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SIE Fund has published the 2014 fourth quarter edition of its newsletter.  It features the progress of selection of intermediaries, events of the Social Innovation Video Competition as well as the newly launched SIE Fund mobile app.  Please click here to download, or visit the 'Newsletter' section for past editions.

Food support is one of the key areas that SIE Fund concerns with. To arouse public awareness of food waste reduction and encourage tackling the problem by social innovation, SIE Fund joined with The Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation (J.C.DISI) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to present  "Festival Vernissage: Social Gastronomy" as the opening event of the "10 Day Fest". In the event, Task Force Vice-chairperson Dr. Joseph Lee and Member Mr Timothy Ma teamed up with celebrity chefs and members from disadvantaged families to make delicious dishes out of unwanted fresh food. Free one-minute-portraits were also distributed upon every download of the SIE Fund mobile app.

The SIE Fund mobile app is newly launched, adding to the Fund’s multiple channels in promoting social innovation and connecting the social innovation community. Apart from sharing the Fund's news, local events and overseas cases of social innovation, the app also includes interactive games to test your poverty-alleviation knowledge and provides 'tips' on innovative ideas. It is a source of intelligence and inspiration for those who want to participate in social innovation and become social entrepreneurs. The SIE mobile app is available in both iOS and Android versions; download it now and pitch in to the collaborative effort for poverty alleviation.

SIE Fund treasures every opportunity to reach out to different stakeholders. A recent occasion was the Social Venture Summit held by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Task Force Member Mr Timothy Ma was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the forum on 8 October which was attended by some 80 participants. In addition to introducing the Fund to the audience, Mr Ma encouraged the future entrepreneurs to put forward more innovative ideas to help build a better society. In the Q&A section, he further elaborated on how to get prepared to become a social entrepreneur and shared his tips on running a sustainable social business.