There is growing concern about obesity in the young, and the busiest McDonalds hamburger shop in the world is in Hong Kong. This represents a significantly more positive view towards the government than in the other countries. They were, however, equally suspicious of companies. They also expressed reasonable trust in environmental groups, university professors and doctors. In Hong Kong there is a wide government health care system with hospitals and clinics available to all at very low cost.
Large organisations use medical insurance schemes to enable some employees to use private hospitals.
In both countries there is a strong sense of health care prevails. All working Singaporeans contribute a small percentage of their wages to a special account called Medisave, from which they can withdraw for later medical expenses. In Hong Kong abortions are easily obtained, and used as a late fore of contraception. This is consistent with a recent case were people objected to the establishment of a community home for person's with Down's syndrome near their houses. This will be an interesting trend to follow, especially given the recent eugenic law proposal in China to decrease genetic disease.