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     The flag presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Delegation to the 15th National Games of the People’s Republic of China (NG) was held at the Kowloon Park Sports Centre this afternoon (October 15).
      
     The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, officiated at the ceremony and presented the HKSAR regional flag to the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Head of the HKSAR Delegation, Miss Rosanna Law. The supporting organisations were also presented with certificates of appreciation during the ceremony.
      
     Organised by the General Administration of Sport of China once every four years, the NG is the country’s highest-level and largest national multi-sport event. The 15th NG, featuring 34 competition events and 23 mass participation events, with the latter covering 19 sports for competition and four sports for demonstration, will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao from November 9 to 21 this year.
      
     Speaking at the event, Miss Law said that Hong Kong has participated in the NG eight times since its return to the motherland. In the last NG held in Shaanxi in 2021, the results of the Hong Kong team were very encouraging, achieving a total of seven medals, namely two golds and five bronzes. In recent years, Hong Kong athletes have accomplished outstanding results in various major international competitions and made historic achievements by capturing two gold medals and two bronze medals at the Paris Olympic Games last year, injecting strong impetus into the development of Hong Kong’s sports. This not only reflects that the skills of athletes have been on the rise, but also shows that the HKSAR Government is moving in the right direction in training elite athletes. At the same time, it demonstrates the results of the joint efforts of the Government and various sectors of the community in promoting the development of sports over the years.
      
     The Delegation participating in this year’s NG is the largest ever, with over 600 athletes and about 270 team officials and medical personnel taking part in 28 competition events. Together with the athletes and officials of 23 mass participation events, the total number of participants exceeds 1 800. For details and the list of athletes participating in the 15th NG, please visit the dedicated webpage of the HKSAR Delegation to the 15th NG (www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ngames/2025).
      
     Also attending the flag presentation ceremony today were Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR Mr Sun Shangwu; the President of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Delegation, Mr Timothy Fok; the President of the China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Delegation, Mrs Jenny Fung; the Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism and Honorary Adviser of the Delegation, Ms Vivian Sum; the Under Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Raistlin Lau; the Head of the National Games Coordination Office (Hong Kong), Mr Yeung Tak-keung; the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services and Vice Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Delegation, Ms Manda Chan; and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Delegation, Mr Cheng King-leung.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will hold the Seminar on Executive-Legislative Collaboration for Good Governance & Better Future at the Central Government Offices tomorrow, where Chief Executive John Lee will deliver a keynote speech.

The seminar aims to strengthen public understanding of the relationship between the executive authorities and the legislature, steadfast and successful implementation of “one country, two systems” and the significance of good governance.

Patriotic and pro-Hong Kong organisations, representatives from various sectors of the community as well as experts and scholars are invited to exchange views and build consensus at the event.

Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki, Legislative Council President Andrew Leung, Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Coalition Tam Yiu-chung, and Consultant of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies Prof Lau Siu-kai will give speeches.

The seminar will be held from 11am to 12.30pm. Radio Television Hong Kong TV 32 will live-broadcast the seminar, while the RTHK website, Information Services Department website, and Facebook pages of news.gov.hk and that of the Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau will stream the seminar online.

The Hong Kong SAR Government encourages citizens to watch the seminar for a better understanding of the Legislative Council Election and participate actively in the polls to create the future together.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Government welcomed the passage of the Road Traffic (Amendment) (Ride-Hailing Service) Bill 2025 today, which marks a significant milestone in introducing a regulatory regime for ride-hailing services that aims to provide the public with safer, more reliable, and diverse personalised point-to-point transport services.

The Road Traffic (Amendment) (Ride-hailing Service) Ordinance 2025 introduces a regulatory framework for ride-hailing services, requiring platforms, vehicles, and drivers providing ride-hailing services to obtain licences or permits.

In addition, the ordinance strengthens penalties and arrangements related to illegal carriage of passengers for reward.

Secretary for Transport & Logistics Mable Chan said the Government is determined to introduce a legal framework for regulating ride-hailing services, in order to address the long-standing controversies surrounding such services, and achieve a win-win situation for the public, taxis and ride-hailing services.

“The ordinance represents a crucial step forward in the Government’s legislative work.

“By first establishing the fundamental regulatory principles, it lays a solid legal foundation for establishing the technical details in the next stage.

“We will immediately proceed with the next stage of work, including discussing in a focused manner with stakeholders and finalising the regulatory details through subsidiary legislation and licence/permit conditions.

