Welcome to HKPDU !

(Left to right: Sally Poon, Ingrid Yung, Alice Chen, Charles Law)

Welcome to Hong Kong Practising Dietitians Union!

Hong Kong Practising Dietitians Union (HKPDU) was founded in the year of 2000. We welcome practising dietitians to become our members.

Mission of HKPDU

To protect the welfare such as salary and benefits of our members
To increase the public awareness of dietetic profession
To build up relationship between dietitians and patients
To gain public support on statutory registration
To create platform for social networking via social activities and newsletter
To strengthen the relationship between practising dietitians and clients
To lobby dietitian's local registration in Hong Kong

Executive Committee members of the year 2015-2016

Chairman: Sally Shi-po Poon, Vice-chairman: Alice Chen, Hon Secretary: Ingrid Yung, Hon Treasurer: Charles Law

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Membership Requirement

Any person in Hong Kong who meets one or more of the following criteria, and practises in dietetics or in related fields may apply for full membership:

A person who is a Registered Dietitian of the Health & Care Professions Council of the United Kingdom; or
A person who is a Registered Dietitian of the Commision on Dietetic Registration of the United States of America; or
A person who owns a Provincial Dietetic Registration in Canada; or
A person who is an Accredited Practising Dietitian of the Dietitians Association of Australia

Membership fees

New members entrance fee $50 and annual subscription of $50
Members renewing their membership annual subscription $50

Members’ privileges

Shopping at Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union
Shopping at Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff
10% off for purchases over HK$1,000 and free transportation for purchase over HK$2,000 at St. James’ Settlement’s James’ Café
10% discount on all food (except meal sets or on sale items), beverages and merchandise at Barista Caffe
15% discount on water activities at Scuba Informatics Training Association
10-20% discount for chocolate tasting class and purchase at Goossens Chocolatier
30% off on facial treatments for the first trial at the Face Spa Hong Kong
Discounted price for art jamming, decoupage and procelarts at Applique studio.
And more… subject to the offer periods so please stay tuned!

HKPDU aims to drive the dietetics profession forward by increasing the awareness of dietitians’ roles in disease management among public and professionals. In recent years, HKPDU has organised a variety of public talks with the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong (FMSHK) to promote healthy eating in the community.

FMSHK AGM 2013: Our Chairman, Ms. Sally Poon, was invited by FMSHK to contribute her knowledge in the child obesity survey development, press conference and to share her expertise on dietary interventions for obesity.

FMSHK’s annual dinner 2013: Ms. Sally Poon (left) and Dr Ko Wing-man BBS, JP (right)

Press conference on allied health professionals’ local registration, 2013

Public talk on renal disease nutrition jointly organised by HKPDU and FMSHK, 2013

HKPDU also organise a variety of social activities to enhance the networking among members. Below are some of the activities that we have organised in recent years:

Sogo Club cooking class (2011)
Chocolate tasting (2012)
Soap making class (2013)
Wetland park and Hang Heung Cake Factory (2013)
Decoupage and procelarts class (2014)
Secret Ingredient cooking class (2014)
Annual General Meeting
Spring dinner annually, co-organised by HKPDU, Hong Kong Dietitians Association and Hong Kong Nutrition Association
Retirement dinners

Soap making class

Decoupage and procelarts class

Cooking at Secret Ingredient

Retirement Dinner 2015

HKPDU AGM 2015