Hong Kong could consider a new sugar tax and increase its alcohol duty “if all else fails” to reduce deaths from non-communicable diseases, the health authority said on Friday as it unveiled its strategy for the next seven years.
Non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, are the top cause of death in the city. In 2016, the diseases accounted for about 55 per cent of all deaths, and took away about 104,600 years of life from the population, Director of...
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