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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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Education chief to visit Guangdong

Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin will depart on Wednesday for Dongguan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to learn about the development of education there and the study life of Hong Kong students in the Mainland, the Education Bureau announced today.   She will meet representatives from the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and students studying in Mainland higher education institutions. She will also call on schools for Hong Kong children and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Guangzhou).   On Thursday and Friday, she will lead a delegation to visit the citizenship and social development study tour destinations in Guangzhou and Shenzhen to prepare for the study tours to be launched next month.   Members of the delegation include Permanent Secretary for Education Michelle Li, Deputy Secretary for Education Teresa Chan and more than 20 representatives from the education sector.   Ms Choi will return to Hong Kong on Friday evening. During her absence, Under Secretary for Education Sze Chun-fai will be Acting Secretary for Education.
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