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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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HA clarifies news report

The hospital will only consider the use of physical restraint on paediatric patients for the safety and well-being of the patient.   The Hospital Authority issued the clarification in response to a news report about unpleasant experience and alleged use of physical restraint on paediatric patients during hospitalisation.   The authority explained that generally speaking, the hospital will only consider the application of physical restraint on paediatric patients for the safety and well-being of the patient.   It noted that appropriate and prior consent will be sought from the parents or guardians and that there is no question of parents not knowing so beforehand.   As regards whether children would be admitted to the hospital alone, the authority said as a standing practice, the hospital will provide an option for the parents, who are tested negative to COVID-19, to accompany their confirmed children to stay in the same isolation room.   Such an arrangement is subject to the agreement of the Department of Health’s Centre for Health Protection and the availability of isolation capacities.   It said the hospital will explain the risk of contracting the infection to the parents and added that essential infection control precautions and personal protective equipment will be provided.   Due to infection control consideration, the parents will be required to undergo an additional quarantine period after the paediatric patients are discharged.   The authority also pointed out that the hospital will always take into account the interests of paediatric patients and their families, and cater for the special needs of the patients as far as possible during hospitalisation.
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