Chief Executive John Lee cheered on the Hong Kong athletes taking part in various events at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou today. Mr Lee went to games venues to watch events in which Hong Kong athletes were competing, including swimming, wushu and fencing, and extended his warmest congratulations to the athletes who won medals. Noting that having the games in their own country is of great importance to Hong Kong athletes, Mr Lee said he was pleased to have the opportunity to watch Hong Kong competitors strive for excellence and demonstrate extraordinary capabilities. He expressed his hope that Hong Kong athletes will continue to excel and unleash their potential to achieve outstanding results. The Chief Executive earlier visited the Zhejiang Liaison Unit of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and encouraged its staff members to strive to serve both the people of Hong Kong and enterprises in Zhejiang. Today’s activities also included a lunch with th
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The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating 27 additional COVID-19 cases, of which 24 are locally transmitted. Six of the cases are untraceable.
The cases comprise nine males and 18 females, aged between three and 78.
The centre's Communicable Disease Branch Head Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan told a press briefing this afternoon that of the linked cases, one is from the Hong Kong International Airport Three-runway System construction site cluster.
The six patients of the unlinked cases live in Yuen Long, Kwun Tong, Tai Po, Tung Chung and Tsing Yi.
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