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Funded by a generous donation of HK$28.2 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club and support from Kai Chong Tong, the University and the community-at-large, CUHK's Faculty of Medicine has established Asia Pacific’s first multi-disciplinary surgical skills training centre to meet the urgent needs of surgery. The CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre (CUHK JC MISS Centre) is equipped with leading edge technologies designed for comprehensive modern surgical training and skills development, in particular for the full range of minimally invasive surgery (MIS). These revolutionary training methods in surgery by incorporating the benefits of advanced technologies will greatly improve the quality of patient care.

The Opening Ceremony of CUHK JC MISS Centre marked the commencement of the Silver Jubilee of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. Mr John C.C. Chan, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Mrs. Carrie Yau, Permanent Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Dr Vivian Taam Wong, Chief Executive of Hospital Authority, Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Professor T.F. Fok, Dean of Medicine of CUHK, Dr. Hong Fung, Hospital Chief Executive of Prince of Wales Hospital, Professor Andrew van Hasselt, Chairman of the Executive Committee of CUHK JC MISS Centre and Professor C. K. Yeung, Director of CUHK JC MISS Centre officiated at the ceremony.

The establishment of the Centre will further develop the MIS concept with the advanced equipments and technology in the Centre, there are a surgical skills laboratory, a virtual reality laboratory, two state-of-the-art endo-surgery operating theatre suites, a simulated operating room, the only leading-edge robotic surgical system in Hong Kong, a microsurgical and endoscopic surgical laboratory and a seminar room all linked by teleconferencing facilities.