|      The Foundation will undertake any activities to fulfill its mission, including: • to promote public awareness and knowledge related to the care of ear problems, communicative disorders and preventing measures; • to provide medical and psychological support for the people and their families with ear problems and communicative disorders; • to collaborate with other medical, health care, educational or humanitarian organizations to extend the services in Hong Kong and Mainland China; • to elevate the standard of clinical services in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and to advance therapeutic measures through research and development programs; • to keep medical specialists and paramedical staff in Hong Kong and Mainland China abreast of the latest technologies in care for ear problems and communicative disorders and help maintain a high international standard of managing ear problems and communicative disorders in Hong Kong and mainland China through visiting, exchange or other interflow programs with overseas scholars.       Education Sub-Committee Conducting Workshops in Local Schools • Provide advice for both parents and teachers on speech and language problems commonly found in children, so that early detection of deviation is possible and the rate of a successful diagnosis and recovery can be increased.     Local Service Sub-Committee Hearing Tests for the Hong Kong Elderly • Conduct hearing tests and otological examinations for senior citizens • Provide hearing aids for senior citizens in financial needs     China Service Sub-Committee Performing Otological Operations in Mainland China • A surgical team will perform otological operations on needy people and children in China • 100 operations can be performed during a one-week visit   Providing Support for Schools for Deaf Children in China • Arrangements will be made for free hearing aids to be distributed to students attending boarding schools for deaf children in South-Western China. The teachers will receive microphones to assist with their teaching. • Training teachers on the operation and functions of the teaching aids to enhance more effective teaching. • Train technicians to maintain and repair hearing aids at each school for the deaf. • For every HK$1 donated by the Foundation, the State Commission for Education will make a matching donation of ¥$1.