Hong Kong to have privately run care services under new scheme for middle class elderly

“Hong Kong authorities will experiment leasing government-built elderly care facilities to the private sector, with the pilot programme aiming to provide more diverse services targeting middle class senior residents. Labour and Welfare Bureau officials said in a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday that the government would roll out a “publicly built, privately run” model to provide “more diverse and higher quality” elderly care services. Under the proposal, the government will invite...

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