This is the 1116th issue of "One Day in Hong Kong"
Li Jiachao held a press conference to introduce the progress of the cooperation with Guangdong Suishen
Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Li Jiachao held an online meeting today (September 1) with the leaders of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City and Shenzhen City . In the afternoon, when meeting reporters in the underground lecture hall of the SAR Government Headquarters, Li Jiachao said that today's meeting was led by the Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and also included the Governor of the Guangdong Provincial Committee, the Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and others; the Hong Kong side included the Chief Secretary for Administration, Finance The director of the department, five directors, and one permanent secretary of the company exchanged views on deepening the cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and the development of the company in the Greater Bay Area.
Li Jiachao said that the special classes established by Hong Kong, Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City are often in contact with each other, and there can be contact for several days a week, but under the epidemic, meetings may be held by telephone or video conference. And the contact method is effective. Even if we have an online meeting with Guangdong leaders today, the content of the meeting is substantial and many results have been achieved.
One of the achievements is that in terms of the Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation mechanism, both parties agreed to strengthen the establishment of 13 special classes for Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation, including the northern metropolitan area, the Nansha program, and youth entrepreneurship and employment internships. Take the lead and will start docking with the mainland as soon as possible. Li Jiachao believes that the cooperation structure and mechanism will facilitate the two sides to promote various cooperation projects and achieve extensive results, and the two sides will start work as soon as possible. The special class for the northern metropolitan area will discuss the communication and coordination matters in the northern metropolitan area, and strengthen the cooperation and exchanges between the two places.
Li Jiachao also introduced that the Hong Kong side proposed a "reverse isolation" plan at the meeting, that is, Hong Kong people going to the mainland should be quarantined in Hong Kong first, and then go to Shenzhen in a closed-loop manner, in order to comply with the mainland's "7+3" entry quarantine policy. The Guangdong side and the Shenzhen side expressed their support for the proposal and will set up a special class to implement it. Li Jiachao said that initially considered using the Hetao District facilities as a pilot for reverse isolation, but stressed that the specific plan needs to be agreed by both parties.
Chief Secretary for Administration Chen Guoji also further introduced at the press conference that for the Hong Kong special class, Chen Guoji will be the main person in charge, the Secretary for Security Deng Bingqiang and the Director of the Medical and Health Bureau Lu Chongmao will also participate in the negotiation of related work.
Zhixin noticed that "reverse isolation" has become a topic of particular concern to many Hong Kong media today. For reference, the current quarantine policy for entering the mainland from Hong Kong is "7+3", that is, 7-day quarantine hotel, that is, health station quarantine, plus 3-day home quarantine. The "reverse isolation" is to first isolate in Hong Kong, and then enter the mainland in a closed loop, in order to comply with the mainland's "7+3" entry quarantine policy.
At present, due to the lack of direct flights from Hong Kong to the mainland, the land port has become the main channel for Hong Kong people to go to the mainland, but the quota for the latter is also relatively small. From Hong Kong to the north via the land port, there are about 2,400 places per day in total via Shenzhen or Zhuhai. Among them, the Shenzhen channel allocates quarantine hotel places by computer lottery, with a daily limit of about 2,000; the gold bus from the Hong Kong port to the Zhuhai port is 10 times a day. There are 400 places in total. At present, the supply of mainland health stations is in short supply. If the "reverse isolation" plan is implemented, and Hong Kong's isolation facilities are used to make up for the shortage of mainland health stations, the entry quota can be increased to benefit more people going to the mainland.
Of course, whether the "reverse isolation" can be successfully implemented depends on three factors, namely, the existence of an isolation site in Hong Kong, the unified nucleic acid standards between the two places, and the safety and reliability of cross-border closed-loop management.
is first and foremost the choice of quarantine locations in Hong Kong. At present, the isolation shelters in the urban area of Hong Kong are sufficientTo cope with the local epidemic, the Lok Ma Chau Loop and the artificial island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which are far away from the community, have a combined capacity of about 13,000 beds and complete supporting facilities. As Li Jiachao said, "reverse isolation" initially considered the Hetao as a pilot project, but the specifics still need to be further discussed. The Hetao facilities are close to Shenzhen, of course, it has to be discussed.
Second, the unification of testing standards between the two places. In Hong Kong, CT values above 30 are negative. In the Mainland, the standard of nucleic acid test CT value for release from isolation management and discharge from hospital is ≥35. In short, the mainland has a higher standard. There have also been cases before that due to different testing standards, someone tested negative when they crossed the border in Hong Kong, but a few minutes later they arrived at the mainland border and tested positive and were sent to the hospital for isolation and treatment. Therefore, the standards must be unified, and Li Jiachao also emphasized that "reverse isolation" must meet the mainland standards.
The third is that cross-border closed-loop management is safe and reliable. To complete the "reverse isolation" in Hong Kong, the flow of people and logistics needs to be strictly controlled, and the disinfection of luggage and other items must not be sloppy, especially the staff at the isolation location also need to enter the closed loop to avoid the increased risk of the epidemic. In particular, the current situation of the epidemic in Shenzhen and Hong Kong is relatively severe. Shenzhen is in a stalemate with the Omicron BA.5 variant strain, which is a critical period; and the epidemic situation in Hong Kong has also rebounded. On Thursday, 10,586 new confirmed cases were reported. It broke 10,000 again after a lapse of May, which brought greater challenges to both parties, put forward higher requirements, and made the actual work more difficult.
