Hong Kong Informer

Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man attended the World Health Organisation’s 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva today, as a member of the China delegation.   Dr Ko met with Minister of the National Health & Family Planning Commission Li Bin and Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs & Culture Cheong U to discuss [...]

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Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man attended the World Health Organisation's 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva today, as a member of the China delegation.Dr Ko met with Minister of the National Health & Family Planning Commission Li Bin and Macau's Secretary for Social Affairs & Culture Cheong U to discuss the latest [...]

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The Legislative Council president has sparked new controversy after he rejected pan-democrats’ suggestion that any bid to end a filibuster should require two-thirds of lawmakers’ votes. Full News here – Hong Kong feed

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Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man inspected a Chinese medicine clinic in Kotzting, Germany, yesterday.   He met the clinic’s Chief Executive Officer Anton Staudinger, who said the facility is the first of its kind in Germany, rendering therapeutical services in the form of hospital treatments.   The clinic, with 80 hospital beds, [...]

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Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man (right) listens to the briefing by the Chief Executive Officer of a Chinese medicine clinic in Ktzting Anton Staudinger on the facilities and operation of the clinic during a visit in … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Hong Kong to Investigate Former Antigraft Chief Local politicians called the expenses excessive—and expressed suspicion about Mr. Tong's having been appointed, after his retirement from the ICAC, as a Hong Kong delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory … Full News here – Read more on Wall Street Journal

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Secretary for the Environment KS Wong led a delegation today to visit ‘green’ buildings in Singapore, and learn how the city promotes energy efficiency.   Mr Wong and members of the Steering Committee on the Promotion of Green Building toured the Zero Energy Building, which is self-sustaining. The building runs on renewable energy, using a [...]

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Director of Marine Francis Liu feels sadness and regret over the causalities caused by the Lamma Island ferry tragedy, and for the deficiencies in the departmental system revealed by the incident.   Responding to media enquiries today, the Marine Department said Mr Liu expressed his deep sadness over the collision at a press conference on [...]

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Families of the victims in last October’s Lamma ferry tragedy made public a letter criticising Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and other officials for not taking their concerns seriously. The families said they did so because Leung had been “bureaucratic” in his reply to questions over government responsibility in the accident that killed 39 people on [...]

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The Government will soon announce a blueprint on waste management policy, Secretary for the Environment KS Wong says.Mr Wong briefed lawmakers during a site visit today to local waste management facilities, and spoke about the results of recycling efforts. The new plan for sustainable use of resources will elaborate on a "reduction first" waste management [...]

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Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man warns hospital services will be affected if the budget is not passed by Wednesday.Speaking to the media today, Dr Ko said the Government is very concerned about the consequences of lawmakers' filibustering against the Appropriation Bill for the budget.The Hospital Authority would need to use its own [...]

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The Government will soon announce a blueprint on waste management policy, Secretary for the Environment KS Wong says.   Mr Wong briefed lawmakers during a site visit today to local waste management facilities, and spoke about the results of recycling efforts.    The new plan for sustainable use of resources will elaborate on a “reduction [...]

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Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man warns hospital services will be affected if the budget is not passed by Wednesday.   Speaking to the media today, Dr Ko said the Government is very concerned about the consequences of lawmakers’ filibustering against the Appropriation Bill for the budget.   The Hospital Authority would need [...]

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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Thursday Hong Kong would face “dire” consequences if the budget bill fails to pass in the Legislative Council next week. At a Legislative Council question-and-answer session, Leung stepped up his rhetoric against a filibuster by four radical lawmakers aimed at delaying the passage of the bill, as it edges [...]

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Former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming on Friday commented for the first time on his expense scandal, saying he would co-operate in investigations related to the matter. In a released written statement, Tong said he felt obliged to explain the matter because it was related to the conduct and integrity of an ICAC commissioner. “I [...]

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