Hong Kong – SDEV visits Luohu District and Pingshan District in Shenzhen to inspect development of local districts (with photos)
SDEV visits Luohu District and Pingshan District in Shenzhen to inspect development of local districts (with photos)
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The Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, today (March 28) visited Luohu District and Pingshan District in Shenzhen to learn about Shenzhen’s experience in the development of local districts, in particular the development mode and experience in attracting industries, for reference of the Northern Metropolis development.
Ms Linn attended experience sharing sessions by the Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, and the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Governments of Luohu District and Pingshan District on the development of Sungang and Qingshuihe sub-districts in Luohu District, as well as Pingshan District and Baguang sub-district of Dapeng New District. The discussion topics included the planning and development process, and selection of developer, etc. She also visited some of the districts.
The development direction of Sungang sub-district in Luohu District focuses on modern commercial business while the neighbouring Qingshuihe sub-district, planned as a “Headquarters Economic Cluster of Digital Economy”, is a base for the artificial intelligence industry. The Life and Health Technology Park and Biomedical Accelerator area in the Pingshan District are the platforms for strategic industries such as biomedicine and medical equipment. As for Baguang sub-district of Dapeng New District, it focuses on emerging industries such as marine industry, and life and health, etc.
Ms Linn said that being innovative in policy making is necessary for delivering the vision of the Northern Metropolis. For the previous mode of development, the Government would carry out site formation works, followed by sale of individual sites by public tender. Roads and community facilities were also constructed by the Government in general. The Government will proactively explore the mode of “development of local districts”, to select sizable land parcels with commercial returns and community facilities in some New Development Areas in the Northern Metropolis, for the developer being the successful bidder of the project to develop and construct the project collectively. This mode of development can alleviate the financial burden of the Government in the initial stage, facilitate a more coordinated design for the development of local districts, and expedite the provision of public facilities by leveraging market forces.
The Director of the Northern Metropolis Co-ordination Office of the Development Bureau, Mr Vic Yau, also joined the visit.
The delegation returned to Hong Kong this afternoon.
STL visits Zhuhai and Macao (with photos)
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Mr Lam arrived in Zhuhai in the morning to attend the 34th meeting of the JWC to review and discuss various works of the HZMB. After the meeting, Mr Lam proceeded to Macao via Hengqin. He inspected the fourth Macao-Taipa bridge, the Macao Light Rapid Transit and the Traffic Control and Information Center of the Macao Transport Bureau to understand the local infrastructure and transport management. In the evening, Mr Lam inspected the cross-boundary logistics transfer facility at the HZMB Macao Port and learned about its operational procedures.
Mr Lam said that both the passenger and vehicular flows of the HZMB rose remarkably last year. To fully realise the mission of better leveraging the HZMB, he held high hopes that the authorities of the three cities will continue to enhance the port efficiency and further strengthen the flow of people as well as the economic and trade exchanges among the three places, with a view to improving the connectivity in transport and logistics among cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Mr Lam concluded his visit and returned to Hong Kong via the HZMB at night.
SCST visits Thailand to foster exchanges in culture and tourism (with photos)
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S for Health visits Chinese Medicine Clinic cum Training and Research Centre in Kwai Tsing District (with photos)
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S for S concludes GBA visits in Zhongshan (with photos)
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Mr Tang called on Vice Mayor of Zhongshan cum Director-General of the Zhongshan Municipal Public Security Bureau, Mr Lu Gang, in the afternoon. Deputy head of the Zhongshan Municipal Emergency Management Bureau Mr Peng Shangzhan was in attendance. Mr Tang exchanged views with them on issues including combatting cross-boundary crimes and emergency management, and explored co-operation in different fields for enhancing synergistic development. Mr Tang introduced in the meeting a new plan formulated by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government to further enhance the capability of GBA cities in handling incidents together, including strengthening exchanges on technology and knowledge, resource sharing, as well as emergency mobilisation co-ordination.
Mr Tang said that after concluding the visit to Zhongshan, he has completed the series of visits to all GBA cities starting from April this year. He expressed his gratitude to the public security bureaux, emergency management bureaux and fire and rescue brigades of all the cities for studying the relevant emergency response plan with the leadership and co-ordination of the Guangdong Provincial Government. He said he looked forward to holding joint working meetings later to take forward the plan.
Mr Tang then visited the e-Park (Zhongshan) and learnt more about its operation. He also chatted and exchanged views with young Hong Kong entrepreneurs, and explored how the HKSAR Government could help their development in the GBA. During his stay in Foshan, Mr Tang enjoyed martial arts performances at the Feihong Pavilion in Nanhai and learnt more about the origin, inheritance and development of Foshan’s martial arts culture. Mr Tang praised the local use of innovative technologies to present the diversity of traditional martial arts, which perfectly combined tradition and modernity. Such creative methods provide great inspiration to the future work of the bureau.
Mr Tang concluded the two-day visit to Zhaoqing, Foshan and Zhongshan, and returned to Hong Kong in the evening.
Hong Kong – STL visits Zhuhai and Macao (with photos)
The Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mr Lam Sai-hung, attended a meeting of the Joint Works Committee (JWC) of the Three Governments on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) in Zhuhai today (March 12) and inspected the transport and logistics facilities in Macao. The Commissioner for Transport, Ms Angela Lee, also joined the visit.Hong Kong – SCST visits Thailand to foster exchanges in culture and tourism (with photos)
The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Kevin Yeung, commenced his visit to Thailand this afternoon (October 20). He met with the Minister of Culture of Thailand, Mr Sermsak Pongpanit, in Bangkok to explore collaboration opportunities and enhance mutual links. Mr Yeung also met with the Deputy Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mr Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, to share their experiences in promoting tourism and explore opportunities in strengthening exchanges and co-operation.
