E/C.12/CHN/CO/2 Mental health and lack of medical personnel in the public health sector 50. Despite the efforts made to improve the access to and coverage of mental health services, the Committee is concerned about the lack of a comprehensive mental health policy in Hong Kong, China. The Committee is also concerned that, despite the expansion of hospitals, there is a lack of doctors, who are absorbed into the higher-paying private health sector (art. 12). The Committee recommends that Hong Kong, China, adopt a national mental health policy aimed at making mental health services available and accessible, in particular by adopting legislation that is in line with international standards and by training skilled personnel in this area. The Committee also recommends that Hong Kong, China, develop community-based mental health-care services. In addition, the Committee recommends that Hong Kong, China, adopt measures to provide the public health sector with a sufficient number of doctors and other medical personnel. Access to education 51. The Committee is concerned about the information provided by Hong Kong, China, in its replies to the list of issues (E/C.12/CHN/Q/2/Add.2, para. 90) that the Education Bureau for schooling takes decisions on the school enrolment of children of migrants after consultation with the Director of Immigration. The Committee also notes with concern that, despite the measures adopted by Hong Kong, China, to ensure equal access to 12 years of free education, children of ethnic minorities continue to face discrimination in that respect (arts. 13 and 14). The Committee recommends that Hong Kong, China, ensure, through legislative and other measures, that all children, including children of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees and children belonging to ethnic minorities, have free access to compulsory education on an equal basis with other children. The Committee also recommends that the State party take steps to facilitate their access to secondary education. Chinese language 52. The Committee is concerned that, despite the recent measures adopted by Hong Kong, China, on the Chinese Language Curriculum second language Learning Framework and the allocation of additional funding to support the learning of Chinese, non-Chinese speaking students continue to be de facto discriminated against in the public education system (arts. 13 and 14). The Committee recommends that Hong Kong, China, urgently take all necessary measures to eliminate de facto discrimination against non-Chinese speaking students, including by the reallocation of resources, and to promote their access to education in mainstream schools. The Committee urges Hong Kong, China, to step up its efforts to implement legislation and policies on bilingual education at all levels of education and provide high-quality education in Chinese as a second language. E. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations: Macao, China National human rights institution 53. The Committee is concerned about the absence of an independent national human rights institution in Macao, China, with a broad mandate to promote and protect human rights, in compliance with the Paris Principles (art. 2). The Committee recommends that Macao, China, establish an independent national human rights institution with a broad human rights mandate, including for economic, 16