RESIDENTS SIGN DIRECTIVES AS HONG KONG’S NEW END-OF-LIFE LAW TAKES EFFECT

Hong Kong octogenarian Chan Yiu-kuen is ready to let death take its course when the time comes. The 89-year-old said she would sign an advance medical directive to clearly indicate which life-sustaining treatments she would not want if she became terminally ill.

News - South China Morning Post reports that hong Kong octogenarian Chan Yiu-kuen is ready to let death take its course when the time comes.

The report adds: The 89-year-old said she would sign an advance medical directive to clearly indicate which life-sustaining treatments she would not want if she became terminally ill.

“It is OK to depart the world at my old age.

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