Dr James Ho, President of the HKTSThe Hong Kong Thoracic Society (HKTS), as one of the leading organizations of local respiratory health care professionals, has played an increasingly important role in the development of respiratory medicine in Hong Kong over the past two decades. Incidentally, this year marks the 25th anniversary of HKTS and the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong Lung Foundation (HKLF). There will be a series of celebration events in the coming months, notably a territory-wide spirometry campaign to uncover the prevalence of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), frequent appearance in mass media with COPD as our theme for the year, a COPD carnival aiming at increasing public awareness, a press release of our data gathered in the spirometry campaign, a dedicated special lecture in the coming Autumn Respiratory Seminar, and finally an anniversary dinner.
The Newsletter of HKTS and ACCP (HK & Macau) has been serving as the medium for communications within our local chest community, with wide circulation among respiratory health care professionals. It allows scientific communications and reports of important events (like our coming anniversary events) within the local chest societies. As a matter of fact, our newsletter is becoming more like a scientific journal with high quality reports and topical reviews. Under the leadership of our new Editor-in-Chief, Dr. David Lam, and his expert panel of editorial board members, our newsletter is definitely heading towards a higher level of scientific value, with the addition of new social domains in future.
