Additional Question by Hon KP Chan: The diagnosis-related groups (DRG) methodology, also known as service packages, are highly attractive to consumers because of increased transparency in healthcare charges which brings certainty to the patient budget. Although DRGs and service packages are the more the merrier as far as the patients are concerned, they are apparently …
Question by Hon KP Chan on combat tax evasion and tax avoidance in the Legislative Council Meeting on May 30th, 2012 It has been reported that, according to the latest figures released by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), the authorities completed field audits of about 1 804 cases in total in 2011-2012, and found that …
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Question by the Hon KP Chan on legal aid cases related to claims for traffic accidents or work-related injuries in the Legislative Council Meeting on May 23rd, 2012 Some members of the insurance industry have reflected to me that in recent years, some law-breakers abetted persons involved in traffic accident or occupational injury claims to …
Question by Hon KP Chan on Non-eligible Persons Receiving Public Healthcare Service: At present, the public charges for public healthcare services in Hong Kong are divided into two categories based on Eligible Persons and Non-eligible Persons (NEPs). As the local public healthcare system mainly serves Hong Kong residents, it is currently stipulated that only holders …
Question by Hon KP Chan on Preventive Health Screening for Early Detection of Cancer at the Legislative Council Meeting on February 8th, 2012 While the number of new cancer cases in Hong Kong surged by about 22% in the decade since 2000, the number of radiological imaging scan, which is a crucial tool for diagnosing …
Question on the Enforcement of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance by Hon KP Chan: Under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282) (the Ordinance), all employers must at present take out employees’ compensation insurance policies (EC policies) for their employees and in 2010, the Labour Department instituted 1 294 prosecutions against employers who had not taken out …
Question by Hon KP Chan on Industrial Accidents in the Construction Industry at the Legislative Council on January 11th, 2012 A serious industrial accident occurred recently at a works site of the Government’s Water Supplies Department (WSD) where a worker was killed in an explosion on his first day of work. Industrial accidents occurred frequently …
Question by Hon Chan Kin-por Salaries and Profits Tax for the Year of Assessment 2010-11: Will the Government inform this Council of: (a) the average percentage of the amount of salaries tax paid by the taxpayers (excluding those who paid at the standard rate) in their income in the past three years of assessment, as …
Question on Tax-Exempt Charity Status & Shortage of Beds of Private Hospitals by Hon KP Chan: In recent years, a lot of pregnant women and patients from the Mainland have sought medical treatment in private hospitals in Hong Kong, and bed spaces in private hospitals are in serious shortage and their services are close to …
Hon KP Chan on Central Government’s Measures to Implement the RQFII Scheme and Support Hong Kong’s Insurance Companies to Enter the Mainland Market: Mr Li Keqiang, Vice-Premier of the State Council, announced during his visit to Hong Kong in August this year 36 measures of the Central Government to support Hong Kong’s social and economic …
