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The 20th Eco Expo Asia opened today and will run until this Friday.   Themed “Green Innovations for Carbon Neutrality”, more than 200 officials from around 44 official delegations from the Chinese Mainland, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Belt & Road (B&R) countries, along with industry elites and experts from the environmental sector, […]

Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan, accompanied by Director of Food & Environmental Hygiene Donald Ng, today inspected enhanced preventive work to combat chikungunya fever at Fung Tak Estate in Wong Tai Sin and the surrounding area.   Mr Tse was informed that officers from the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) had investigated

The Environment & Ecology Bureau today convened a special meeting of the interdepartmental Pest Control Steering Committee.   It urged relevant departments to strengthen anti-mosquito measures after the first locally acquired case of chikungunya fever (CF) was recorded recently.   The committee heard from the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), the Food & Environmental Hygiene

The Strive & Rise Programme began recruiting 4,000 mentees for its fourth cohort today. Applications will close on November 16.   Secondary One to Secondary Four students from underprivileged families, particularly those living in subdivided units, can submit applications through the programme’s mobile application.   Formulated and implemented by an interdepartmental task force led by

Hong Kong is the only city in the world which has five universities in the top 100 of the World University Rankings 2026, published by Times Higher Education (THE).   The Education Bureau said today that universities funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) all maintained high rankings, with all of the city’s ranked institutions gaining

The Hong Kong and Macau session of “The Ministry of Education National Lecture Tour on the Spirit of Educators” was held today, with more than 300 principals and teachers from the two places participating in the event.   Themed “strengthening the teaching force with the spirit of educators, composing a glorious chapter in building a

On the second day of their visit, the Delegation of National Model Workers & Craftsmen met major local labour organisations, employees and representatives.   This morning, the delegation exchanged views with labour bodies, trade union representatives, awardees of the industry role model stars award, clients of the Labour Department’s employment services, and trainees from the

The Education Bureau held a book-giving ceremony and thematic talk on Chronicle of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Brigade (Revised Edition), in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.   Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin presented copies of the book to representatives of school councils and school

Applications for the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme are open from now until December 31, the Education Bureau announced today.   Hong Kong students who intend to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate studies at world-renowned universities outside of Hong Kong beginning from the 2026-27 academic year are eligible to apply.   The bureau said the

The Delegation of National Model Workers & Craftsmen arrived in Hong Kong today to start a four-day visit.   At the invitation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, All-China Federation of Trade Unions Vice Chairman Wei Dichun led the delegation to visit Hong Kong.   National Model Worker, National Advanced Worker and National