Published: 2:32pm, 10 Dec 2024Updated: 4:08pm, 10 Dec 2024Hong Kong’s homeless will be eligible for a new dental care initiative through which authorities and welfare organisations will offer services to at least 40,000 underprivileged people annually, doubling the current capacity.AdvertisementThe scheme, which will launch in the second quarter of next year, is part of new measures authorities announced last week to improve public oral health through widening care coverage and boosting dentist manpower.Permanent Secretary for Health Thomas Chan Chung-ching said authorities would be working with social welfare organisations to ensure as many disadvantaged groups would benefit as possible.“Providing services to...