SMART
LIVING

Smart Living

CURRENT STATUS

Free Wi-Fi hotspots

End Sep 2024

Around 44 000 free Wi-Fi hotspots 

Household broadband penetration rate

Jun 2024

Household broadband penetration rate 96.9%

Mobile subscriber penetration rate

May 2024

Mobile subscriber penetration rate 
323.1%


2023

Smart phone penetration rate of persons aged 10 and over 
96.4%

Faster payment system

End Aug 2024

Faster Payment System (FPS) 

  • 15.13 million registrations
  • Average daily number of transactions
    Around 1.63 million
Accident emergency

2023-24

Accident & Emergency

  • 2.14 million attendances
Specialist Outpatient

2023-24

Specialist Outpatient

  • 8.37 million attendances
Primary care

2023-24

Primary Care

  • 6.36 million attendances
Electronic Health Record Sharing System

End Aug 2024

Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHealth)

  • 6.02 million registrations
  • 3 100 healthcare providers joined
  • 56 000 healthcare professionals have accounts

(Excluding invalid accounts, such as deceased, withdrawn or cancelled, etc.)

Population aged 65+

Population aged 65+

  • 1.71 million (23.8% of total population, excluding foreign domestic helpers) in 2024
  • 2.69 million (35.3% of total population, excluding foreign domestic helpers) in 2044