Day: May 21, 2022

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Compulsory tests ordered for 44 locations

The government on Saturday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 44 locations across the SAR. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. The places affected...
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Teacher resigns after projecting porn onto screen

The Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers on Friday said it's shocked by a report about a secondary school teacher watching porn during lesson time. Leung Shek Chee College confirmed in a statement that the teacher accidentally projected some porn images onto the screen during a class, which were seen...
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Uninfected young adults advised to get 4th Covid jab

Experts who advise the government on Covid-19 and vaccines on Friday recommended adults between the age of 18 and 59 to consider getting a fourth vaccine dose if they have never been infected. The "interim recommendations" came a day after the joint-scientific committees under the Centre for Health Protection and...
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Lawmakers back fare hike proposal for trams

Many lawmakers on Friday voiced support for a fare increase application by Hong Kong Tramways, saying it would help the tram operator ride out its financial hardship. If approved, the first hike since July 2018 will see adult fares climb from HK$2.6 to HK$3, fares for those under 12 rise...
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‘Higher price tag for Legco expansion justified’

Chairman of the Legislative Council's public works subcommittee, Lo Wai-kwok, on Friday defended a government request for more funding to expand the Legco complex. Legco last year approved a sum of HK$1.17 billion for the project, but it's now estimated to cost HK$1.56 billion. In a paper submitted to Legco,...
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‘Now is the best time to further relax Covid curbs’

Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung on Friday made a raft of suggestions to further relax Covid rules in Hong Kong, saying now is the best time for the city to return to normal thanks to a strong immunity barrier. Writing in Ming Pao, he urged the government to further shorten the quarantine...
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Jamia Mosque, City Hall declared monuments

Three structures, including Hong Kong's oldest mosque, were on Friday declared monuments by the government. Jamia Mosque, on Shelley Street in Central, was built around 1915, with features such as the minaret crowned by a dome decorated with finial, as well as pointed multifoil archways at the entrance portico and...
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Calls to drop vaccine pass inappropriate: Sophia Chan

Health secretary Sophia Chan on Friday rejected suggestions from two University of Hong Kong professors to drop the vaccine pass requirements for young adults, saying it's "inappropriate" for them to make such calls as it would re-ignite vaccine hesitancy. Chan was responding to epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling and assistant pharmacy professor...
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Younger people can now get fourth Covid jab

Health officials said on Saturday that uninfected individuals aged 18 to 59 who are at higher risk of coronavirus exposure or need a Covid jab for other reasons - such as overseas study - can have a fourth vaccine from now on - regardless of whether their previous doses were...
ACN Newswire

Straumann Malaysia, part of The Straumann Group, a Leading Implantology Company, Intends to Provide 3,000 Dental Implant Packages to the Ministry of Health Malaysia as part of MoU

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, May 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Straumann Group Sdn. Bhd, the Malaysian subsidiary of Straumann Group, global leader in implantology and aesthetic-dentistry, (Straumann Malaysia) intends to provide 3,000 dental implant packages worth in excess of RM10 million, which will benefit the lower-income group (B40) and...
Local

Police investigate fatal accident in Sheung Shui

Police said they're investigating a fatal traffic accident in Sheung Shui on Friday night in which a 57-year-old woman died. They said that at about 8.40pm, a private car driven by a 26-year-old man was travelling along Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau towards Sha Tau Kok. They...
International

Explainer: Why monkeypox cases are spreading in Europe, US

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions (left) and spherical immature virions (right) obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. (CYNTHIA S. GOLDSMITH, RUSSELL REGNER / CDC VIA AP) LONDON...
International

Top Russian, US generals discuss Ukraine over phone

This US Department of Defense handout photo shows Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark A Milley (left) as he meets with Chief of Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov in Helsinki, Finland, on Sept 22, 2021. (CHUCK BURTON / DOD / AFP) MOSCOW/KYIV/BERLIN/VIENNA/UNITED NATIONS – Chief of...
International

Challenging agenda awaits world leaders in Davos

Inflation, energy and climate crises, Ukraine conflict key topics for discussion (WU HEPING / FOR CHINA DAILY) World political and business leaders face huge challenges at the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to experts. They face pressures from rampant inflation, energy and climate crises, and the conflict...
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