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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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889 people receive honours, medals

The Government today announced the 2022 Honours List appointments. Seven people, including Chief Executive John Lee, received the Grand Bauhinia Medal awarded by former Chief Executive Carrie Lam.   Mr Lee is awarded the medal in recognition of his dedicated and distinguished public service over the past 44 years, particularly his sterling contributions during his tenure as the Secretary for Security and the Chief Secretary.   The six other Grand Bauhinia Medal awardees include Tommy Cheung, Roberto Ribeiro, Liao Cheung-sing, Wong Ying-wai, Peter Lam and Ng Leung-ho.   Meanwhile, 25 people received the Gold Bauhinia Star, 28 the Silver Bauhinia Star, and 45 the Bronze Bauhinia Star.   One person got the Silver Medal for Bravery, 13 people were awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for disciplined services & the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and 48 the Meritorious Service Medals for disciplined services & the Independent Commission Against Corruption.   Furthermore, 115 people received the Medal of Honour, 231 the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Service and 376 the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Government/Public Service.   The Government pointed out that this year’s total number of recipients is the highest since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Among them, 493 people are those who have made significant contributions to the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.   Mrs Lam is grateful to all awardees for their contributions and hopes that they will continue to excel in their own fields and serve the community. With over 30 people on this year’s Honours List from the sports sector, she is particularly happy with the unprecedented outstanding achievements of Hong Kong athletes and coaches in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games and other major sports event.   Separately, 50 Justices of the Peace are appointed, including 38 Non-official JPs and 12 Official JPs.   The presentation ceremony for the awards will be held later this year.
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