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It is a pleasure to be here with you today, especially after an accident that has reminded me of the importance of staying vigilant even in relatively peaceful times. Continuously enhancing competitiveness despite good business is also a theme I wish to harp on in today's speech.   Some of you may recall that I last spoke to you in November 2018. That was into the second year of my tenure, witnessing the celebration of the 40th anniversary of our nation's reform and opening up, and the consecutive opening of two major pieces of cross-boundary transport infrastructure - the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. All seemed bright and well. And then we all have some frightening memories of what Hong Kong had gone through in the following two years. Few would disagree that it has been a very challenging period for Hong Kong, particularly with the riots in the latter half of 2019 during which some banks were

Pig cull to curb virus spread

The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department today announced the culling of all pigs on a licensed pig farm in Wong Nai Tun, Yuen Long in which African swine fever (ASF) cases were found.   The department said six pig samples taken from an isolated shed at the pig farm tested positive for the virus on February 4 and two more samples from another shed also tested positive on February 6, showing that the virus is spreading on the farm.   After consulting international experts in the area, the department considered it prudent to cull all the pigs on the farm. It has liaised with the stakeholders and informed them of the decision.   Transporting pigs out of the farm has been suspended since the ASF virus was detected there. According to the contingency plan on ASF, the department will cull the remaining 3,000 or so pigs on the farm in an orderly manner as the ground situation allows and as soon as possible.   The pig owner will be compensated according to the established mechanism.   As disposal operations take time, the department will release updated operation information every day on its website.   Samples taken from the other three pig farms within 3km of the farm concerned all tested negative.   As no abnormalities have been found during inspection of those three farms, their pigs are allowed to be transported to slaughterhouses.   For the sake of prudence, the department will send staff to inspect the pigs before they are transported out of those farms to ensure that only pigs in good health are allowed to be sent to slaughterhouses.   Additionally, the pig transportation vehicles of the three pig farms are not allowed to transport pigs from other farms at the same time and have to undergo thorough cleansing and disinfection before they leave the slaughterhouses.   The department will investigate and trace the source of the ASF virus with international experts in the area, step up inspection of local pig farms and conduct tests if necessary to keep all local farms under close surveillance. All farmers are reminded to alert the department immediately if abnormal health conditions are observed in pigs.   It added that up till now, the incident has affected only one pig farm but not the operation of slaughterhouses nor the overall supply of live pigs as live pigs from other sources can make up the supply.   The department also pointed out that ASF is not a zoonotic disease and will not infect humans, so it does not pose any food safety risk.
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