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Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
[2] [obsolete source] Because of its early health education, professional health services, and well-developed health care and medication system, Hongkongers enjoy a life expectancy of 88 for females and 83 for men, [3] which is the highest in the world, and an infant mortality rate of 1.169 deaths per 1,000 births, the lowest in the world.
The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 15 December 2022. [ 1 ] 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,420 members.
Under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Chapter 138), the Department of Health's Drug Office is responsible for drug registration in Hong Kong. All drugs sold in Hong Kong are required to be registered with a number, which consists of the prefix 'HK' followed by five digits (e.g. HK-05628).
Hong Kong's government, owner of one of the world's largest currency reserves, should consider amending its tax code to let companies transfer losses among units, so that it can maintain the ...
9 February - The first time that Hong Kong recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 infections in one day. [1]10 February - Vaccine Pass scheme launched. [2]15 February - Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping stressed to the Hong Kong government which must take the “main responsibility” in containing coronavirus pandemic and placing top priority on stability and people’s lives.
Lo Chung-mau (Chinese: 盧寵茂, born 7 August 1961) is a specialist in liver transplant and is currently the Secretary of Health of the Government of Hong Kong.Before joining the government, he was Hospital Chief Executive at The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Chair of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery at The University of Hong Kong and Director of Liver Transplantation Centre ...
The politics of Hong Kong takes place in a framework of a political system dominated by its quasi-constitutional document, the Hong Kong Basic Law, its own legislature, the Chief Executive as the head of government and of the Special Administrative Region and of a politically constrained multi-party presidential system. [1]