DAB Legislative Council Member Liang Xi and Real Politics Roundtable Tian Beichen agreed with the "reverse isolation" measure in an interview with Hong Kong and Taiwan this week, but also emphasized that the management and requirements of "reverse isolation" must strictly follow the mainland standards, and how to do it at the same time A good closed-loop management should be planned in advance to ensure that the links are closely linked to avoid the risk of infection. Tian Beichen pointed out that Hong Kong must be watertight to strengthen the mainland's confidence in "reverse isolation".
returned to today's online conference itself. In terms of Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation, after sorting out the existing foundation, the two parties restructured and established 19 special classes, covering technological innovation, finance, commerce, youth employment and entrepreneurship, Qianhai , etc. The special class is led by the director of the department, and the docking will be launched as soon as possible.
In terms of the development of Qianhai, Hong Kong supports Qianhai to continue to play the "first try" function and introduce more specific policies. In order to promote financial openness and innovation, Hong Kong and the Qianhai Authority will jointly release 18 new measures in the near future to facilitate the cross-border business development of Hong Kong venture capital and private equity fund .
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) held the opening ceremony Guangzhou Nansha Minxin Hong Kong Children's School was unveiled He believes that HKUST (Guangzhou) will lead the Guangzhou-Hong Kong education cooperation to open a new chapter.
Image source: Video screenshot from Hong Kong SAR Government News Network To cultivate a new generation who love the country and Hong Kong and have an international vision. He also hopes that colleges and universities will train students to become future-oriented high-end innovative talents and important players in promoting the construction of the country and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou Campus WeChat public account picture Cooperating with Hong Kong University; the first major project in Guangzhou after the release and implementation of " Guangzhou Nansha Comprehensive Plan for Deepening Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Comprehensive Cooperation to the World "; Guangzhou has an independent lawIt is the first cooperative educational institution in the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao with the qualification of human beings; the first university in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Geography and Geometry Center, and the first university in the Nansha District of .
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) President Ni Mingxuan has mentioned many times earlier that Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will jointly form "Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2.0", "We are not simply copying Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but do There are some things that could not be done in the past." Leung Chun-ying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive, said in a video speech that Nansha Minxingang, who signed a cooperation agreement, gave priority to the admission of non-mainland children of teaching staff of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). The school for children of Hong Kong people also opened today, allowing non-profit primary and secondary schools for children of Hong Kong people in the mainland, and also solving the problem of education connection for children of non-mainland children for the teaching staff of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).
Education Bureau Director Cai Ruolian joined Li Jiachao, Leung Chun-ying, Ye Wenjuan, Director of the Chief Executive's Office and others today (September 1) to participate in the online unveiling ceremony of Guangzhou Nansha Minxin Hong Kong Children's School, congratulations and witnessing the school's success historic moment.
The school adopts the Hong Kong academic system, which is seamlessly connected with the Hong Kong curriculum, and strives to cultivate young people with "Hong Kong roots, Chinese heart and world outlook". The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is developing rapidly. It is believed that the new school will serve Hong Kong families living and working in the region, provide quality education for their children, help them integrate into the overall development of the country, and create a bright future for the country and Hong Kong.
The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong once again exceeded 10,000 in a single day. The coverage of "Vaccine Pass" has been expanded to 5 years old. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, announced that as of 0:00 today, there were 10,586 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, including 10,342 locally confirmed cases and 244 imported cases. This is also after more than 5 months, and the number of confirmed cases in a single day has once again exceeded 10,000.
Recently, many children in Hong Kong have been admitted to hospital due to confirmed new coronary pneumonia, and even severe cases. According to the latest data from Hong Kong, the vaccination rate of children aged 3 to 11 is over 80% for the first shot, 66% for the second shot, but only over 10% for the third shot.
It is reported that the SAR government is considering reducing the age of coverage for the vaccine pass to 5 years old, and now the vaccine pass only covers people who are 12 years old or above. Once in effect, children between the ages of 5 and 12 will also need to use a vaccine pass and meet the relevant vaccination requirements. Liu Yulong, an expert advisor to the SAR government, and Ho Pak-leung, director of the Centre for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, both expressed support for the relevant measures.
Liu Yulong pointed out that in the past two weeks, some children who have been diagnosed have become seriously ill because they have not been given injections. He Boliang also believes that children diagnosed with severe illness are at high risk, but he believes that the government should review the data and consider the doses required for children to be vaccinated with Sinovac and Fubitai to prevent severe illness and death. It is recommended that children complete 2 doses of Fubitai. Thai or 3 doses of Sinovac as a basic requirement.
Children use "Safe Travel". (File photo)
Ye Baiqiang, clinical associate professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, also expressed his support, suggesting that the full implementation of influenza should be implemented before the peak of influenza in winter. , go to restaurants to eat or go to places of family activities. If everyone is not vigilant enough, let younger children face the risk of a new wave of highly contagious BA. It's for kids to take risks."
