Queenie Man

The CEO of The Project Futurus explains how she is rebranding age

By Lauren James

You’ll often find Queenie Man as her alter ego, Captain Softmeal, a superhero clad in green with a white wig, whose goal is to promote better-quality food for people with swallowing difficulties. This is just one of the creative ways that Man and her social enterprise, The Project Futurus, are shifting perceptions of and policy around ageing. Here, she explains how her organisation is taking on ageism and elderly care in Hong Kong. The Project Futurus promotes the future of ageing across three pillars. First, we promote what we call ageing innovation: age-friendly policies. Then, there is “dignity dining”, cooking workshops for caregivers. The last area is community service. We launched “sensory restaurant on wheels”, where we bring dim sum into elderly homes and centres. My colleagues and I recreate a nostalgic…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2023

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