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     The Government announced today (May 21) the arrangement on COVID-19 vaccinations for persons who have recovered from previous COVID-19 infection and appealed to them to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine if they have not yet received any after recovery so as to get further protection.
 
     Starting today, the Government will gradually notify via SMS messages those who have been discharged after recovery from previous COVID-19 infection and have not yet received any COVID-19 vaccine that they can receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at any Community Vaccination Centre (CVC) or private clinic enrolled in the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. The Hospital Authority will also provide a customised factsheet on COVID-19 vaccination outlining the relevant vaccination arrangement to those recovered persons upon discharge from hospital.
 
     Those recovered persons can bring along the SMS message/factsheet concerned and go directly to any CVC or private doctor enrolled in the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme to make enquiries and arrange for vaccination following the recommended interval. No prior online booking is required.
 
     Concerning the various relaxations on social distancing measures under the concept of a “vaccine bubble”, those recovered persons will be regarded to have completed the vaccination course 14 days after one dose of COVID-19 vaccination and a special arrangement will be made to reflect such a condition on their paper and electronic record of vaccination. Meanwhile, if the recovered persons have already received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine after discharge and have an appointment for the second dose, the Government will cancel the second-dose appointment for them. They can contact the service provider of their vaccination earlier to obtain the updated paper record of vaccination.
 
     The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme has been providing two vaccines, which are BioNTech, an mRNA vaccine, and Sinovac, an inactivated vaccine. According to the latest recommendation of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (collectively the JSC) under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health and the Chief Executive’s expert advisory panel, recovered persons who wish to receive the BioNTech vaccine should wait for at least 90 days after discharge from previous infection. If they wish to receive the Sinovac vaccine, they should wait for at least 180 days after discharge from previous infection.
 
     Lists of CVCs and designated private clinics are available at www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/pdf/List_of_CVC_Venues.pdf and www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/en/VSS respectively. read more

     The Department of Health (DH) has put in place a pharmacovigilance system for COVID-19 immunisation, including receiving reports of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFIs) related to the COVID-19 vaccines used in Hong Kong fro… read more

     The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, chaired the eighth meeting of the Youth Development Commission (YDC) today (May 21). At the meeting, members were briefed on government measures on youth development that are relevant to the “Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China and the Long-range Objectives Through the Year 2035” (the 14th Five-Year Plan), and discussed relevant measures to nurture young people’s positive thinking.
 
     The 14th Five-Year Plan has mentioned, among other things, enabling Hong Kong and Macao youths to study, work and start businesses in the Mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and establishing a brand of quality exchanges among the youths of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Members took note of the various measures introduced by the Government that aim at enabling Hong Kong young people to study, work, participate in internships and start businesses on the Mainland, including the Greater Bay Area, as well as enabling them to pursue development and live on the Mainland. Members agreed that development of the Greater Bay Area could provide Hong Kong young people with a wider room for development, and that the measures introduced by the Government were conducive to helping young people grasp opportunities in the Greater Bay Area, thereby better enabling their integration with the overall development of the country. Members suggested that the Government should strengthen the promotion and publicity work of the relevant measures with a view to enabling young people to grasp the relevant information more effectively and enhancing their understanding of the development of the Greater Bay Area.
 
     Members were also briefed on the relevant policies and measures of the Government that aim at nurturing young people’s positive thinking, including measures supporting youth mental health, promoting outdoor adventure training activities, providing support in schools and through social welfare organisations, as well as relevant youth programmes offered by the disciplined services. In particular, as a new measure promulgated in the 2020 Policy Address, the YDC had earlier agreed that a new thematic funding scheme be introduced under the Youth Development Fund to subsidise eligible non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to collaborate with schools to provide systematic, quality and sizeable local outdoor adventure training activities for young people. After further deliberation on the details and a site visit, the YDC had decided to roll out the scheme on a pilot basis in collaboration with the Hong Kong Award for Young People. Subject to the development of the epidemic, the pilot scheme could be rolled out this summer at the earliest, targeting to benefit not fewer than 500 young participants. 
 
     In view of the importance of nurturing young people’s positive thinking in promoting youth development, and the need of cross-bureau and cross-sectoral collaboration in taking forward relevant work, the YDC agreed that the third policy thematic meeting should deliberate on the theme of “young people’s positive thinking”. It is hoped that, through focused discussion, the YDC could raise public awareness towards the promotion of young people’s positive thinking and their well-being. At the same time, through live broadcasts on social media, the YDC could also directly listen to the views of young people and relevant stakeholders, thereby facilitating the Government and the relevant sectors to further enhance the relevant work.
 
     Members noted the progress of various youth development projects under the YDC. The YDC announced in February this year the list of funded NGOs of the Funding Scheme for Youth Entrepreneurship in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (the Entrepreneurship Scheme) and the Funding Scheme for Experiential Programmes at Innovation and Entrepreneurial Bases in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In particular, the 16 funded NGOs under the Entrepreneurship Scheme were progressively rolling out their youth entrepreneurship projects and recruitment efforts, which so far have met with a positive response. To date, six funded NGOs have received a total of more than 1 200 applications, while the other 10 funded NGOs were currently accepting or would soon accept applications. Interested young people may visit the thematic website “We Venture” (www.weventure.gov.hk/en/) for details and directly approach the NGOs concerned for enquiries and applications. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:      Details of the meetings of the Legislative Council (LegCo) and its Committees to be held in the LegCo Complex during the week from May 24 to 28 are av… read more

     The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (May 21) that a site, Lot No. 4076 in Demarcation District No. 91 at the junction of Fan Kam Road and Castle Peak Road – Kwu Tung, Fanling, New Territories, in the 2021-22… read more