Following the captivating excitement of the London Olympics, the Hospital Authority is delighted to welcome on board a batch of fresh blood. More than 2,800 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses and allied health personnel, have reported for duty in this year, and some of them have begun providing essential support to public hospital services. HASLink has talked to some of these freshmen, and reveals in the feature story their feelings about working in the HA family.

HASLink is dedicated to providing you with a high-quality read. We are launching a new column, "HA Pulse". In this, our colleague Helen Ha will write interesting tidbits about happenings in the HA in a light-hearted and humorous way. With Helen's strong sensitivity and connectivity, "HA Pulse" will definitely cheer you up and help refresh you during your hectic work. Want to know whose pulse Helen has her finger on this time? Turn straight to page six and seven.

Meanwhile, we need to make a correction about an article in our last issue, "Tin Shui Wai Community Health Centre in service". The Centre officially opened in June and is providing one-stop community healthcare services for residents in New Territories West.

Editorial Board: Raymond Lo, Assunta Lee, Carrie Chan, Clara Leung, Echo Yau, Emily Lau, Evanna Ma, Helen Tang, Julietta Lee, Karen Ling, Kin-man Yiu, Linda Shu, Michael Ho, SH Liu, Stephanie Yeung

Editorial team: Lavender Cheung, Cynthia Chan, Yonni Yeung

  -