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

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A new pilot program in Hong Kong will allow the private sector to operate public elderly care facilities, aiming to enhance service diversity for middle-class senior citizens. This initiative seeks to involve private operators in delivering higher-quality care.

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...