Dear Mr Edmunds,

               Thank you for your email dated 3.3.2017 requesting
information related to medical spending / costs for refugees and total
Hong Kong population.  Please be advised that your request is being
processed and we will revert to you as soon as possible.

Regards,
Miss Loretta LAW
for Director of Health

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From: Scott Edmunds <[FOI #92 email]>
To: FOI requests at Department of Health <[Department of Health request email]>
Date: 03/03/2017 14:30
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Medical spending/costs for
refugees and total Hong Kong population

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Dear Department of Health,

I've seen it reported in the media that Hong Kong spent HKD 43 million on
medical treatments to refugees (non-refoulement claimants) in last year.
Can I get hold of this exact data (medical costs/reimbursements to
non-refoulement claimants) going back to 2005?  Can I also get the yearly
medical treatment costs/spending for the Hong Kong population going back
to 2015.

If you do not have this data, then do you know which government department
would have provided this to the journalists?

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds

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Dear Mr Edmunds,

I write further to my interim reply dated 9.3.2017 regarding your request
for information on medical spending / costs for refugees and total Hong
Kong population.

         I regret to inform you that the requested information is not
available in the Department of Health.  Therefore your request cannot be
acceded to.  I have also approached the Social Welfare Department and the
Census and Statistics Department and noted that they do not have the
requested information either.

            You may wish to note that requests for information related to
public hospitals can be made to the Hospital Authority.  Relevant details
can be found at the following link:
[1]http://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_visitor_...
 

Regards,
Ms Mabel CHOW
for Director of Health

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From: Loretta KL LAW/DH/HKSARG
To: Scott Edmunds <[FOI #92 email]>
Date: 09/03/2017 09:50
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Medical spending/costs for
refugees and total Hong Kong population

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Dear Department of Health,

I've seen it reported in the media that Hong Kong spent HKD 43 million on
medical treatments to refugees (non-refoulement claimants) in last year.
Can I get hold of this exact data (medical costs/reimbursements to
non-refoulement claimants) going back to 2005?  Can I also get the yearly
medical treatment costs/spending for the Hong Kong population going back
to 2015.

If you do not have this data, then do you know which government department
would have provided this to the journalists?

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds

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This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #92 email]

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to Department of Health? If so, please contact us using this form:
[2]https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...

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