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The Civil Service Bureau organised a talk on the Communist Party’s role in the new era for senior government officials today.   Former Deputy Director of the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Feng Wei delivered the talk via video conferencing. It covered key milestones of the Communist Party's development, the party’s important role in the new era and the relationship with "one country, two systems".   Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip said at the event that the country has made remarkable achievements on economic, social, cultural, sports and technological fronts and has grown significantly in international standing under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), adding every Chinese person takes pride in such achievements.   "We would only be able to understand our country by gaining a better knowledge of the leadership and mission of the CPC in our country. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of

Students who enrolled online for the Scheme for Admission of Hong Kong Students to Mainland Higher Education Institutions can check their admission results from July 29 to August 7, the Education Bureau announced today.   They should log on to the website of the Education Examinations Authority of Guangdong Province to check their admission results.   Institutions will release first round admission results in batches. First priority admission results will be released on July 29, second priority on July 31 and third and fourth priority on August 1 and 2.   Students who have been admitted should receive an acceptance letter by September 1. http://dlvr.it/S4VLR8

Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung today welcomed the Baptist University’s move to incorporate national security education in their curriculum, saying it is educators’ duty to promote national security education.   Making the remarks today, Mr Yeung said: “I think this is in accordance to the National Security Law because Article 10 requires all the schools including universities to promote national security education in their schools.”   He added that he believes the higher education institutions are adopting their own approaches in this cause.   “Our requirement is for all these educational institutions to follow the Hong Kong National Security Law, the requirements under the Article 10.”   When asked about a teacher’s comment concerning an athlete’s attire during an Olympic competition, Mr Yeung stressed that the whole community should support the Hong Kong team in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.   “So far I think the relevant persons have already made a clarification about

Hong Kong has not recorded a single local case for 48 days in a row since June 7. The epidemic situation is clearly under control. Meanwhile, the vaccination rate has been rising steadily over the past month. So far, a total of 5.27 million doses of vaccines have been administered to members of the public, and 44.6% of the eligible population have received the first dose of vaccines. If the vaccination rate can be maintained at a high level, it can hopefully reach 70% by the end of September, building an initial immune barrier for Hong Kong. This achievement does not come by easily. I would like to thank various anti-epidemic teams for their hard work and members of the public for their full co-operation.   How the epidemic has developed and anti-epidemic efforts   Over the past month, the epidemic situation has rebounded in different parts of the world, especially in Southeast Asia, and many of the cases involved mutant virus strains. Because of this, Hong Kong has to keep up its

 Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng will visit Beijing from July 27 to 30.   In Beijing, she will meet officials from various ministries and authorities and sign co-operation arrangements to enhance training and exchanges between the Mainland and Hong Kong on legal, dispute resolution and deal-making services.   Ms Cheng will travel to Beijing from Shenzhen tomorrow and return to Hong Kong via Shenzhen on July 31. http://dlvr.it/S4Qpl7

Two teams of Hong Kong students have achieved excellent results at the 51st International Physics Olympiad and the 62nd International Mathematical Olympiad.   The International Physics Olympiad, organised by Vilnius, Lithuania, was held from July 17 to 24 with around 370 students from 76 countries or regions taking part. The Hong Kong team won three gold and two silver medals.   The gold medallists were Chan Tsz-chun from International Christian Quality Music Secondary & Primary School, Cheng Yat-long from Raimondi College and Lau Sze-chun from Diocesan Boys' School. While Choi Wai-ching from La Salle College and Leung Chun-fung from GT (Ellen Yeung) College won silver.   The International Physics Olympiad, hosted by St Petersburg, Russia, was held from July 14 to 24 with the participation of around 619 students from 107 countries or regions. The Hong Kong team won one gold, three silver and one bronze medal.   Chui Tsz-fung from Diocesan Boys' School won the gold m