Disabled persons in Hong Kong are facing a severe shortage of rehabilitation buses, with only 156 such buses for over 320,000 people who cannot move freely, according to the latest Ombudsman report.
The report stated between 108,920 and 126,827 people applied for rehabilitation bus service each year from 2011 to 2015, and between 30 and 34 per cent of the applicants each year failed to receive the service or gave up their application.
In one case, a wheelchair-using retiree said she needed to...
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