Since 2018, the HKJCDPRI has been collaborating with the Fire Services Department and became one of the co-organisers of the “Use the Ambulance Service Properly” Roving Exhibition.
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2019
01 Jan 2019
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) has been collaborating with NGOs and schools since 2016, to design and deliver “Community Campaign on Disaster Resilience” based on the threats identified to be rele
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05 Dec 2018
The first three years of the HKJCDPRI establishment project has started a journey of achieving our ultimate goal as fostering Hong Kong as a prepared community to disasters. We built a learning platform for the Hong Kong community and the path has gained its momentum.
Joining hands with working partners, we have reached over 30,000 individuals in the professional sector, academic sector, NGOs and the general public via a wide range of educational and capacity building activities.
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04 Dec 2018
“Adapting international norms and lessons learnt to meet local needs” is the motto of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI).
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24 Nov 2018
The HKJCDPRI launched its annual multi-media competition, the 2018 Photo Essay Contest, supported by Hong Kong Documentary Initiative and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association, from 1 – 31 October 2018.
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23 Nov 2018
雖然颱風季節已過，然而經歷過「山竹」吹襲的香港人怎能鬆懈？我們發現保護大廈的玻璃窗戶、電力不穩以及保護汽車免受洪水浸壞，成為大多香港人的防災重點。將來市民面對的颱風可能愈來愈強，大家必須汲取經驗，未雨綢繆持續學習。
香港賽馬會災難防護應變教研中心，邀請已退休的理大前機械工程學系工程師盧覺強，在一連三集的短片中與大家分享在保護窗戶、電力不穩以及汽車保護方面的重要知識。
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22 Nov 2018
Health system strengthening can promote resilience and efficient recovery in disasters. This course will introduce important frameworks and responses of the health system that guide managing disaster.
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22 Nov 2018
(Please click here for the Chinese version)(Please click here for the Chinese version)(Hong Kong, 6 Nov 2018) Hong Kong is still reeling from the impacts of super Typhoon Mangkhut after it devastated the city more than a month ago. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) commissioned the Public Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong to conduct a survey to gauge the public awareness and views of typhoon preparedness for Mangkhut. Findings of the survey were released today.
The survey showed that almost half (45%) of the interviewees taped windows to reduce damage and injury by broken glass which is the main precautionary measure taken by the interviewees when Mangkhut hit the city.
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31 Oct 2018
When a disaster happens, many responders may have never experienced anything close to the chaos and unexpected unfolding around them.
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30 Oct 2018
A FREE short course “Food Security: Local and Global Perspectives” (7 Jan – 11 Mar 2019) organised by Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and M
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