Tag: monitoring

EEB signs Cooperation Arrangement on Technical Exchange on Environmental Monitoring with China National Environmental Monitoring Centre of Ministry of Ecology and Environment (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today (October 27) signed the Cooperation Arrangement on Technical Exchange on Environmental Monitoring with the China National Environmental Monitoring Centre of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to strengthen co-operation in areas including monitoring of environmental water quality, environmental air quality, ecology and new pollutants.        Witnessed by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, ... Read more

Update on monitoring COVID-19 vaccination *****************************************      In the preceding month till 11.59pm on March 28, the Department of Health (DH) received 12 reports (Note 1) of adverse events following COVID-19 immunisation. No death cases were reported by the Hospital Authority (HA) involving individuals who had received vaccines within 14 days before they passed away and had potential association with vaccination.      As at 8pm on March 28, around 20.74 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered for members of the public. Around 6.91 million people had received at least one dose of vaccine, including 95.1 per ... Read more

LCQ9: Monitoring of outsourced recycling services *************************************************      Following is a question by the Hon Chan Siu-hung and a written reply by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, in the Legislative Council today (March 15): Question:      It has been reported that after the operator of GREEN@KWUN TONG (i.e. a recycling station under the Environmental Protection Department (EPD)) handed over the beverage cartons collected to a third party earlier on, such third party has not delivered the beverage cartons concerned to downstream recyclers for treatment. The whereabouts of these beverage cartons are unknown. Regarding the ... Read more

Government of India has prioritized the timely completion of large-scale Infrastructure projects keeping infrastructure development as the central pillar of growth and socio-economic advancement of the country. With this vision in mind, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) was instituted which is currently housed in Invest India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. PMG is a unique institutional mechanism to facilitate resolution of issues in infrastructure projects with investments upward of ₹ 500 crores primarily by way of conducting regular review meetings with States and Central Ministries. Additionally, with the deployment of milestone-based monitoring of ... Read more

Update on monitoring COVID-19 vaccination *****************************************      In the preceding week till 11.59pm on January 30, the Department of Health (DH) received 92 reports (Note 1) of adverse events following COVID-19 immunisation. No death case was reported by the Hospital Authority (HA) involving individuals who had received vaccines within 14 days before they passed away and had potential association with vaccination.             As at 8pm on January 30, around 11.12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered for members of the public. Around 5.36 million people had received at least one dose of vaccine, accounting for 79.4 per cent ... Read more