Lifeline Express heads for new destinations

In the past two decades, medical trains funded by Lifeline Express, a charity in Hong Kong, have helped to restore the sight of thousands of rural residents with cataracts.

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to China after more than a century under British rule. To mark the handover, the central leadership and local governments sent lavish gifts to the city, including a landmark sculpture of a flower in Golden Bauhinia Square.

Ahead of the handover, Nellie Fong, a well-known healthcare activist, was chosen as a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which was founded to implement the establishment of the SAR.