CHILDREN'S EYE PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG- THE MOST SERIOUS IN THE WORLDRecent research on eyesight done at three primary schools in Hong Kong by the Research Centre of Clinical Experiment & Popular Diseases at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has found that among 1,186 pupils from Primary 1 to 5, 40.8% are short sighted, 3.4% have crossed eyes, and 2.5% have weak eyesight. The percentages for both short eyesight and weak eyesight are the highest in the world. But what is most surprising is that most of the students and their parents do not realize that there are any visual problems until they take the eye examination. |