From the editor

The Hospital Authority‘s institutions have developed independently their own staff working clothes which had a wide variety of designs and colours. Up to now more than 50 different styles can be found across the HA network.To further enhance the professional image of HA colleagues, the Authority has launched its first set of standardised working clothes for four main groups of frontline healthcare professionals. Curious to learn more about the fashionable features and functional design of the new clothes? Check out our coverage.

The annual upsurge in influenza has hit Hong Kong early and hard this year, keeping frontline colleagues busy around the clock. As the feature story explains, HA’s homegrown ‘eFlu’ system serves a vital function in making it easier to collect, report and analyse cases of serious influenza, allowing for more effective management of the yearly epidemic.

Regular exercise is one of the best ways to protect your long-term health. HA’s annual New Year Run helps promote this principle while raising funds to support worthy causes. Here we have the highlights of this year’s event.