https://www.scmp.com/rss/325098/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As the flu season rages on, patients are waiting for hours for treatment at public hospitals and doctors are working overtime. Meanwhile a record-high percentage of doctors have left public hospitals for private practice. While overwork is one reason behind the high turnover rate of doctors in public hospitals, another is the lucrative opportunities in the private sector due to rising demand from the mainland. More importantly, there was a major policy change in 1997 limiting foreign-trained... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130021/flu-season-reminder-hong-kongs-pressing-need-more-foreign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130021/flu-season-reminder-hong-kongs-pressing-need-more-foreign?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:15:30 +0000 Uber just made a long-shot pick for its chief executive. The question is whether it is a long shot for Uber to operate freely in the freest economy in the world – Hong Kong. Headlines on the arrest of Uber drivers in Hong Kong have been a recurring theme since the San Francisco-based start-up (“illegally”) entered the local market in 2014. The rationale given by the government is that Uber drivers lack a permit to carry passengers for hire, and that they may not have purchased third-party... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2109112/how-uber-can-spur-improvements-hong-kongs-taxi-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2109112/how-uber-can-spur-improvements-hong-kongs-taxi-service?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Aug 2017 07:21:45 +0000