Creating a ‘Healthy, Sustainable & Vibrant’ Hong Kong

Healthcare

Set up a Working Group to encourage the integration of sliver economy elements into businesses and assist elderly in making proper financial arrangements
Setting up quality assurance and monitoring mechanism in Primary Healthcare services
Develop a community drug formulary and launch a community pharmacy programme in order to assist the public in obtaining affording healthcare
Review hospital fees and charges to encourage prudent use of services and direct resources to the most urgent patients, and to enhance transparency in private healthcare
Admit more non-local doctors, nurses and dentists to enhance manpower by implementing a Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance in 2025
Support local universities to establish a 3rd medical school, and increase the number of students at the 2 existing medical schools

Implement the Mandatory Provident Fund Full Portability by 2025 for facilitating employees’ proactive management of their MPF Schemes with the eMPF Platform
Review and increase the coverage and ceiling of ex-gratia severance payments under the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund
Introduce a series of measures to enhance the Employees Retraining Board, including collaboration with higher education institutions, removing the restriction on education attainment and number of annual places
Implement a new annual review mechanism of the Statutory Minimum Wage
Build network with female leaders in professional and business sectors and launch the She Inspires Mentorship Programme for female university students

Construct a legislative framework for producer responsibility schemes applicable for the future inclusion of more products
Continue carry out the Blueprint for the Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Fisheries to develop and maintain deep sea agriculture, implement urban farming strategy, and promote leisure farming and fisheries
Enhance green technologies through the Green Tech Fund and the Innovation and Technology Fund
Inject $100 million for the Cleaner Production Partnership Programme to expedite green transformation and renovation for local factories in Guangdong
Increase the number of quick chargers for electronic vehicles to 3000 by 2030
Review the food safety standards regarding metal content in food with reference to international standards