Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau today visited Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital to get an update on the service of public hospitals. He toured the hospital’s specialist outpatient clinic, medical ward, accident and emergency department and hyperbaric oxygen therapy centre, followed by a meeting with its management and frontline healthcare staff to learn about the service demands and manpower deployment. Prof Lo said: "Having gone through the anti-epidemic work in the past three years, Hong Kong is on the road to full normalcy. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all healthcare staff for their efforts in performing duties and working tirelessly amidst immense work pressure to safeguard the city's healthcare system.” Noting that Hong Kong will see a sharp rise in the number of travellers with the full resumption of normal travel with the Mainland, Prof Lo said the Government will closely monitor the development of the CO
The Environmental Protection Department today announced the approval of 20 applications for green transport trials under the New Energy Transport Fund.
They include the trials of 10 electric light goods vehicles, two electric tractors, nine single-decker electric buses and six electric motorcycles, involving a total subsidy of about $25.3 million.
The latest approval brings the total number of trials under the fund to 227, amounting to a subsidy of about $190 million.
Set up in 2011, the fund is open for applications from transport operators and charitable and non-profit making organisations providing transport services to clients.
Transport operators and organisations applying to try out green innovative technology products are subject to a maximum subsidy of $10 million for each application and a total of $12 million for each applicant.
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