Announced in 2016 Policy Address, the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has set aside a dedicated provision of HK$200 billion for the implementation of a 10-year Hospital Development Plan (HDP) in the coming ten years.
The 10-year HDP includes:
- Construction of one New Acute Hospital at Kai Tak Development Area
- Redevelopment / Expansion of existing 11 hospitals
- Construction of three new Community Health Centres
- Construction of one new Supporting Services Centre
The implementation of the 10-year HDP will be carried out by the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong to deliver:
- Around 5,000 additional hospital bed spaces
- Around 90 additional operating theatres
- Around 430,000 additional annual capacity of general outpatient clinic attendances and 2,800,000 additional annual capacity of specialist outpatient clinic attendances