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Xu Bing named cultural ambassador

Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism Kevin Yeung has appointed Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing as Ambassador for Cultural Promotion for about five years starting today.    As Ambassador for Cultural Promotion, Mr Xu will initiate a series of large-scale art projects in Hong Kong and nurture young talent to promote cultural development.   The Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau said the appointment aims to extend the Ambassador for Cultural Promotion scheme to other fields of arts, after Chinese composer, musician and conductor Tan Dun became Hong Kong’s first Ambassador for Cultural Promotion last year.   Speaking at the appointment ceremony today, Mr Yeung said Mr Xu is widely recognised as one of the most innovative and influential Chinese contemporary artists.   The culture chief added that the Museum of Art collected one of Mr Xu's most well-known works A Book from the Sky, which contains both traditional and contemporary elements, just like Hong Kong

8.42m vaccine jabs administered

About 8,423,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the public, with about 4,418,000 people receiving their first dose and around 4,005,300 getting their second dose.   Among those given the first dose of vaccines, about 1,602,600 people have received the Sinovac jab and about 2,815,400 people got the BioNTech one.   For the second dose, about 1,460,600 people have received the Sinovac vaccine, while about 2,544,600 people have been administered the BioNTech jab.   About 18,200 people received jabs under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today.   Around 2,300 people received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and around 5,000 people received their second dose.   For the BioNTech vaccine, about 3,100 people received their first dose and around 7,800 people got their second dose.   The overall percentage of people who received the Sinovac vaccine at community vaccination centres is about 91% while it is about 87% for the BioNTech one.   As of 8pm, about 600 people booked their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine online, while about 2,700 reserved their first and second doses of the BioNTech jab.   As of midnight, two people were sent to hospitals.
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