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PROVIDE THE EDUCATION THAT
BUILDS OUR CHILDREN’S
FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERS AND
ESTABLISH EMPOWERING HEALTH
AND SOCIAL CARE SYSTEMS
EMPOWERING
OUR SOCIETY
CARING FOR
OUR HEALTH
We will continue modernizing our social welfare system
to make it more efficient, empowering and just.
Subsidies for fuel, food, water and electricity will be
better utilized by redirecting them towards those in
need. We will provide our most vulnerable citizens with
tailored care and support. Together with the private
sector and non-governmental organizations, we will
offer preparation and training to those unable to find
employment so they can smoothly join the workforce
whenever possible.
Ourhealthcaresystemhasbenefitedfromsubstantive
investment in recent decades. As a result, we now
have 2.2 hospital beds for every 1,000 people, world-
class medical specialists with average life expectancy
rising from 66 years to 74 years in the past three
decades. We are determined to optimize and better
utilize the capacity of our hospitals and health care
centers, and enhance the quality of our preventive
and therapeutic health care services.
The public sector will focus on promoting preventive
care, on reducing infectious diseases and in
encouraging citizens to make use of primary care as
a first step. It will deepen collaboration and
integration between health and social care, as well as
supporting families to provide home care when
necessary for their relatives. The public sector will
focus on its planning, regulatory and supervisory
roles in health care. We intend to provide our health
care through public corporations both to enhance its
quality and to prepare for the benefits of privatization
in the longer term. We will work towards developing
private medical insurance to improve access to
medical services and reduce waiting times for
appointments with specialists and consultants. Our
doctors will be given better training to improve
treatment for chronic diseases such as heart disease,
diabetes and cancer that threaten our nation’s health.
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