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A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau (FHB) said today (May 16) that the bureau has received seven submissions from local organisations in the expression of interest (EOI) exercise for the development of a Chinese medicine hospital at a reserved site in Tseung Kwan O.
"Chinese medicine in-patient services are novel in Hong Kong. We are pleased that interested organisations have submitted EOI for developing and operating a Chinese medicine hospital. The Government will thoroughly consider the concepts, suggestions and views expressed in the EOI with a view to formulating a set of requirements which are feasible and in line with the operational mode of the Chinese medicine sector. This will serve as the basis for the Government's future tendering exercise for the development of a Chinese medicine hospital, especially in determining the future land disposal arrangement for the site and the development model.
"The EOI exercise is not a prequalification exercise to shortlist or pre-qualify the respondents for any future exercise(s) to dispose of the site. Hence, organisations which do not submit EOI will still be able to take part in any subsequent exercise(s) to dispose of the site for the development of a Chinese medicine hospital," the spokesman said.
The Chief Executive announced in the 2014 Policy Address that the Government has reserved a site in Pak Shing Kok, Tseung Kwan O, to develop a Chinese medicine hospital. On January 15, 2016, the FHB started inviting non-profit-making organisations to submit EOI to make recommendations in various areas including management structure, manpower arrangement, financing model, implementation time frame, services and facilities for the development of the Chinese medicine hospital. The EOI exercise closed at 5pm today.
Ends/Monday, May 16, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:47
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