Press Releases & Position Statements

　

April 2008  Response to the Legislative Council on the provision and standard of residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong 

　

Our views to the Legislative Council on the provision and standard of residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong in April 2008: Bilingual

　

　

　

　

　

　

29 October 2005 "Will You Still Cure Me, Will You Still Care For Me, When I'm 75?" HKGS's response to the HMDAC Discussion Paper "Building a Healthy Tomorrow - Discussion Paper on the Future Service Delivery Model for our Health Care"

　

       Position statement in response to the Hong Kong SAR Government's Discussion Paper (published by the Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee (HMDAC) of the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, HKSAR on 19 July 2005) on "Building a Healthy Tomorrow - Discussion Paper on the Future Service Delivery Model for our Health Care": English

　

　

21 September 2004  HKGS response to Consultation Paper on Advance Directives

　

        Position statement in response to the Hong Kong SAR Government's Consultation Paper (published by the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong on 13 July 2004) on "Substitute Decision-making and Advance Directives in relation to Medical Treatment": English

　

10 June 2003  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Elders Position Statement

        Press Conference & Press Release:    English, Chinese

Position Statement:        Published in Journal of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society (J HK Geriatr Soc 2004;12(1):37-42) English

 25 April 2003          Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Elders

        Press Release:      English, Chinese

 January 2000  Long-Term Care Services Position Statement

Position statement in response to the Hong Kong SAR Government's report on "Improving Hong Kong's Health Care System: Why and for Whom?”

Published in Journal of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society (J HK Geriatr Soc 2000;10(1):39-40). English

 26 May 1997          Health and Social Services for Elders in Hong Kong

Professional viewpoints of HKGS expressed during meeting with Mr. TAM Yiu Chung, Appointed Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong SAR to study the policy on elders in Hong Kong        English

2 June 1992            Geriatric Rehabilitation in Hong Kong

        Professional viewpoints of HKGS on the Green Paper “Equal Opportunities and Full Participation: A Better Tomorrow for All” (expressed to the Rehabilitation Division of the Government Secretariat and to the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong)        English

 2 December 1991           Towards a Better Medical Care for the Elderly Position Statement 向更完善的老人醫療服務邁進

        Press release: in response to the LegCo debate on health service for the elderly:  English, Chinese

        Policy statement:           published in Journal of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society (J HK Geriatr Soc 1992;3(1):4-5). English