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FS visits biomedical firm in UK

Financial Secretary Paul Chan yesterday visited a biopharmaceutical company and the Royal College of Art, and attended a lunch hosted by the China-Britain Business Council, as part of his ongoing trip to London.   Mr Chan visited AstraZeneca and met the company’s senior management to learn about its drug research and development activities, as well as its latest expansion plans.   AstraZeneca indicated that following in-depth talks with Hong Kong’s Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, it plans to develop a research and development centre in Hong Kong and will engage in further discussion with relevant government departments on the matter.   The Financial Secretary then attended a roundtable luncheon held by the China-Britain Business Council, and met representatives of British enterprises that do business, or plan to do business, either in the Mainland or Hong Kong.   Mr Chan later visited the Royal College of Art, which collaborated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic Unive
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250k people get vaccinated

Around 253,900 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, with about 189,600 receiving their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and about 64,300 their first dose of the BioNTech jab, the Government announced.   About 24,500 people received their first vaccine dose under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today. Among them, around 13,200 received the Sinovac vaccine and about 11,300 the BioNTech one.   The overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at eight community vaccination centres is about 83%, while around 94% have received the BioNTech jab at 19 centres.   As of midnight, 16 people were sent to hospital for treatment.
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