HONG KONG, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 178,728 people in Hong Kong have taken the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, official data showed Saturday. Since the start of a mass inoculation program in February last year, about 6.
HONG KONG, July 8 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping's address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has been published in both traditional Chinese and English in Hong Kong. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered the speech on July 1.
HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Wednesday that it will distribute 315,000 COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits as part of a follow-up on the recent detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples. The test kits will be distributed to residents, cleaning workers and property management staff working in the areas with positive sewage testing results showing relatively high viral loads in order to help identify infected persons.
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee attends his first Q&A session with members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) in Hong Kong, south China, July 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai) HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee on Wednesday said the HKSAR government will be pragmatic and result-oriented in solving pressing problems facing Hong Kong residents.