HA is managing 43 public hospitals and over 120 out-patient clinics, with a total floor area of over 2.9 million square meters in around 300 buildings. Over 56% of the buildings were completed more than 30 years ago, and the conditions of these ageing buildings and facilities are deteriorating. We need to upgrade these facilitates for modern quality service delivery.

In 2013, the Hong Kong Government approved a one-off grant of $13 billion to allow more flexible planning for HA to carry out minor works projects in the next 10 years, including improvement works, regular maintenances and preparatory works for major capital works projects. It is estimated that a total of around 5,000 projects will be carried out using the one-off grant to improve and maintain hospital facilities for effective patient care, including:

• An intensive facility rejuvenation programme to modernize the environment of its hospitals and clinics.
• A capacity enhancement programme to enhance the hospital and clinic service capacity.
• A safe engineering programme to comprehensively upgrade the major electrical and mechanical engineering installations in hospitals.
• A programme to enhance universal accessibility.
• Regular maintenance/minor works and preparatory works for major capital works projects.