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     A sick 72-year-old male person in custody at Tong Fuk Correctional Institution died in a public hospital today (January 14).
      
     The person in custody suffered from lung cancer. He required continuous medical care and follow-up at the institution hospital and a public hospital. On January 9, he was sent to a public hospital for treatment due to physical discomfort. During hospitalisation, his condition deteriorated and he was certified dead at 7.05pm today.
      
     The case has been reported to the Police. A death inquest will be held by the Coroner’s Court.
      
     The person in custody was sentenced to imprisonment for the offence of trafficking in a dangerous drug in June 2007. read more

    The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) today (January 14) announced that samples taken from a licensed pig farm in Yuen Long had tested positive for the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus.         … read more

     The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, continued his visit in Shanghai today (January 14).

     In the morning, Professor Sun visited the GrandneoBay Sci-tech Innovation Park of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and the 1km Incubator exhibition hall. Professor Sun received a briefing on the construction and development plans of this new research and development (R&D) platform as well as the University’s technology outcome transformation projects and the experience of teachers and students in starting up businesses, which help promote key industries.

     He said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government is actively propelling the development of the San Tin Technopole in the Northern Metropolis so as to provide more lands for the innovation and technology (I&T) industries. This supports the Hetao Hong Kong Park by becoming the base for promoting the development of downstream industries.

     Professor Sun also visited the Artificial Intelligence Institute of the SJTU to learn about the University’s edges in disciplines, talent, and geographic location in the field of artificial intelligence. He was briefed on the fruitful results yielded in core technology R&D, outcome transformation and talent nurturing. 

     Professor Sun then met with the leaders of the SJTU and exchanged views on I&T collaboration between the higher education institutions of Shanghai and Hong Kong.

     In the afternoon, Professor Sun first visited an integrated pharmaceutical equipment service provider, which offers pharmaceutical process, core equipment and system engineering solutions for global pharmaceutical enterprises. He then visited a high-tech enterprise focusing on the cutting-edge technology and clinical application of single-port general-purpose minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical robotic systems, and an innovative investment fund platform on biomedicine.

     Professor Sun said the HKSAR Government made use of the efficient market combined with industry-oriented government policies to promote I&T and actively explore new economic growth points. “We will focus on emerging I&T industries of strategic significance including life and health technology, AI and robotics, with a view to accelerating the formation and development of new real economy which leverages Hong Kong’s competitive edge. Hong Kong and Shanghai have great potential in development of life science and biomedicine technology. Close co-operation between Shanghai and Hong Kong will accelerate the transformation and realisation of innovative scientific research outcomes in biomedicine technology. At the same time, the Innovation, Technology and lndustry Bureau will continue to work with relevant departments to spare no efforts in attracting potential and representative Mainland and overseas I&T enterprises to set up or expand their businesses in Hong Kong, thereby promoting the development of related industries.”

     In the evening, Professor Sun attended a dinner with representatives of local enterprises in Shanghai. He introduced to them the distinctive advantages of Hong Kong and encouraged them to use Hong Kong as a springboard to “go global” and expand into overseas emerging markets.

     The Commissioner for Industry (Innovation and Technology), Dr Ge Ming, also joined the visit.

     Professor Sun will continue his visit to Shanghai tomorrow (January 15).

                      

     The Deputy Director General of the Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Ms Li Na, led a Mainland delegation to Hong Kong to ensure the stable supply of quality and safe agricultural products from the Mainland to Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year and review the situation of the food supply from the Mainland to Hong Kong. The delegation, composed of representatives from the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, aims to ensure people in Hong Kong have a sufficient supply of high-quality and diversified food. The delegation, accompanied by the representatives of the Environment and Ecology Bureau, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, visited the Po On Road Market and the Western Wholesale Food Market this morning to study the supply of fresh food.

     The Mainland is the primary source of agricultural products, especially live and fresh food, for Hong Kong. Relevant agencies on the Mainland, based on the principles of “high quality, appropriate amount, balance, seasonality”, have long attached great importance to the quality, safety and stability of food supplied to Hong Kong, and established a closely connected liaison mechanism with Hong Kong. As the bases for supplying fresh food to Hong Kong continue to expand, the quality and variety of products supplied to Hong Kong have been enhanced, showcasing the country’s support and concern for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This has played a crucial role in stabilising prices and ensuring the supply of fresh food to Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year.

     â€‹As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the Ministry of Commerce has instructed all relevant Mainland agencies to ensure the stable supply of quality and safe agricultural products to Hong Kong during the festive season by attaching importance on the stable supply of food, strengthening the sources of supply and enhancing contingency plans. Relevant departments of the two places will continue to maintain close co-operation and communication with a view to ensuring safety and a steady supply of food products to Hong Kong from the Mainland.

    

     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 14) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about an outbreak of highly… read more