Financial Secretary Paul Chan spoke on various topics while attending day two of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) and related activities in Peru yesterday. The topics included global and regional economic and financial outlooks, sustainable finance, sustainable infrastructure, digital finance, and enhancing resilience against climate change. This year’s APEC…
Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau and Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin today co-chaired the first meeting of the Task Group on New Medical School to discuss strategic directions and major parameters for the establishment of a third medical school in Hong Kong. The task group concluded that the third medical school should adopt…
The Leisure & Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced that the De Brazza’s Monkey at the Hong Kong Zoological & Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) that has been under isolation since October 13, was found dead today. The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department then conducted a necropsy on the animal to ascertain the cause of death. …
Overall consumer prices rose 2.2% year-on-year in September, a smaller rate of increase than the 2.5% seen in August, the Census & Statistics Department announced today. Netting out the effects of the Government’s one-off relief measures, underlying inflation was 0.9%, also smaller than that recorded in August. Compared with September last year, price…
Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism Kevin Yeung today inspected the progress of construction works at the Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) and reviewed preparatory work for a test event due to be held there on Sunday. Around 1,000 invited spectators will attend the event, a football match between local teams at the Public…
Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan today attended the opening day of the 17th Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW). SIEW is organised by the Energy Market Authority under Singapore’s Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI). The theme this year is ‘A Connected & Sustainable Energy World’. Mr Tse attended the SIEW Summit,…
The subscription and allocation results for the latest batch of Silver Bonds were released today. A total of 300,413 valid applications, seeking a total of $69.9 billion in bond principals, were received. More than half of the applications, 166,177, were for 23 units or fewer. These applicants will be allocated the full number…
The Housing Bureau today awarded the second operation and management contract of the Light Public Housing (LPH) projects to Easy Living Consultant Limited & Yan Chai Hospital Joint Venture at a tender sum of about $168 million. The contract includes the operation and management of two LPH projects at Choi Hing Road and Choi…
From noon on October 28, the HKeToll will use “#HKeToll” for issuing messages to local users, ceasing the use of the sender ID without the prefix “#”, the Transport Department announced today. The move came after the HKeToll began participating in the Office of the Communications Authority’s SMS Sender Registration Scheme to help the…
The 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture & Arts Festival opened today at the Hong Kong Coliseum, kicking off over 260 events to be held in the “9+2” cities in the Greater Bay Area from today to November 24, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department said. In a video speech addressing the opening…