Chapter:	1024	Title:	HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	4	Heading:	Objects of the Association	Version Date:	30/06/1997

The objects of the Association are each and every of the following-

(a) to carry on and continue the work and activities hereto before carried on by the Association;
(b) to promote, encourage, or undertake research and experimental work on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and any other aspects of the diseases and malfunctions of the chest, heart and lung, and to publish the findings of such work;
(c) to establish and operate hospitals, clinics, or such other institutions and to provide rehabilitation and medical treatment for those suffering or have suffered from diseases or malfunctions of the chest, heart or lung;
(d) to provide medical, convalescent, or rehabiliatory services generally for the benefit of the community of Hong Kong, and in the following institutions-
(i) the Ruttonjee Hospital;
(ii) the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home;
(iii) the Grantham Hospital; and
(iv) any other hospitals, clinics, infirmaries or other establishments managed by the Association;
(e) to establish, maintain, support, and operate hospitals, clinics, infirmaries, homes for the aged, convalescent centres or any other similar establishments;
(f) to establish, maintain, conduct, or operate, and to assist, financially or otherwise, any other charitable activities or institutions with all or any of its objects similar to those of the Association;
(g) to provide social and cultural services for the Hong Kong community;
(h) to promote the general welfare of the people of Hong Kong, and in particular, in the furtherance of health and the relief of distress and sickness;
(i) to promote and extend the objects of the Association overseas; and
(j) to establish and maintain affiliations with overseas organizations in the promotion and furtherance of the objects of the Association.