Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Research Publications

Regulation of aesthetic practices in selected places

In recent years, aesthetic practices have grown in prevalence in Hong Kong, as well as in many places around the world. The recent adverse incidents relating to aesthetic procedures provided by beauty service providers in Hong Kong have prompted public calls for tightening the regulatory framework for aesthetic practices. This research study examines the regulatory framework of aesthetic practices in Hong Kong, Florida of the United States, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom in terms of classification of aesthetic procedures, competency requirements for performing aesthetic procedures, regulation of the beauty sector in performing aesthetic procedures, regulation of cosmetic-related medical devices and ambulatory facilities, and protection of persons undergoing aesthetic procedures.

2014.11.28

IN19/13-14

Regulations governing the definition, registration and manufacture of medicinal products in the European Union

2014.07.03

FS25/12-13

Regulation of healthcare intermediary service

2013.05.16

IN02/12-13

Regulation of aesthetic practices in Singapore

2012.10.25

FS24/11-12

A summary of local press reports on healthcare personnel infected with HIV from 12 January to 7 May 2012 (Chinese version only)

2012.05.07

FS19/11-12

Establishment of a multi-partite Medical Centre of Excellence in Paediatrics

2012.03.07

Mental health services in selected places

RP04/10-11

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Mental health services in selected places

This research studies the mental health care system and relevant services in Hong Kong, England of the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore. It covers the policy framework, relevant legislation, modes of service delivery, measures and programmes supporting the mental health policy, funding arrangements, monitoring mechanism and issues and concerns.

2011.03.09

IN17/09-10

•	Overview of mental health services in selected places

2010.05.20

IN07/10-11

Registration of proprietary Chinese medicines in Macao, Taiwan and the Mainland

2011.02.14

RN21/10-11

Improving primary health care (Chinese version only)

2011.01.14

RN18/10-11

Legislating for regulating allied health staff to protect public health (Chinese version only)

2011.01.07

FS27/08-09

A summary of local press reports on the medical priority dispatch system for ambulance service from 2 June 2005 to 29 June 2009 (Chinese version only)

2009.06.29

FS23/08-09

A summary of local press reports on the recent incidents concerning pharmaceutical products in Hong Kong from 12 February to 26 March 2009 (Chinese version only)

2009.03.27

IN27/04-05

Regulation of Claims and Advertising of Medicines in the United Kingdom and the United States

2005.04.18

FS16/03-04

The Regulation of the Operation of Chinese Medicine Outpatient Clinics in Singapore and Taiwan

2004.06.08

RP01/03-04

Eligibility of Immigrants for Health Care Services

This research studies the eligibility of immigrants for health care services in New York of the Untied States, Ontario of Canada and the United Kingdom. It presents an overview of the health care policy in each place, details of the health care policy and its implementation relating to immigrants.

2003.11.08

IN12/02-03

Regulation of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissue Products in Selected Overseas Jurisdictions

2003.01.22

FS06/02-03

Information on Liver Transplant Centres in Selected Places (in order of population size)

2003.01.17

RP15/00-01

Regulation of Medicines in Australia

This research analyzes the regulation of medicines in Australia. It covers the legislative framework, the control of the manufacture, advertising and labelling of medicines, the sale and distribution of medicines, the patent protection for medicines, and the enforcement of the relevant regulations.

2001.08.24

RP14/00-01

Medical Complaints Mechanism in Overseas Places

This research report compares and analyses the mechanism of medical complaints about doctors' conduct in the United Kingdom, California in the United States, Ontario in Canada and New South Wales in Australia. It covers the constitution, functions and powers of the authorities and related committees responsible for handling medical complaints about doctors' conduct; the complaints handling procedures; and the channels for appeal.

2001.06.28

RP01/PLC

Long Term Health Care Policy

This research studies the current health care policy in Hong Kong, the policy formulation process and its implementation. In particular, it tries to identify any existing problems and factors which may affect further development of the provision of health care services in Hong Kong. It also covers the structure of the health care system in Hong Kong, the health care delivery process as a system, in terms of both input and output and the provision of dental services. The study focuses on the public health care provider and the time frame used for trend analysis is ten years.

1997.12.12

RP02/PLC

Health Care for Elderly People

This research reviews the government policy on health care services for the elderly and examines the adequacy of the existing health care services provided to the elderly. It covers the development of the health care policy for the elderly, an overview of the elderly population, an estimate of the need of the elderly for health care services, and an analysis of the adequacy of the existing health care services provided for the elderly.

1997.10.25

IN1/96-97

Demand for Accident and Emergency Services During Public Holidays

1996.11

RP15/95-96

Emergency Ambulance Services

This research examines the quality of Emergency Ambulance Services of Hong Kong and compares with that of Singapore, British Columbia of Canada, London, California and San Francisco of the United States, and Australia. It focuses on the response time target and the level of pre-hospital treatment as indicators of quality of the Emergency Ambulance Services.

1996.06