Hong Kong is one of the places with the longest life expectancy in the world. Many attributes this to the success of the healthcare system. The public healthcare system offers high quality healthcare services to all residents, ensuring no one is deprived of adequate healthcare due to lack of means.
Hong Kong’s health system, however, faces huge challenges from the aging population and rapidly advancing medical technology. These two biggest challenges have become the major drivers of healthcare costs, leaving questions on sustainability and accessibility. We are seeing Artificial Intelligence (AI) disrupting many aspects of health and healthcare delivery. Will AI help to address these challenges? How can AI help?
Professor Hong Fung is Professor of Practice at the Jockey Club School of Public Health & Primary Care (JCSPHPC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
He joined CUHK in 2014, as professor at JCSPHPC and as the Executive Director and founding Chief Executive Officer of the CUHK Medical Centre (CUHKMC). He retired from CUHKMC in July 2025.
Before he joined CUHK, Professor Fung was Cluster Chief Executive of the New Territories East Cluster and Hospital Chief Executive of the Prince of Wales Hospital at the Hospital Authority (HA) from 2002 to 2013.
Prior to that, he worked in the HA Head Office and was responsible for the planning and development of the public hospital services and facilities for over a decade. He spearheaded the development of HA’s Clinical Management System and electronic patient records.
Clean water and clean air are vital for public health. This project focuses on developing high-efficiency and environmentally sustainable filters for removing harmful air/water pollutants. The team has developed novel architectures and functionalities for the filters to achieve high permeance, high removal efficiency, and excellent reusability.