“We will continue to listen to the views and suggestions from all parties, with a view to adopting a ‘people-oriented and win-win’ approach.”

The ordinance will be gazetted on October 24.

The Government plans to submit the subsidiary legislation detailing regulatory requirements to the Legislative Council for scrutiny in the first half of next year, with a view to completing the relevant legislative procedures in mid-2026.

Subject to the preparatory work of the platforms that are granted ride-hailing service licences, the Government expects that the licensed platforms may start operating in the fourth quarter of next year.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The flag presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Delegation to the 15th National Games of the People’s Republic of China was held at the Kowloon Park Sports Centre today.

Chief Executive John Lee officiated at the ceremony and presented the Hong Kong SAR regional flag to Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism and Head of the Hong Kong SAR Delegation Rosanna Law.

Miss Law said that Hong Kong has participated in the National Games eight times since its return to the motherland, noting that its athletes have accomplished outstanding results in various major international competitions in recent years and made historic achievements by capturing two gold medals and two bronze medals at the Paris Olympic Games last year, injecting strong impetus into the development of local sports.

This not only reflects that the skills of athletes have been on the rise, but also shows that the Hong Kong SAR Government is moving in the right direction in training elite athletes, she added.

The 15th National Games will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau from November 9 to 21.

The delegation participating in this year’s Games is the largest ever, with over 600 athletes and about 270 team officials and medical personnel taking part in 28 competition events. Together with the athletes and officials of 23 mass participation events, the total number of participants exceeds 1,800.

Click here for details of the athletes’ participation in the 15th National Games.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK), located at 1 Pak Shing Kok Road in Tseung Kwan O, will commence services in phases starting from December 11.

Highlighting that the CMHHK is the first hospital in Hong Kong to offer predominantly Chinese Medicine (CM) services, Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau said the hospital will lead the way for Hong Kong’s CM services to go beyond primary healthcare and play a part in secondary and tertiary healthcare services.

“I am very excited that the hospital is about to commence its service, and look forward to its development of a ‘Hong Kong model’ for pure CM services, services with CM playing the predominant role and integrated Chinese-Western medicine services, providing more comprehensive CM services to members of the public.

“CMHHK will give full play to its role as a ‘change driver’ to drive CM development in Hong Kong and in the Greater Bay Area through close collaboration with the CM sector and stakeholders, as well as to assist CM services to go global, thereby contributing to the national development of CM.”

Clinical services

In its first year of service, the CMHHK will provide outpatient and day-patient services, and will fully launch six specialised CM services, namely internal medicine in CM, external medicine in CM, gynaecology in CM, paediatrics in CM, orthopaedics and traumatology in CM, and acupuncture and moxibustion in CM. It will also provide 12 special disease programmes, including those for elderly degenerative diseases and stroke rehabilitation.

For outpatient services, government-subsidised services will cover general clinic, specialised clinic and integrated allied health clinic services, while market-oriented services will cover private clinic and integrated allied health clinic services.

Day-patient services will encompass both government-subsidised services and market-oriented services. Twenty-five beds will be provided in the first year, primarily for CM cases requiring longer treatment times or more complicated procedures.

Inpatient services will mainly commence from the second year.

It is expected that by the end of 2030, the CMHHK will provide full inpatient services, involving 400 patient beds, as well as outpatient services handling 400,000 patients annually.

Fee models

The CMHHK’s government-subsidised services, which will be accessible to eligible Hong Kong citizens, will account for 65% of the hospital’s total service volume.

The hospital will adopt package charges, simplified itemised charges and combined charges, enabling users to easily understand fee arrangements and manage their healthcare expenses.

A medical fee waiver mechanism will be in place, under which specified patient groups will be eligible for a full fee waiver. Other patients facing financial hardship may apply to the hospital for fee waivers.

To encourage patients in need to experience the services of the first CM hospital in Hong Kong, the CMHHK will offer a special “experience discount” in its first year of operation, with designated services being offered at 10% to 30% off.

Appointments

From November 1, members of the public can make appointments by visiting the CMHHK’s website or calling 3121 3121. Bookings can also be placed through the hospital’s mobile app starting from December 1.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Tin Shui Wai today (October 15), in which a man died.

At about 11.17am, Police received a report that a man was trapped beneath a medium goods vehicle (MGV) with a container trailer.

