Skip to main content

Featured

Energy efficiency meeting held

Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan today attended the 60th Meeting of the Expert Group on Energy Efficiency & Conservation of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held in Hong Kong.   In his welcome speech, Mr Tse said that Hong Kong was honoured to host the meeting again after 2019 and 2020 to provide a platform for direct dialogue among APEC partners.   “It is encouraging to see over 50 experts and delegates from 11 APEC member economies as well as four international organisations gather again to share insights and exchange experiences with their counterparts after the stabilisation of the epidemic.”   As the Asia-Pacific region develops, its energy demand and consumption would continue to increase, which may lead to an increase in emissions of greenhouse gases, he pointed out.   To achieve carbon neutrality before 2050, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government published Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050 in 2021, outlining the st
Read more

No new COVID-19 cases found

The Centre for Health Protection announced that as of midnight, no new COVID-19 cases have been recorded, leaving the total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong at 11,837.   The centre said five cases reported earlier have been reclassified as imported ones after the epidemiological investigation, clinical evidence and genetic sequencing analysis revealed that the patients were more likely infected with the coronavirus before arriving in Hong Kong.    Seventeen cases were reported in the past 14 days, including 16 imported cases and one import-related case.   For information and health advice on COVID-19, visit the Government's dedicated webpage.
http://dlvr.it/S0jPKQ

Popular Posts