University town in Hong Kong is going to be home to the most advanced public hospital of the city, which will have 3,000 beds and will be able to serve at least 32,000 people. By 2034, the hospital will also support the third medical school of Hong Kong as the first batch of residents move to the area. According to the primary plan, a third of the town will be used to be built, including the medical school, a hospital and residential land. The government is confident that the program will be successful.
Professor Victor Dzau, the president of the US National Academy of Medicine, has shared his views on the third medical school of Hong Kong and thrown his weight behind the practice of Hong Kong to adopt the American model. In his words, the model allows students studying medicine to learn other aspects such as humanities, and the joint-degree model allows students to receive training and licenses from both countries, so they can build a broader background. However, he noted that Hong Kong is facing challenges of doctors handling both research and clinical work, and finding the fit finance model for the school.
Airbus has raised the forecast for the number of new aircraft in Asia-Pacific over the next two decades to 19,500. Additionally, it is announced that the company has exceeded 50% market share for the accumulation of wide-body planes in region, due to the success of the A330neo and the A350 models. According to the president of Airbus Asia-Pacific, the backlog of airplanes accounts for 46% of the 42,430 new aircraft needed globally by 2043. He also claimed that wide-body aircraft are the key to this growth.
A district councillor and a trade union representative have suggested exploiting the full potential of the outlying islands and coastline resources to boost tourism. A closed-door meeting was held last week to discuss the enhancements of Hong Kong tourism attractions that has the potential to be made by making good use of its islands. According to authoritative data, there are as many as 264 islands in Hong Kong, and 10 to 20 of them can be focused on to develop tourism.
Hong Kong authorities have hailed the city as the 7th most digitally competitive place in the world, three places before the place where it was last year, and Singapore has taken the first place. Hong Kong has exhibited good performances in the categories of 'technology' and 'knowledge' in the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, and reached the place of 3rd and 5th respectively. The report claimed that the success is attributed to the strengths in education and ease of business, though there still exists challenges in IT integration and cybersecurity.
