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The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, will go to Shenzhen next Monday afternoon (October 5) to visit the University of Hong Kong (HKU) - Shenzhen Hospital.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and HKU will launch a pilot scheme to allow Hong Kong elderly persons aged 70 or above to use the Elderly Health Care Voucher at the HKU - Shenzhen Hospital. During her visit to the Hospital, Mrs Lam will attend the signing ceremony of the service agreement for the pilot scheme.
The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, and the Director of Health, Dr Constance Chan, will accompany Mrs Lam to visit Shenzhen. They will return to Hong Kong in the evening on the same day.
Ends/Friday, October 2, 2015
Issued at HKT 18:58
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