SMART
LIVING

Smart Living

CURRENT STATUS

Free Wi-Fi hotspots

End Jun 2020

Over 37 000 free Wi-Fi hotspots 

Household broadband penetration rate

Feb 2020

Household broadband penetration rate 93.7%

Mobile subscriber penetration rate

Jan 2020

Mobile subscriber penetration rate 
283.75%


2018

Smart Phone Penetration Rate of persons aged 10 and over 
89.8%

Faster payment system

End May 2020

Faster Payment System (FPS) 

  • 5 million registrations
  • Average daily value of HKD transactions
    HK$3 billion
Accident emergency

Accident & Emergency

  • 2.16 million attendances
Specialist Outpatient

Specialist Outpatient

  • 7.9 million attendances
Primary care

Primary Care

  • 6.37 million attendances
Electronic Health Record Sharing System

March 2016

Electronic Health Record Sharing System was launched

Population aged 65+

Population aged 65+

  • 1.33 million (18.5% of total population, excluding foreign domestic helpers) in 2019 (provisional)
  • 2.47 million (32.3% of total population, excluding foreign domestic helpers) in 2039