birth: Hong Kong Have you...

Name Kay Rawbone Co-founder & CEO of Sailability Hong Kong Limited Place of Birth: Birmingham, UK Year of Arrival in Hong Kong: 2003 What brought you to Hong Kong? My late husband's job and the thrill of working in a different country. How did you get involved with the special needs community? Having been involved all my life with SEN with a family member with Down Syndrome and becoming a PHAB member in the UK from age 14 plus other charitable organisations, it was somethin

Name: Mike Doherty MA, MEd, Adv. Dip Ed and Cert Ed Principal, The Link School Place of Birth: UK Year of Arrival in Hong Kong: 1975 What brought you to Hong Kong? I had been teaching in England for a couple of years and I wanted to gain some experience of teaching in a different country. I applied for a position as a teacher in the Service Children Education Authority (SCEA) which has schools in many countries to educate the children of military personnel. In Hong Kong

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