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Birth, death registrations go online

The Immigration Department will launch new electronic services tomorrow for eligible applicants to complete the entire process of birth or death registrations online, without having to visit a registry in person.   According to the Births & Deaths Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2023, which will take effect tomorrow, the statutory time limit for the registration of deaths from natural causes is extended from 24 hours to 14 days.   It also removes the requirement for applicants who need to register births or deaths to attend the registries in person, so as to provide a legal basis for the introduction of electronic services for these kinds of registration.   Under the new electronic services, if either parent of a newborn baby is a Hong Kong permanent resident, the parents may submit an application for a birth registration online within 42 days after the birth of their legitimate child.   They may apply for a birth certificate at the same time and choose to receive it by

HKSTP Park Company Eurekabio has raised an RMB 100M+ Series B round to advance its automated cell processing platform .

Congratulations! Eurekabio has raised an RMB 100M+ Series B round to advance its automated cell processing platform and the lentiviral vector production system developed by their team based at our Park.
 
Millions of people globally are suffering from different type of cancers. Our park company, Eurekabio, specialises in manufacturing supplies and platform for Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT).
 
Thank you Eurekabio for playing a pivotal role in accelerating the development of CGT through automation

- Standardising cell processing procedures
- Increasing efficiency
- Reducing human error and contamination
 
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