n addition to the network of hospitals, clinics and other standard medical facilities found in any large city, Hong Kong's unique situation has resulted in the development of other and less conventional health services. These pages show some of the ways by which Hong Kong ensures that all its citizens, however remote from the major population centres, have access to first class medical care and the latest developments in public health services.
The title page picture shows one of the floating clinics which pay regular visits to the more remote coastal villages in Hong Kong's New Territories. (opposite) A mother in traditional village dress consults with the doctor at one of the floating clinics' outlying ports of call.