Day: October 8, 2021

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Govt questions oaths taken by 17 district councillors

Seventeen district councillors face disqualification after the government raised doubts about the oaths they took on Friday. Dozens of council members from Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Kwai Tsing and Islands District took part in the fourth and final oath-taking ceremony before the oath administrator, Home Affairs Secretary Caspar...
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HKU gives deadline for ‘Pillar of Shame’ removal

University of Hong Kong has asked the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China to remove the "Pillar of Shame" sculpture from its campus by 5pm on October 13. The alliance's liquidator, Richard Tsoi, said on Friday he'd received a letter from lawyers representing the...
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Police arrest couple over alleged weapons find

National security police said on Friday they had arrested two people on suspicion of possessing a handgun and bullets without a licence. Officers said they raided a couple's home in Pat Heung in the morning. A pistol, 92 bullets, gas mask and various weapons were seized, police said. Senior superintendent...
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君聯資本領投豐凱醫療B輪融資

HONG KONG, Oct 8, 2021 - (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) - 近日，坐落於上海張江國際醫學園區的微創傷循環輔助器械平台企業豐凱醫療（以下簡稱“豐凱”）完成了B輪融資。本輪融資由君聯資本領投，跟投方包括辰德資本、賽富基金、成為創伴以及凱風創投，老股東禮來亞洲基金、開泰投資持續加碼。本輪融資一方面用於積極推進現有產品的臨床研究，使患者可承擔的跨瓣膜心室輔助裝置早日滿足迫切的臨床需求；另一方面將擴充團隊，加速推進系列產品的並行開發，為高危PCI術中保護、心源性休克救治等提供全面解決方案。創始人唐智榮先生表示：“跨瓣膜心室輔助裝置此前在國內臨床應用極少，長期處於空白，作為本領域的國內先行者，公司將投入充足資源進行臨床前培訓，確保產品臨床研究的質量，以積累可靠的循證醫學數據。”君聯資本董事總經理周瑔表示：“心室輔助，尤其是介入式的心室輔助，在國內具有非常巨大的市場前景。以唐總為代表的資深管理團隊，在這個方向耕耘近6年，現已打磨出國內外領先的優秀產品。我們很高興與豐凱醫療形成合作，未來也會與公司長期攜手前行。”君聯資本長期關注醫療器械、診斷領域的投資，在此領域已有多家所投企業在國內外不同的資本市場成功上市，如金域醫學（603882.SH）、貝瑞基因（000710.SZ）、明德生物（002932.SZ）、Axonics（AXNX）、康眾醫療（688607.SH）、諾輝健康（06606.HK）、Singular Genomics（NASDAQ:OMIC）等，還有浦易生物、瑞萊譜醫療、天星博邁迪、健耕醫藥、星童醫療、國科恒泰、金匙醫學、海萊新創、百心安、禾木、上海澳華、和瑞基因等一系列細分領域龍頭企業。 Copyright 2021 亞太商訊. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)
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Legend Capital leads ForQaly Medical’s Series B financing

HONG KONG, Oct 8, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - ForQaly Medical (hereinafter referred to as "ForQaly"), located in Shanghai Zhangjiang International Medical Zone, is a leading high-tech company focused on developing micro-traumatic circulatory assistant devices. Recently, it completed its Series B fundraising led by Legend Capital, followed by...
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Mazda to Expand SUV Lineup From 2022 Onwards

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 8, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced plans to expand its SUV lineup starting from 2022. The new models will include the Mazda CX-50 to be produced in our new U.S. plant, as well as models in our Large Product group(1),...
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Cielo Survey Finds That 50% of HR and Talent Acquisition Professionals in APAC Face Challenges in Quality of Hire

SINGAPORE, Oct 8, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Cielo, the world's leading strategic Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) provider, has found that talent acquisition professionals in the APAC region are challenged with factors that are distinct from general trends faced by organisations globally.The global survey, conducted by Cielo, consisted...
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Gay rights case dropped after govt admits mistake

A gay man has agreed to drop his legal challenge over the government's refusal to let him identify his late husband after authorities admitted that they had made a mistake. In December 2020, a government pathologist refused to allow Henry Li to act as an official identifier of Edgar Ng...
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Reclamation off Ma Liu Shui ‘to take up to 15 years’

Innovation and Technology minister Alfred Sit on Thursday said it will take up to 15 years to complete a reclamation project off Ma Liu Shui announced in the chief executive's policy address, even though it has not yet been decided what exactly the development will entail. The reclamation project, together...
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‘Article 23 work to begin in next Legco term’

Security Secretary Chris Tang says officials aim to start consultation and legislative work on new national security legislation, under Article 23 of the Basic Law, in the next Legco term. The security chief made the remarks in a blog post supporting the chief executive's policy address, saying he will lead...
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CU student union announces disbandment

The student union of the Chinese University (CUSU) announced its disbandment on Thursday. In February, the university cut ties with the student group, asking it to register as an independent society or company to assume its own legal responsibility. The university also ceased administrative support for the student body and...
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Hong Kong records eight more imported Covid cases

Health authorities on Thursday recorded eight new imported Covid cases, involving people who flew in from Pakistan, Nepal and the Philippines. Officials said Nepal Airlines flights from Kathmandu were temporarily banned from Thursday, after one of its flights brought in three infected passengers on Tuesday. The ban will remain in...
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Customs seize their biggest ever smuggling haul

Customs officers said on Thursday that an anti-smuggling operation in Lung Kwu Tan last month netted the most valuable haul of goods ever found in Hong Kong, with the find including luxury foodstuffs, handbags and endangered plants Officials said customs and marine police tracked a smuggling gang for two months...
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It’ll take some time to re-open mainland border: CE

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday it'll be "a rather lengthy process" for quarantine-free travel to happen between the SAR and the mainland. At a Legislative Council question-and-answer session on the policy address, she said the issue is at the top of her government's agenda. DAB lawmaker Gary Chan...
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