SMART
LIVING

Smart Living

CURRENT STATUS

Free Wi-Fi hotspots

End May 2024

Around 45 000 free Wi-Fi hotspots 

Household broadband penetration rate

Feb 2024

Household broadband penetration rate 97.4%

Mobile subscriber penetration rate

Feb 2024

Mobile subscriber penetration rate 
323.7%


2022

Smart phone penetration rate of persons aged 10 and over 
97.1%

Faster payment system

End Apr 2024

Faster Payment System (FPS) 

  • 14.38 million registrations
  • Average daily number of transactions
    Around 1.56 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 Apr 2024

Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHealth)

  • 6 million registrations
  • 3 000 healthcare providers joined
  • 55 000 healthcare professionals have accounts

(Excluding invalid accounts, such as deceased, withdrawn or cancelled, etc.)

Population aged 65+

Population aged 65+

  • 1.64 million (22.7% of total population, excluding foreign domestic helpers) in 2023
  • 2.67 million (35.0% of total population, excluding foreign domestic helpers) in 2043