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CS promotes support for DC election

With only 11 days left before the District Council (DC) election, Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki and Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung today visited the Queensway Government Offices to promote the election to colleagues and urge them to vote with family and friends on December 10.   Also joining the visit were representatives from the four civil service central consultative councils and the four major service-wide staff unions.   Mr Chan said civil servants are determined to organise a decent DC election and have encouraged colleagues to vote together with friends and relatives, so as to discharge their civic responsibility as well as support and accomodate the Government's governance.   “I have visited and talked to colleagues from various government departments in the hope of continuing to widely disseminate the important message of supporting the DC election and voting together among civil servants,” he added.   The DC geographical constituencies, inform
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Comirnaty vaccine yet to arrive

The Government today said the Comirnaty vaccine jointly developed by Fosun Pharma and BioNTech cannot be shipped from Germany for arrival in Hong Kong tomorrow.   It was notified by Fosun Pharma that the export procedures for the vaccine have yet to be completed, however, the delay does not involve any issues related to the export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines by the European Union.       The Government added that it has all along been maintaining close liaison with Fosun Pharma to strive for the vaccine’s early supply and has been actively making preparations for its arrival with a target to having the vaccine delivered to Hong Kong in late February.   Fosun Pharma confirmed that the first batch of one million doses of the Comirnaty vaccine to be supplied to Hong Kong has completed production and successfully passed the relevant safety and quality testing.   The first batch of one million doses will be delivered to Hong Kong from Germany via two flights as soon as possible.      The Government added that it will continue to actively follow up with the vaccine supplier to start the administration of the Comirnaty vaccine as soon as possible after it is delivered from BioNTech's production factory in Germany to Hong Kong.
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