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RTHK Hong Kong Today 29/11/2023
The Chinese University, with the help of four NGOs, is offering free health checks to 20,000 middle-aged people, with the aim of preventing chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension. Professor Samuel Wong, the director of the university's School of Public Health, says many middle-aged may work long hours and not be in the habit of getting regular checks. He told Samantha Butler that of 6,700 people screened so far, 34 percent were considered at risk: