Chinese University's plan to build a private hospital in Tai Po will not be profit-oriented, its chief says.
Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu said the hospital would also practise corporate responsibility by employing people who had difficulty finding work.
Speaking on a radio programme, Sung said the university had submitted a proposal to the government for the site.
'Our university's teaching hospital has already established a brand,' he said, referring to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin.
'[The public] have confidence in our services. We will adopt a charging system for the private hospital that is transparent and provides quality services,' he said.
The university is among 30 organisations that have expressed interest in building private hospitals on four sites offered by the government recently at Wong Chuk Hang, Tung Chung, Tai Po and Tseung Kwan O.
Union Hospital, which earlier submitted a proposal for the Wong Chuk Hang site, is also interested in developing a hospital in Tai Po with Chinese University.