Police officers sped to the scene. The 71-year-old man was rescued by firemen. Sustaining serious multiple injuries, he was rushed to Tin Shui Wai Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 1.16pm today.

Initial investigation revealed that the man had parked his MGV at a warehouse car park in San Hing Tsuen on Lau Fau Shan Road. After alighting, the vehicle reportedly rolled forward. The man attempted to re-enter his vehicle to brake. The vehicle door then struck the container of another MGV parked in front, trapping him between his vehicle and the container. The other MGV subsequently moved off and the man reportedly fell to the ground, after which he was run over by his still-rolling vehicle.

Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories North is underway.

Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers at 3661 3800.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

​The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, today (October 15) proceeded to Chengdu, Sichuan, to continue her visit programme.

Dr Choi met with the Director-General of the Department of Education of Sichuan Province, Professor Yu Xiaoqi, to discuss education issues of mutual concern. She said that Hong Kong and Sichuan Province have long maintained close ties, and both the Education Bureau and the Department of Education of Sichuan Province have been striving to advance education exchanges between Hong Kong and Sichuan since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on education co-operation in 2013. She said she looks forward to expanding the collaboration based on the existing foundation.

Dr Choi also visited Sichuan Changjiang Vocational College to understand the latest developments and prospects of local vocational education and met with Hong Kong people working in Chengdu to learn about their entrepreneurial experiences. She toured the Sichuan-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan youth exchange base and the Chengdu-Hong Kong industry-education integration park in the college. She learned about how the college promotes youth exchanges through diverse activities and fosters synergy between vocational education and various industries to cultivate skilled professionals required.

During her meeting with the college leaders, Dr Choi noted that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has been promoting vocational and professional education and training (VPET) at different levels through a multipronged approach, adopting the strategy of fostering industry-institution collaboration and diversified development. It encourages the alignment of classroom education with industry needs and collaboration between businesses and education institutions, thereby providing diversified learning and employment opportunities and nurturing more high-quality talent with applied skills. Dr Choi said she expected to learn from the experiences of other regions in promoting VPET during the visit, and she was also pleased to see Hong Kong and Sichuan Province strengthen exchanges and co-operation in areas such as skilled talent cultivation and industry-education collaboration.

Dr Choi will call on the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government tomorrow morning (October 16) and then conclude her visit and return to Hong Kong.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     The Digital Policy Office (DPO) today (October 15) conducted an information technology (IT) system tabletop exercise for the 15th National Games (NG), the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and the 9th National Special Olympic Games (NSOG) to further strengthen cross-departmental collaboration and response capabilities.
 
     As the responsible unit for planning and building the core IT systems and network infrastructure for the Hong Kong competition region, the DPO completed the development and testing of related IT systems in September. This tabletop exercise focused on simulating potential emergency IT incidents and urgent situations that may occur during the events, aiming to test the mobilisation efficiency of the participating departments and the effectiveness of the interdepartmental communication mechanism. Participating units included the National Games Coordination Office (Hong Kong), the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, the IT system contractors, and cybersecurity experts. Through diverse simulated scenarios, the exercise enhanced co-ordination and rapid response capabilities among the departmental teams, ensuring the smooth and safe operation of the events.
 
     The Commissioner for Digital Policy, Mr Tony Wong, said, “The 15th NG, the 12th NGD and the 9th NSOG are important missions entrusted to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by the country. We must spare no effort in providing solid IT support to ensure the successful hosting of this national sports event. This cross-departmental tabletop exercise simulated the core system challenges, infrastructure issues, and cybersecurity emergencies that may arise during the events, verifying the feasibility of contingency plans and the efficiency of team collaboration. The DPO will adhere to the principles of ‘respond instantly, resume rapidly’ to ensure ‘zero interruptions to the operation of the events.'” He also sincerely thanked all participating units for their full support and active collaboration, which contributed to the success of the exercise.
 
     In addition, the DPO is currently intensifying final joint system testing with the responsible units in both Guangdong Province and Macao counterparts before the Games to ensure seamless integration of systems across the three places, while enhancing cross-boundary co-ordination and emergency response capabilities in system operations and cybersecurity to make preparations for the events.
 
     The 15th NG, the 12th NGD and the 9th NSOG will be cohosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao for the first time. The DPO will release a series of short videos during the events through its Facebook page (www.facebook.com/digitalpolicyhk) to help the public gain a deeper understanding of how information technology supports this national large-scale event.