1. 笑點 Laughing Point
Laughter changes YOUR Fate!
2013 Jan

2. What we do?
Laughter Yoga: aerobic exercise founded in 1995 which
can changed a person’s physiology, so that he or she
become more relax and positive.
Laughing Point Services: based on the principle of
Laughter Yoga, with a combination of different topic like art
& craft, cookery, culture festival, music and parties, with
the objective to create laughing environment for customers
to have fun and relax experience.
Laughing Workshop Companies
LAUGHING Laughing Activities Organization
POINT Laughing Games MaMa Groups
Laughing Retreat Families

3. Homeless People in Hong Kong
✤ About 41% of the Homeless
people in Hong Kong, they are
due to their low income job or
being unemployed.
✤ More than 44.8% of the homeless
people’s psychological health is
poor and very poor in the
research.
✤ The longer they are homeless,
they are less likely to go back to
the society, and less effective for
the career counseling provided.
(Research from Prof. Wong Hung, 2001)

4. We solve...
Problems they faced Laughing Point helps! Measured by?
Poor psychological health,
hopeless and insecure for As a laughter facilitator assistant, this
Homeless People builds up their self esteem and create The psychological test, laughter
changing the status of
(Low income / jobless) working opportunities for them. quotient test and their home location.
homeless. Laughing change their state of mood.
Living below poverty line.
High working pressure creates sick leave Happy staff with less sick leave days,
and inefficient team. and build up a more effective team.
Need training for staff for maintaining The number of staff sick leave, and 360
Corporate /Organization efficient team.
Laughing Volunteer Programme
degree appraisal about the team.
fulfills CSR too.
Need to fulfill Corporate Social
Responsibilities (Internal & External)
Better health with more laughing
Poor physical health due to activities and workshop to release
Staff of the Corporate / stress and more workout during the Number of sick leave , physical
long working hour and
Organization programmes. Serve as the laughing condition, and laughter quotient test.
stress. volunteers helps them to have better
well-being.
Laughing Volunteers and Laughter
facilitator visit and laugh with the
Poor Psychological Health seniors in the center or residential Physical condition, and laughter
Elderly in Community setting, improve their social
due to looniness connection and psychological and
quotient test.
physical health by regular laughing
exercises.

5. Our Laughing Market
Elderly Corporates Laughing Service
Major one Few
(Healthy Laughters Association) (Healthy Laughters Association, private practice, 1-2 Training Companies)
Homeless People Training Families Laughing
3 Major Integrated Service subvented by Service
Social Welfare Department Nil
(Only have other playgrounds but not
But no specific SE for homeless people.
much parents & kids activities in HK)

6. Laughing Point provides...
With the 1 year experience of YOGAMATE,
we currently have around 30 different laughing partners
and 5 different crossover sectors service partners.
Existing Laughing Services since 2011 New Laughing Services since 2013
Laughing Laughing Laughing
Laughing Laughing
Workshop / Family Volunteer
Retreat Parties
Classes Workshop for corporates & for parties organizers & Training
for corporates & for NGOs & parties organizations NGOs for corporates, schools &
organization organizers organizations

7. Laughing Point Service -
Laughing Volunteer Service
Laughing Point at Elderly
Center /Community Center
Companies (Volunteer Programme)
(organized regularly laughing activities by Staff from those companies
purchases the received the training.)
Laughing Training
Classes from
Laughing Point
(Including Laughing Volunteer
opportunities or Sponsored Service in
Elderly Center /organization)
Laughing Point at Elderly
Center/Community Center
(Sponsored service in the name of
company)
(organized once a week laughing activities by Laughing Point staff
-Laughing Facilitator)

8. Our Training Model for Homeless People
Outreach for Homeless people for job interview
with the co-work with the 3 major Homeless People Integrated Service Team in Hong Kong
Laughter Training for staff
around 2 days training
Laughing
Practicum: Laughing Assistant Volunteer
Around 3 months
at the community
Junior Laughing Facilitators

9. What our clients said about our
laughing services?
✤ "The workshop is very Funny. Laugher yoga makes you feel even happier since we
all can laugh together. We would recommend to other companies as it is so happy
to laugh together!" ~ Mr. Hardy Ip, HR & Admin Officer of Chief Securities Limited
✤ Your team is awesome and we all had a great time and great work out! Full of
laughs. ~Jonas, organizer and participant of her friend’s Bridal Shower Laughing
Party
✤ Laughter Yoga is fresh to me and it’s impressive that people with different abilities
can join~ Participants, especially children did enjoy the session~ I like the
interaction part and Thanks again for your help! Choi Sai Kit International and
China Programmes The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation
✤ 「工作坊的內容很好，簡單、直接又能帶動氣氛，能輕易引發同事的笑容及有趣的
互動，同事反應亦相常正面，感覺新奇及有意思，整個過程都非常開心有趣，亦有
同事有興趣於未來能有機會再與 貴公司合作。謝謝你們 ! 」 ~Apple Ming ，香港職
業發展服務處培訓主任
✤ “Such a relaxing exercise that I could slow down for a while during busy working
day.” ~Vanessa Leung, Staff of Madison Communication, Laughter Yoga Class at
Workplace

10. Financial
Arrangement
Due to our low fixed cost
required in this project, the
net revenue is expected to be
growing in the coming 4
years.
We are now expecting to
employ the first full time staff
to implement this project. The
variable cost will be
increasing in the first 4 years.
In the 4th year of the project,
we expected break-even.