News and Activities

The First Annual General Meeting and Dinner The first annual general meeting and anniversary dinner of the Association were held on 4 August 2006. Representatives from 22 member companies attended the annual general meeting while more than 40 members and industry representatives joined the banquet. The general meeting started with the annual report of the President Ms. Angela Lau, who then introduced Ms. Vivien Chou, the Vice President, Dr. Antony Poon the Secretary, Dr. Albert Wong the Treasurer, Mr. Abraham Chan, Mr. Covington Leung and Mrs. Deborah... Details

Hong Kong Health Food Industry Visited Guangzhou for Trading Development A group 25 members of the health food industry embarked the express train early in the morning on 6 June 2006 to begin a 2-day trip to Guangzhou organized by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) and Hong Kong Health Food Association. The first stop in the afternoon at Guangzhou is visit to the Food & Drug Administration of Guangdong Province. The Director General, Dr. Ma Guangyu, gave the visiting group an overview of the regulatory control on health food.... Details

Health Food Industry “Trade Talk” The Association was invited to co-organize with Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) the “Health Food Industry Traders Meet” on 22 May 2006. The activity includes a round table meeting joined by 36 trade association representatives from China, Hong Kong and Macau, while 60 health food colleagues were in attendance. There were product displays at the venue and TDC had organized a 2-hour seminar for the event. The seminar had four quite different topics and had drawn an audience of... Details

Guidelines on the Undesirable Medical Adverstisements (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 Meeting The Hong Kong Health Food Association has invited the Pharmaceutical Service, Department of Health to provide a talk on the captioned Amendment on 15 March 2006. Mrs. Mary Cheng, Senior Pharmacist has presented details of the implementation of the new amended regulation and its guidelines. The Chief Pharmacist, Mr. Anthony Chan has conducted the Q/A session. 150 companies registered for the talk and have sent 200 representatives to attend. Details

Seminar on Health Food Regulation and Market Development The Hong Kong Health Food Association partnered with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to organize a seminar on the development of health food market in mainland China at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 6 January 2006. Mr. Ralph Chow, Director, Product Promotion, Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Ms. Angela Lau, President, Hong Kong Health Food Association were on the stage to deliver welcome remarks respectively. The seminar started with the presentation of Dr. Lin Shuying,... Details