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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
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2.68m vaccine jabs administered

About 2,679,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the public, with about 1,557,500 people receiving their first dose and about 1,122,100 getting their second dose.   Among those given the first dose of vaccines, about 677,900 people have received the Sinovac jab and about 879,500 people have received the BioNTech one.   For the second dose, about 472,200 people have received the Sinovac vaccine, while about 649,900 people have been administered the BioNTech jab.   About 14,100 people received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and around 5,000 people received their second dose under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today.   For the BioNTech vaccine, about 15,200 people received their first dose and about 7,700 people received their second dose.   The overall percentage of people who received the Sinovac vaccine at community vaccination centres is about 96%, while for the BioNTech one it is 97%.   As of 8pm, about 12,500 people booked their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine online, while about 23,400 reserved their first and second doses of the BioNTech jab.   As of midnight, nine people were sent to hospitals.
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