13-member group set to plan policy and financing for health-care system
Health chief York Chow Yat-ngok yesterday promised transparency in the work of a top-level policy advisory body while announcing it would be made up of 13 members, including economists, insurers, doctors and community leaders.
The group would hold its first meeting on Friday, said Dr Chow, who will be its chairman. The No 2 will be Ronald Arculli, chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, who also served as a legislator from 1988 to 2000.
The health secretary said the panel would review and develop the service model for public and private health care. It would also propose long-term financing options.
The work would be made 'as transparent as possible so people can voice their views on these two extremely important subjects', he said.
The committee last met in 1999 and its members' tenures had since expired.
The government announced the committee would be relaunched when it made Dr Chow health minister last year.