Mr Yeung said, “At the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, President Xi Jinping announced eight major steps China will take to support high-quality Belt and Road co-operation, one of which is to strengthen the institutional building for international Belt and Road co-operation, including building multilateral co-operation platforms covering culture and other fields. Hong Kong has a Memorandum of Understanding on Cultural Cooperation with Thailand, creating a favourable environment to strengthen collaboration between the two sides under the Belt and Road Initiative framework. In fully utilising the co-operation platform, the three-week Hong Kong Week 2023@Bangkok organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department this time will bring to local audiences programmes of performing arts, exhibitions and film screenings, showcasing the diversity of Hong Kong’s arts and culture, as well as telling the good stories of China and Hong Kong.”
Mr Yeung also pointed out that the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region attaches great importance to facilitating cultural exchanges and co-operation across Asia. The Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum 2022 held in Hong Kong in December last year provided an important platform for the participating cultural ministers and senior officials to share their views and experience on policies and measures promoting arts and culture development. Representatives from the Ministry of Culture of Thailand also participated in the Forum. The National 14th Five-Year Plan has expressed clear support for Hong Kong to develop into an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange. One of the key areas of work is to facilitate culture exchanges and co-operation within Asia and internationally.
Mr Yeung will continue his visit to Bangkok, Thailand, tomorrow.Hong Kong – S for Health visits Chinese Medicine Clinic cum Training and Research Centre in Kwai Tsing District (with photos)
The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, visited the Chinese Medicine Clinic cum Training and Research Centre (CMCTR) in Kwai Tsing District today (August 29) to meet representatives of the operating organisation and Chinese medicine practitioners (CMPs) of the CMCTR to get a better grasp of its operation and its involvement in integrated Chinese-Western medicine (ICWM) treatment services.
Accompanied by the Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority (HA), Dr Tony Ko, Professor Lo met the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yan Chai Hospital, Mrs Mary Suen, to learn more about the government-subsidised outpatient services provided by the CMCTR.
Professor Lo said, “Chinese medicine (CM) constitutes an integral part of the healthcare system in Hong Kong. The Government has long been committed to driving the CM development in Hong Kong, with a view to establishing a comprehensive network for delivering government-subsidised CM services to the public. The Government will increase the quota of government-subsidised CM outpatient services at CMCTRs in the 18 districts by the end of this year to implement the policy initiative of raising the service quota to 800 000 per year as outlined in the 2022 Policy Address, thus further reinforcing the role of CM at primary healthcare level. Having regularised ICWM services earlier this year, the HA is also progressively extending such services to more hospitals with more disease areas covered in a bid to bring the strengths of CM and ICWM into full play.”
During the meeting, Professor Lo fully recognised the contributions of CMPs of the CMCTR in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. He was pleased to learn that the CMCTR has geared up to take forward the Government’s policy of increasing the quota of subsidised outpatient services by the end of this year. He is confident that the CMCTR will be able to provide strengthened services to the local community by then.
The Government commissioned the HA years ago to develop and implement the ICWM Pilot Programme so as to gain more experience in operating ICWM and CM inpatient services. The programme offers ICWM treatment services to in-patients suffering from certain disease areas (namely stroke, musculoskeletal pain and cancer palliative care) at the CMCTRs. At present, a total of eight hospitals participate in the programme in which CMPs and Western medicine (WM) doctors team up to formulate clinical treatment protocol for each of the selected disease areas. Under the programme, CMPs and WM doctors work together to assess the suitability of patients in receiving CM treatment and offer ICWM treatment services to the suitable ones. Patients may join the relevant programme on a voluntary basis.
Among all, the CM team of the CMCTR in Kwai Tsing District work closely with the WM team of Princess Margaret Hospital to provide ICWM services for cancer patients receiving palliative treatment. Professor Lo was pleased to see the seamless collaboration of the two parties. He also expressed his appreciation and support for the CMCTR’s active participation in clinical research projects.
The HA has been progressively extending the ICWM services with respect to stroke care to its public hospitals across all seven hospital clusters in 2023-24. The HA will also further explore commencement of ICWM services with respect to cancer care to support patients in different cancer stages.
Moreover, the HA launched the Greater Bay Area CM Visiting Scholars Programme last November to foster the development of ICWM treatment services. Apart from clinical professional exchanges, the Visiting Scholars Programme also helps nurture local CMPs for enhancing ICWM clinical treatment level with some 30 participating CMPs having received training to date.
Located in all 18 districts across the city, the CMCTRs offer eligible Hong Kong residents government-subsidised CM outpatient services at district level, including treatment-related services in the field of CM outpatient, acupuncture and bone setting/tui-na. On top of the government-subsidised services, the CMCTRs also provide patients with options of non-government-subsidised services. Furthermore, the CMCTRs bear the functions of nurturing CM talent and taking forward scientific research projects.
Deputy Secretary for Health Mr Eddie Lee; the Cluster Chief Executive of Kowloon West Cluster of the HA, Dr Alexander Law; the Acting Commissioner for Chinese Medicine Development of the Health Bureau, Mr Dominic Ho; and the Chief Manager (Chinese Medicine) of the HA, Ms Rowena Wong, accompanied Professor Lo on the visit today.Hong Kong – S for S concludes GBA visits in Zhongshan (with photos)
The Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung, called on the Zhongshan Municipal Public Security Bureau and conducted visit activities in Foshan and Zhongshan today (July 20), completing his series of visits to all cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in recent months.Ads
