The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (August 12) that a site, Sha Tin Town Lot No. 643 at Hin Wo Lane, Sha Tin, New Territories, in the 2022-23 Land Sale Programme, will be disposed of by public tender. The tender invitatio… read more
Hongkong Post announced today (August 12) that, as advised by the postal administration of the United Kingdom, due to local strikes (August 26 and 31 and September 8 and 9), all mail delivery services to the … read more
The Transport and Logistics Bureau (TLB) today (August 12) held a session on “Spirit of the President’s Important Speech” at the Central Government Offices, enabling colleagues of the TLB and its departments to have a deeper understanding of the core essence of the important speech delivered by President Xi Jinping at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mr Lam Sai-hung, delivered a keynote speech to share with the participants how to apply what they learnt from President Xi’s speech in their daily work by being pragmatic and living up to the people’s expectations.
President Xi raised “four musts” for the HKSAR Government in his important speech: it must fully and faithfully implement the principle of “one country, two systems”; it must uphold the Central Government’s overall jurisdiction while securing the HKSAR’s high degree of autonomy; it must ensure that Hong Kong is administered by patriots; and it must maintain Hong Kong’s distinctive status and advantages. President Xi also laid down “four proposals” for the newly inaugurated Government, i.e. further improving its governance, continuing to create strong impetus for growth, earnestly addressing people’s concerns and difficulties in daily life, and working together to safeguard harmony and stability.
Mr Lam said that the “four musts” and “four proposals” set out a high-level visionary guidance for the future development and governance of Hong Kong.
“When President Xi shed light on the point that Hong Kong should maintain its distinctive status and advantages, he reiterated that the Central Government fully supported Hong Kong in the effort to maintain its distinctive status and edges, to improve its presence as an international financial, shipping and trading centre, to keep its business environment free, open and regulated and to maintain the common law, so as to expand and facilitate its exchanges with the world. We must leverage the staunch support of the country towards Hong Kong to expand our scope for further development by giving full play to our unique strengths. We must not let down our country as it has all along been showing care and support for Hong Kong,” he said.
Mr Lam stressed that Hong Kong’s international airport and port facilities are among the best in the world and have been renowned for their high efficiency, strong connectivity and extensive coverage. The Government will continue to put forward more policies and initiatives, and work closely with the industry, with a view to further raising Hong Kong’s competitiveness in sea, land and air transport and logistics as well as enhancing its international connectivity.
​During the session, the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Ms Mable Chan; the Under Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mr Liu Chun-san; and other participating colleagues also shared their thoughts and feelings with the participants.
Around 110 colleagues of the TLB and its departments, including the Civil Aviation Department, the Highways Department, the Marine Department and the Transport Department, attended the session.
The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, visited the Compulsory Quarantine Support Centre set up by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) in Wong Chuk Hang today (August 12) to encourage the hard-working OGCIO colleagues.
Accompanied by the Deputy Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Tony Wong, Professor Sun inspected the operation of the centre to learn about how the OGCIO used the electronic wristbands pairing with the “StayHomeSafe” mobile application to help monitor persons under home isolation to ensure that they stay in the designated premises during the isolation period.
Professor Sun said that technology plays an important part in anti-epidemic work. The Government uses technologies to combat the epidemic with precision, and the use of the electronic wristband is an example. Coupled with the Red Code launched on Monday, the electronic wristband helps monitor and prevent confirmed cases from leaving the designated isolation premises and minimises the risk of the spread of infection.
Starting from July 15, persons under home isolation have to wear electronic wristbands. The OGCIO has arranged for service providers to assist persons under home isolation to wear electronic wristbands and install the “StayHomeSafe” mobile app, according to the list provided by the Centre for Health Protection.
Professor Sun chatted with frontline colleagues to learn about the support they provide to confirmed cases under home isolation during the monitoring period. He noted that apart from OGCIO personnel, staff of the Hong Kong Police Force, the Customs and Excise Department, and the Immigration Department also assisted in the work of wearing electronic wristbands during the initial stage of the implementation of relevant measures. This allowed the OGCIO to have more time to make prompt and timely arrangements for the distribution and wearing of electronic wristbands. At present, except for confirmed cases received by the OGCIO in the evening, over 80 per cent of confirmed cases can receive and wear their electronic wristbands, and activate their “StayHomeSafe” mobile application, on the same day that the cases are received from the Centre for Health Protection.
Professor Sun said, “The OGCIO has been using the ‘StayHomeSafe’ application together with the electronic wristbands to carry out monitoring work on persons under home quarantine since the outbreak of the epidemic. Four monitoring centres were set up and over 700 serving and retired civil servants from various departments, as well as volunteers from the information technology sector, had offered assistance to the monitoring work amid the service surge. I would like to express my gratitude to civil service colleagues from various departments for their dedicated efforts in supporting the anti-epidemic work of Hong Kong over the past two years, demonstrating the team spirit of the whole Government in fighting the epidemic together.”
The 2022 Guangdong/Hong Kong Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) (Online) was held today (August 12), attracting the participation of over 260 SME representatives, IP practitioners and government officials from the Mainland and Hong Kong.
The Central Government promulgated the Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform and Opening Up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone last year to advance the comprehensive deepening of the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. As such, the theme of this year’s seminar was “Promoting the Development of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry and the Greater Bay Area through IP Trading”, with an aim of keeping enterprises abreast of the development of the innovation and technology ecosystem in Qianhai and the relevant IP court cases, and encouraging them to make use of the professional services provided by Hong Kong in formulating effective IP strategies, so as to provide impetus for enterprises to expand their businesses nationwide and worldwide through IP trading by seizing the opportunities arising from the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Cooperation Zone.
At the seminar, speakers made presentations and led discussions on various topics including the building of Qianhai into a world-class IP protection region, notable IP court cases related to Hong Kong, points to note for enterprises in handling IP disputes, the latest developments of IP and the original grant patent system in Hong Kong, and professional IP arbitration and mediation services provided by Hong Kong.
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Being one of the key co-operation items under the framework of the Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, the seminar was jointly organised by the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration), and was co-organised by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong of the HKSAR Government. The event was also supported by other members of the Expert Group and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.
Since 2004, Guangdong and Hong Kong have co-organised a number of activities to promote the importance of IP protection and exploitation among SMEs.
Details of the webinar are available on the IPD’s website (www.ipd.gov.hk).
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