20 December 2009
Mr. Cheung Tat-ming, Dr. Tsang Fan-kwong and Mr. Vivek Mahbubani return for a Third round of Mental Health Talk Show Performance!
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Famous stand-up comedian Mr. Cheung Tat-ming, veteran psychiatrist Dr. Tsang Fan-kwong and rising Indian comic star Mr. Vivek Mahbubani will return for a third round of mental health talk show performance, this time revolving around the theme of stigma and prejudice against people with mental illness in particular! The show will be played at Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 29 & 30 January 2010 (Friday & Saturday).
The talk show, entitled “Stand-up for Mental Health Talk Show Level Up!” owing to the enhanced contents, is hosted and sponsored once again by New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and the Labour and Welfare Bureau respectively. Having had two successful runs in January and May 2009, this talk show is designed to deliver an all-round 360 degree thinking of stigma on mental illness and issues about body and mind health through a host of sparkling new elements, including: humorous gags in relation to “stigma” hand-picked by Cheung Tat-ming, tall stories and funny encouters with people with mental illness collected by Dr. Tsang Fan-kwong from his years of experience as a psychiatrist, Vivek’s real life tales of discrimination, and a bunch of new interactive games between the audience and guests during the “Cross-over” section. The Association hoped that the humorous approach would help put the subject of mental health stigma into perspective, and encourage Hong Kong people to build a harmorious and inclusive society with a positive mindset and an open attitude.
To carry the message of “anti-stigma” further, a theme song – an adapation of one of Grasshoppers’ greatest hits titled “Falling Out of Love” with brand new lyrics zeroing in the subject – will be produced and performed during the Talk Show. Another innovative attempt per se, the theme song will certainly give the performance some personality!To carry the message of “anti-stigma” further, a theme song – an adapation of one of Grasshoppers’ greatest hits titled “Falling Out of Love” with brand new lyrics zeroing in the subject – will be produced and performed during the Talk Show. Another innovative attempt per se, the theme song will certainly give the performance some personality!
Tickets of the “Stand-Up for Mental Health Talk Show Level Up!” priced at HK$80 will be available at HK Ticketing outlets (Tom Lee Music Stores across Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Fringe Club, AsiaWorld-Expo and The Academy’s Landmark Heritage Campus – Bethanie) and at the website www.hkticketing.com from 21 December 2009. For program enquiries, please contact Ms. Clara Lee or Mr. Paul Lee at 2332 4343.
New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association is a non-profit making welfare organization established in 1965 aiming at providing comprehensive community rehabilitation services to facilitate self-reliance and social integration of people with mental illness. The Association operates 30 service units serving more than 6,000 service users every day, catering their residential, vocational and social needs. Starting from 1994, the Association has been playing a pioneer role in developing diversified social enterprises to provide work and training opportunities for people with mental illness. Up till now, 19 social enterprises have been developed including vegetable stall, fruit stall, convenience stores, restaurants, healthy living specialty / organic shops, souvenir shop, eco-tourism, cleaning service, property management service, café kiosk and coffee shop. In addition to direct services, the Association has been actively providing mental health education for the general public. For details, please visit www.nlpra.org.hk.
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Ms. Loretta Poon, Corporate Affairs Manager, or
Mr. Keith Lau, Corporate Affairs Executive Officer
New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Tel: (852) 2332 4343 Fax: (852) 2770 9345
Email：loretta@nlpra.org.hk or keithlau@nlpra.org.hk
Web site：http://www.nlpra.org.hk
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