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A Lantau Island site in the 2023-24 Land Sale Programme will be sold by public tender from November 17, the Lands Department announced today. Lot No. 722 in Demarcation District No. 332 at Tung Chung Road, Cheung Sha is designated for private residential purposes. It has a site area of about 19,000 sq m
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Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin today said the Education Bureau will launch the Greater Bay Area Career Exploration Tours from this school year to deepen senior secondary students’ understanding on the bay area. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the bureau’s Life Planning Education Conference held in person and online in parallel today, Ms Choi
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The Leisure & Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced today that Cantonese opera stars from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau will present six pieces of Cantonese opera excerpts in Hong Kong in December, with a view to enhancing cultural exchanges and promoting the art of Cantonese opera. The cast from the Guangdong Province includes Huang
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The Transport Department today alerted the public to fraudulent websites claiming to be HKeToll that seek to deceive users into making payments and obtain their vehicle registration marks and credit card information. The fraudulent websites are “gov.hketolla.xyz”, “gov.hketolla.xyz/MIndex.php”, “hketolla.xyz” and “hketolla.xyz/MIndex.php”. The department clarified that these websites have no connection with HKeToll and
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The District Council Eligibility Review Committee (DCERC) has reviewed the nominations of the 399 candidates for the 2023 District Council Ordinary Election and determined that all of their nominations are valid. The Returning Officers for the 18 District Committees constituencies and the 44 District Council geographical constituencies received a total of 399 nomination forms during the
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The Department of Health today announced that the Government will launch the Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Reward Scheme on Monday to promote primary healthcare and support the healthcare needs of the elderly population. The pilot scheme aims to encourage eligible Hong Kong seniors aged 65 or above to use health care vouchers on
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Chief Executive John Lee It is a pleasure to be here tonight, with you, to have this welcome opportunity to address the Hong Kong Forum on US-China Relations. Before I start, I echo something that was said earlier: Hong Kong is a special place under the “one country, two systems” principle, which I will explain
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Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau today met a Zhongshan Municipal Government delegation led by the Mainland city’s Vice Mayor Ye Hongguang to discuss healthcare policies in Hong Kong, including primary healthcare and elderly healthcare services. Prof Lo briefed the delegation on Hong Kong’s vision for primary healthcare, as well as measures being taken
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The Correctional Services Department (CSD) has proposed an in-situ redevelopment of the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre’s (LCKRC) Annex to solve the problem of aging facilities and overcrowding of the custodial environment, the Security Bureau said today. In a statement responding to media enquiries on the redevelopment proposal, the bureau stressed that the project
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On the second day of her visit to Beijing, Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn called on various Mainland officials responsible for different scopes of work. In the morning, Ms Linn met Vice Minister of Culture & Tourism and Administrator of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) Li Qun to exchange views on areas such
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Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan today stressed that it is necessary to continue to promote the interface of the rules and mechanisms of the three places in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to achieve “soft connectivity”, given the GBA’s importance to the overall modernisation of the country. Mr Cheung gave the
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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today firmly rejected and strongly disapproved of the misleading and slanderous remarks jointly made by 10 foreign Catholic leaders against the law enforcement actions and legal proceedings in respect of the cases involving Lai Chee-ying and their request for his immediate and unconditional release. It said in
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Secretary for Innovation, Technology & Industry Prof Sun Dong today shared Hong Kong’s latest progress in promoting the development of innovation and technology (I&T) and the digital economy at an Internet forum in Zhejiang. He gave a speech at the Cross-Strait, Hong Kong & Macau Internet Development Forum of the 2023 World Internet Conference
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The Department of Health today announced that the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) has formally accepted Hong Kong, China as its observer. The department described the news as an important step for Hong Kong in moving towards the establishment of a registration mechanism of drugs and
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Financial Secretary Paul Chan We all know the complex and challenging investment environment facing us today. Julia (Julia Leung, Securities & Futures Commission Chief Executive Officer) has already alluded to this in her address just now. And in such circumstances, investors tend to be risk-averse. A decline in risk appetite often goes hand in hand
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Acting Secretary for Health Dr Libby Lee today said that overall service capacity at public Chinese Medicine (CM) clinics has risen following a 30% increase in government-subsidised consultations from October. Answering lawmakers’ questions at the Legislative Council, Dr Lee said that on October 1 the annual quota of subsidised outpatient consultations was increased from
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Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn visited Zhongguancun Science City and called on the Ministry of Housing & Urban-Rural Development in Beijing today. At Zhongguancun Science City, Ms Linn was briefed by representatives from relevant authorities on the development plan of Zhongguancun Science Park as well as the progress of building up high-tech industries and
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The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) strives to upgrade its weather forecasting services by incorporating new technologies and leveraging its membership of the World Meteorological Organization to advance knowledge in the field. Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan gave these assurances today in response to questions from legislator Chan Chun-ying in the Legislative
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The Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers, chaired by Chief Executive John Lee, held its second meeting today. Having regard to the latest Policy Address, the council focused its discussions on how to enhance Hong Kong’s role in fostering regional and global economic and trade collaboration as well as on relevant external factors. The Chief
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Secretary for Innovation, Technology & Industry Prof Sun Dong today began his visit to Zhejiang by attending the opening ceremony and plenary session of the 2023 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit in Wuzhen. Under the theme of creating an inclusive and resilient digital world, the event is hosted by the World Internet Conference and
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