Hong Kong to exempt medical device imports for personal use from new regulation

Medical devices bought from online platforms based outside Hong Kong for self-use or as personal gifts will not be targeted by a proposed law requiring medical device traders to register with the government, the city’s health minister has said.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau on Friday set out to lawmakers the circumstances in which some medical devices would face more stringent regulation under a proposed bill to strengthen public health protection.

The bill is scheduled to be submitted next...