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     The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London (London ETO) and the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Sweden co-hosted a Year of the Snake reception in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 14 (Stockholm time).

     The evening began with a business seminar, featuring five speakers from the Swedish business community who shared opportunities in Hong Kong for investment and career development. In his welcome speech, the Director-General of the London ETO, Mr Gilford Law, highlighted Hong Kong’s unique advantages, including a free and open investment environment, a simple and low tax system, modern infrastructure, logistics networks, and the unfettered flow of information, capital, goods and talent.

     Mr Law added, “Our strengths have gained well-deserved recognition. Hong Kong is the world’s 10th-largest merchandise trading entity and the fourth-largest destination for foreign direct investment. Canada’s Fraser Institute, in its 2024 Economic Freedom of the World Report, ranked Hong Kong the world’s freest economy. We also topped the Report’s ‘Freedom to trade internationally’. Hong Kong will continue to play a distinctive role as a ‘super connector’ and ‘super value-adder’.” 

     The reception was well attended by over 200 guests from the local business, academic and cultural sectors, as well as the Chinese community. The London ETO will continue to celebrate the Year of the Snake among the countries under its purview.

          

     The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (January 15) obtained a closure order from the court against a premises in Kowloon Bay that has been persistently operating a food business without a licence. &… read more

Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at regular intervals:      The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said today (January 15) that the Fanling Swimming Pool in North… read more

     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 15) announced that a sample of noodle with satay beef was found to contain excessive Clostridium perfringens, a pathogen. The CFS is following up on the incident.

     A spokesman for the CFS said, “Following up on a related food incident, the CFS collected the above-mentioned sample from a restaurant in Tsing Yi for testing. The test result showed that the sample contained Clostridium perfringens at a level of 360 000 per gram. According to the Microbiological Guidelines for Food, ready-to-eat food that contains more than 10 000 Clostridium perfringens per gram is considered unsatisfactory.”

     “The CFS has instantly sent staff to the restaurant to conduct investigation and take food samples for laboratory testing. The restaurant concerned has also been informed of the irregularity. The restaurant has already stopped selling and discarded the affected satay sauce and related food products according to the CFS’s advice. The CFS has also provided health education on food safety and hygiene to the person-in-charge and staff of the restaurant and requested that it improve the food preparation process and carry out thorough cleaning and disinfection,” the spokesman said.

     Clostridium perfringens is widely distributed in the environment. Foods prepared in bulk, especially cooked meat and poultry dishes, and stored at ambient temperatures with a long cooling period after cooking are at high risk. Consuming food contaminated with excessive Clostridium perfringens may cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhoea.

     The CFS will continue to follow up on the incident and take appropriate action to safeguard food safety and public health. read more

     To facilitate data flow in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the bilateral connection of public services between Guangdong and Hong Kong, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office of th… read more