Chief Executive Carrie Lam today visited the School of Chinese Medicine and a creative media and practice facility at Baptist University, and met the senior management to learn about the university’s latest developments.

Mrs Lam first visited the Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutics Laboratory, the centre for cancer and inflammation research and the Chinese medicine specialty clinic.

With advanced equipment and a rich collection of data, the pharmaceutics laboratory is a base for modern Chinese medicine treatment and new drug research.

As one of the research centres established by the School of Chinese Medicine, the centre for cancer and inflammation research studies the causes and treatment of common diseases by integrating Chinese medicine theories, clinical experience and modern scientific technologies.

Mrs Lam noted that Baptist University is the pioneer of Chinese medicine tertiary education in the city.

“It established the School of Chinese Medicine early, in 1999, promoting keenly the standardisation, modernisation and internationalisation of Chinese medicine. At present, the university’s School of Chinese Medicine is the largest Chinese medicine tertiary education institution outside the Mainland.”

She was also pleased to note that the university has been selected as the contractor through open tender to operate the Chinese Medicine Hospital in Tseung Kwan O, the first of its type in Hong Kong, which is expected to open in 2025.

“I hope that Baptist University will continue to give full play to its experience in Chinese medicine teaching, training, scientific research and service operations to contribute to the initiative of the current-term Government to incorporate Chinese medicine into the Hong Kong healthcare system to advance the development of Chinese medicine.”

Mrs Lam then visited the Laboratory for Immersive Arts & Technology, a creative media and practice facility at the Department of Music.

The laboratory, which meets the international standard in 3D immersive audio and video with multiple screens installed, is the first of its kind in Asia’s tertiary education sector. It enables the application of technology in artistic creation, enhances cross-disciplinary creation and interaction, and deepens audience engagement and experience.

Mrs Lam noted the nation’s 14th Five-Year Plan clearly supports Hong Kong to develop as an international innovation and technology hub and an exchange centre for arts and culture between China and the rest of the world.

To devise strategies and measures to develop and promote art tech, the Government has set up an interdepartmental task force, she added.