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APPENDICES

Annex I. Result findings from OHKF’s Gerontech survey on the 24 gaps

“Don’t know”
Gaps Significantly Slightly No change Slightly Significantly or Final score
worsened worsened improved improved “no opinion”
(1) Government and overall situation

1 The public lacks social awareness on the
importance of gerontech; most perceive 0 0 5 27 8 0
gerontech as a supplementary and/or luxury (0%) (0%) (12.5%) (67.5%) (20%) (0%) 1.08
product to the elderly healthcare industry.

2 The Government’s risk aversion leads it to
procuring mature foreign technologies rather 3 0 9 21 5 2
0.66
than new local products, thus hindering (7.5%) (0%) (22.5%) (52.5%) (12.5%) (5%)
innovation in the local gerontech industry.
3 Government regulatory systems are outdated
and fail to account for the application of
0 3 26 6 1 2
gerontech. For instance, there exists a lack of 0.14
(0%) (7.5%) (65%) (15%) (2.5%) (5%)
up-to-date laws that ease the use of gerontech
or regulate legal liabilities.
4 The existing retirement protection scheme
provides insufficient support for elderly retirement
living. Despite the Government’s offering of
2 4 27 6 0 1
a variety of schemes (such as the Mandatory -0.05
(5%) (10%) (67.5%) (15%) (0%) (2.5%)
Provident Fund, Reverse Mortgage Programme,
Life Annuity Plan, etc.) financial support for
purchasing gerontech remains insufficient.
(2) Applied research stage

5 Both the Government and the private sector 1 6 6 22 3 2
0.53
underinvest in gerontech applied research. (2.5%) (15%) (15%) (55%) (7.5%) (5%)

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