64. Members and the health care sector are concerned about whether our public health care system is financially sustainable in the long term. We are now reforming the advisory framework for health care services to facilitate the tendering of advice on our long-term health care policies and financial viability. We also need to further explore ways to enhance our health care system and improve the interface between the public and private health care sectors. Maintaining quality public health care services involving the allocation of community resources and public well-being is a major issue. We will undertake studies within the next two and a half years to help lay the foundation for the formulation of long-term strategies.

65. At present, our health care policies aim to protect the public with equal emphasis on disease prevention and treatment. However, there is a genuine need to enhance community-based health services and health education, including the promotion of family medicine on a wider scale and the provision of appropriate support and assistance.