The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Secretariat announced today (February 20) that disease prevention measures and special arrangements for the LegCo Secretariat will continue to be implemented in order to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus in the community. Secretariat staff will work from home, except those who provide support services to the meetings of LegCo and its Committees, maintain basic operation of the Secretariat and who are on essential duties.
Members of the public may refer to the "LegCo Calendar" on the LegCo Website (www.legco.gov.hk) or the "Calendar" on the LegCo Mobile App for the latest arrangements of meetings of LegCo and its Committees to be held from February 24 to 28.
For details of the disease prevention measures and special arrangements for the LegCo Secretariat, please refer to the announcement on the LegCo Website (www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/sec/corg_ser/whats_on_20200217-e.pdf).
The aforementioned measures will be implemented tentatively until next Sunday (March 1). The Secretariat will review these measures and make further announcements in due course.
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