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Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, after attending the International Forum on the Development of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Hospital today (March 12):
Reporter: (on Accident and Emergency charges)
Secretary for Food and Health: There are proposals from the community that the Government should consider raising the charges for using Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department because the $100-charge has been fixed since 2002. It has been more than 13 years that we have not adjusted the A&E charge. However, the Government has not yet decided on such a move.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Saturday, March 12, 2016
Issued at HKT 10:32
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