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"At that time, I was able to experience firsthand how schizophrenics can experience auditory hallucinations. Imagine being surrounded by ten people, all talking to you at the same time. It's so distressing, but that's the reality of my husband's experience." After her husband's illness, treatment, relapse, and further treatment, the author wrote this heart-warming collection for the caregivers, about her experience caring for her husband with schizophrenia. What should one do when someone in the family has mental illness? How do you juggle with caring for the patient, the family, and work? As a caregiver, how do you take care of yourself while taking care of the patient? What information should caregivers know? How can you help patients in daily life? How can you help doctors understand the patient's condition when seeking medical attention? How do you record the symptoms after the patient takes medication? How do you balance the pros and cons and choose the right medication or therapy? How do you deal with side effects and choose nutritional supplements? How can caregivers keep the patients company throughout the long and winding road and return to the real world? The author writes down the answers one by one based on her own experience.
- AuthorMargaret Ong
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2020
Foreign domestic helpers leave their hometowns and come to Hong Kong to work, and each of them has a story. This book is to let readers get to know these strangers living in their homes, and to understand the lives of Filipino domestic helpers under the historical forces and family structure.
- AuthorSo Mei-chi
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2015
In 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hong Kong women's table tennis team made history by winning a bronze medal, and head coach Li Jing's passionate attitude became a trending topic in town. Behind the camera, he’s not a particularly eloquent speaker. Behind his statement "I am a ping pong person" lies his 40-year career of blood, sweat and tears, and a journey of perseverance, hard work and dedication. Li Jing is absolutely bold enough to say: I thank myself for my success. These straightforward words aptly fit Li Jing's character. From a player to a coach, he shows how closely connected he is to table tennis. His story inspires people!
- AuthorLi Ching
- PublisherWanli
- Publication Date2022
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"The so-called 'great doctor' is not about divine skills or fame, but about sincerity: 'precision' is the study of medical skills and knowledge, and 'sincerity' is the wholehearted dedication to one's profession and responsibilities." – Gabriel Matthew Leung. Since its establishment 130 years ago, the University of Hong Kong's medical school has produced many famous doctors and trained over a thousand graduates each year to serve the society. This book commemorates the 130th anniversary of the medical school, documenting the establishment of the medical school's predecessor, the Hong Kong College of Chinese Medicine, and the hardships and steady development of the medical school in its early days. It also includes accounts on the many "great doctors" and hospitals that have been closely related to the medical school and society as a whole for over a hundred years, as well as 18 essays by famous writers on their relationship with the medical school. The University of Hong Kong's medical school has witnessed the spread of Western medicine and medical services in Hong Kong, as well as the cultural exchanges, social development and major changes in Hong Kong.
- AuthorGabriel Matthew Leung
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2017
In the year 2050, the bizarre city is a maze. The world is so beautiful that it makes people cry, but also panic as well. She’s a rich girl. He’s a thousand-year-old turtle. She has always lived on land. He has spent his whole life in the ocean. What fate brings them together? What force puts their lives in danger? Is this a tragedy? A fable? Or... will humans, like them, think that the good times will go on forever until everything is destroyed and then they will miss it? Or will we make the right choices when we still have time to change our fate?
- AuthorMichelle Fung
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2017
This is the first work published by Liu Yichang. The story is narrated in the first person: On an autumn evening, a painter walked into a cemetery and was immersed in a dreamlike meditation, faintly hearing his lover calling him. He brought back ninety-nine oil paintings from abroad, and wanted to complete the hundredth painting and hold an exhibition of his work. He stayed at a lakeside hotel. On the fourth night, it rained heavily, and a young girl appeared in his dream. The next night, he completed a portrait in front of the window amid rain, and the girl he painted was surprisingly similar to the one in his dream. He was excited and couldn't sleep all night. He turned on the light and saw a beautiful woman in her thirties sitting on the sofa. She looked like the woman in the painting. The two of them couldn't help but talk, and their conversation was confusing. The painter wandered through the quiet and narrow streets on a rainy night, and accidentally discovered a photo of the girl he met for the first time in the studio -- she was the woman in his dream. After inquiring, he learned that she was the wife of the local richest man. She was the orphaned young girl Qiu Dan whom he met on Christmas Eve more than ten years ago in a small coffee shop. They danced together again on New Year's Eve at a masquerade. The prelude to a human drama has since begun... Is it a comedy? Is it a tragedy? It's not for me to say, please read and decide for yourself. The author once revealed that this book was inspired by an Austrian novel, and was his trial writing in his spare time when he was editing the "Huai Zheng Literature Collection". The first chapter of the book was published in 11th and 12th issues of the magazine "Happiness" in September 1947. It was edited by Wang Bo and printed in two colors by Shanghai Global Publishing House. The illustration is drawn by Guo Jianying (1907-1979), a famous cartoonist in Shanghai and senior of St. John's University. In 1949, his novel was adapted into a film by Cathay Film Studio, with Xu Changlin as the screenwriter, Tang Xiaodan as the director, and Jin Yan and Qin Yi as the leading actors, causing a sensation at the time. The book was first published in October 1948 by the Huai Zheng Cultural Society founded by the author and distributed by the Tongye Bookstore in Shanghai. In December 1951, the Tongye Bookstore in Hong Kong reprinted it and sold it through the World Publishing House. It has been out of print for more than a century. In order to introduce the ground-breaking predecessors to young readers who love writing and let them understand that creation comes from life and there is no easy way, we have reprinted this precious work to commemorate Mr. Liu Yichang, who passed away on June 8, 2018.
- AuthorLiu Yichang
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2018