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     The Government announced today (June 12) that Mr Vic Yau Cheuk-hang has taken up the post of Director, Northern Metropolis Co-ordination Office on June 12, 2023. 

     The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, said, “Mr Yau is a seasoned Administrative Officer with proven leadership and management skills. I have every confidence that he will continue to serve the community with professionalism in his new capacity.”

     A brief biographical note of Mr Yau is set out below:

Mr Vic Yau Cheuk-hang
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     Mr Yau joined the Administrative Service in July 1997 and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B1 in April 2022. He has served in various bureaux and departments, including the Home Affairs Department, the former Home Affairs Bureau, the former Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, the Housing Department, the Chief Executive’s Office and the Security Bureau. He was Deputy Secretary for Security from March 2016 to December 2018, Deputy Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands) from December 2018 to February 2023 and Director, Preparatory Office for Northern Metropolis since February 2023.

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     The Development Bureau today (June 12) announced the establishment of the Northern Metropolis Co-ordination Office (NMCO) to co-ordinate, champion and drive the development of the Northern Metropolis.
      
     In the 2022 Policy Address, the Chief Executive stated that the current-term Government would take forward the development of the Northern Metropolis in full steam and set up a department dedicated to the development of the Northern Metropolis in 2023.

     A spokesman for the Development Bureau said, “With the theme of ‘International Innovation and Technology New City’, the Northern Metropolis integrates quality living, industries, and culture and leisure. It is a new engine for Hong Kong to scale new heights, and an important platform to promote high-quality economic co-operation between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and for Hong Kong to integrate into the overall national development.”

     “The Northern Metropolis project covers aspects such as land development, housing supply, transport infrastructure, ecological conservation, development of industries, and government and community facilities. It is a mammoth undertaking involving a number of government bureaux and departments (B/Ds). The NMCO will assume the overall co-ordination role in taking forward the initiative.”

     The NMCO will formulate and promulgate an action agenda and an implementation plan for the Northern Metropolis within this year. The major daily duties of the NMCO include:
 

• assuming an overall championing and co-ordinating role in taking forward the Northern Metropolis initiative;
• formulating innovative planning and lands policies as well as implementation arrangements to drive and support new industrial strategies;
• strengthening the co-ordination of the relevant B/Ds for timely implementation of provision of housing, transport and other infrastructure, ecological conservation, development of industries in different sectors, and provision of government/public facilities, etc in the Northern Metropolis for a comprehensive and coherent development;
• providing strategic advice to senior echelons on development strategies and priorities for the Northern Metropolis, as well as providing secretariat support to the Steering Committee on the Northern Metropolis chaired by the Chief Executive and the Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis chaired by the Financial Secretary;
• establishing close and regular contact and strengthening collaboration with the Mainland authorities to make full use of the synergy between the Northern Metropolis and GBA as well as the opportunities arising therefrom, and for better integration into the overall national development; and
• promoting public engagement and strengthening communication with stakeholders on the development of the Northern Metropolis.

 
     For enquiries about the Northern Metropolis, please email nmcoenq@devb.gov.hk. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesman for Kowloon West Cluster (KWC) made the following appeal today (June 12) regarding a patient who left the hospital without prior notification: … read more

     The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, yesterday (June 10, Geneva time) concluded his visit to Switzerland.

     Mr Sun attended the plenary sitting of the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) as part of the delegation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on June 9 morning, during which the Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, Ms Wang Xiaoping, delivered an address on the development of labour affairs of the country. In the afternoon on the same day, Mr Sun and officials held a bilateral meeting with the Assistant Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Regional Director for the ILO Office for Asia and the Pacific, Ms Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, and introduced the latest situation of the labour market, economy, employment and application of International Labour Conventions in Hong Kong. Mr Sun also outlined the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s support and welfare to foreign domestic helpers working in Hong Kong.

     Apart from sitting in committees of the ILC, on the sidelines of the meetings, Mr Sun met with senior officials of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as well as representatives of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the China Enterprise Confederation as part of the PRC delegation. They had exchanges on various labour policies and labour relations issues. Mr Sun and colleagues also called on the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the PRC to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland, Mr Chen Xu. They exchanged views on further deepening the exchange and co-operation between Hong Kong, China and the ILO. In addition, accompanied by the Commissioner for Labour, Ms May Chan, Mr Sun had in-depth discussions with employee and employer members of the Labour Advisory Board attending the ILC on labour policy initiatives of mutual concern.

     Earlier, upon arrival in Geneva on June 8, Mr Sun visited EHL Hospitality Business School in Lausanne in the afternoon, toured its campus facilities and learned more about its curriculum. He met with the Chief Academic Officer of EHL Group, Dr Juan-Francisco Perellon, and updated him on the recent strong rebound of Hong Kong’s tourism and hotel industries. The sector has a thirst for talents. Hong Kong welcomes professionals around the world to come and pursue development in Hong Kong via various talent admission schemes.

     Mr Sun will return this afternoon (June 11) and arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow afternoon (June 12).

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     The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, led a delegation to attend the China Organ Donation Day event held at the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University today (June 11).        The event wa… read more