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Health chief meets GD delegation

Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau met a delegation led by Guangdong Provincial Medical Products Administration (GDMPA) General Director Jiang Xiaodong today, with both sides agreeing to further deepen collaboration in relevant areas.    Prof Lo said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government expressed its sincere gratitude to the GDMPA for its staunch support for Hong Kong in the past, including the implementation of the initiatives of, among others, the measure of using Hong Kong registered drugs and medical devices used in Hong Kong public hospitals in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and streamlining of the approval procedures for Hong Kong registered traditional proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms) for external use to be registered and sold in the Mainland.   The Government and the GDMPA agreed at the meeting to further deepen collaboration on the regulation of Chinese medicines (CM), the formulation of Greater Bay Area Chinese medicine standards,
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CE-elect receives appt instrument

Chief Executive-elect John Lee was awarded the instrument of appointment as the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing today.   The Premier said the central government will, as in the past, implement the principle of “one country, two systems” comprehensively and accurately, under which the people of Hong Kong administer Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy, adding that it will exercise its overall jurisdiction over the Hong Kong SAR under the principle of “patriots administering Hong Kong”.   Mr Li added the central government will fully support the Chief Executive and the Hong Kong SAR Government to administer Hong Kong in accordance with the law, to develop Hong Kong’s economy and to improve people’s livelihoods.   The Chief Executive-elect said he was deeply honoured by the appointment.   Mr Lee said he is fully aware of the great responsibility upon him, adding that he will do his utmost to live up to the expectations of the country and the Hong Kong people.   He also pledged to lead the Hong Kong SAR Government with loyalty and perseverance and to uphold the “one country, two systems” principle.   He added that he will also unite all sectors and lead the SAR Government and the Hong Kong people to work together and strive for the well-being of the city and its citizens.   Mr Lee will meet the Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Director of the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Xia Baolong, tomorrow.
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