SHYA meets with Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and Jiangsu Youth Federation
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, met with the Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and the President of the Jiangsu Youth Federation, Mr Xiong Jun, today (October 14) to exchange views on promoting youth exchanges between Jiangsu and Hong Kong. The Under Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Mr Clarence Leung, and the Commissioner for Youth, Mr Eric Chan, also attended the meeting.
Miss Mak welcomed Mr Xiong and his delegation to Hong Kong. She said that the Jiangsu Youth Federation is an important partner of the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by both parties last October to deepen the co-operation in youth development. Over the past year, both parties have achieved significant progress in various areas such as youth exchange and internship, innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.
The HYAB has actively organised various exchange and internship activities in the Mainland and adopted a multi-pronged approach in enhancing Hong Kong youth's understanding of the country, so as to help them integrate into the overall development of the country. In particular, the Funding Scheme for Youth Internship in the Mainland and the Funding Scheme for Youth Exchange in the Mainland include various youth exchange and internship projects that cover Jiangsu.
Miss Mak looks forward to continued co-operation with Jiangsu on strengthening youth development and exchanges, with a view to providing more opportunities for Hong Kong youth to gain first-hand experience and understand the national affairs.
SHYA meets with Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and Jiangsu Youth Federation Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SHYA meets with Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and Jiangsu Youth Federation Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Remarks by STL at media session
Following are the remarks by the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Ms Mable Chan, at a media session after attending a radio programme today (December 7):
Reporter: How can upcoming railway transit systems integrate new technology and provide(services)for citizens? Given that upcoming railways will not adopt heavy rail systems, what is the advantage? Has the contractor been settled yet? And as the Kai Tak Sports Park will undergo a stress test of 12 000 people tomorrow, how confident is the Bureau towards dispersing people smoothly? Thank you.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics: For the second question about the commissioning of the Kai Tak Sports Park, my Bureau andthe relevant departments will participate actively in thevarious stress tests. In fact, there will be one tomorrow, and that will involve a total number of 12 000 people.We will be participating in it. Apart from us,thevarious public transport operators, including MTR, various buses, and also taxis, will also be involved. We hope that throughthevarious stress tests, we will step up our mobilisation, our preparation, and make ourselves better prepared for different scenarios, such that when theSportsPark is commissioned, we will haveabetter and holistic preparation to cater for different scenarios.It is, after all, a very significant milestone in Hong Kong's tourism development. We will give our best in order to make this a success, and also to give the best service for our locals and also for our visitors.
As far as the railway infrastructure is concerned, surely we are engaging and planning for a number of major projects.I think the infrastructure projects did provide a very good opportunity for Hong Kong's local development as well as further development of our economy. We will work very hard and adopt a double innovation approach. That is, we will adopt innovation in technology as well as an innovative mindset in the policy and procedural framework in order to catch up with the time we have lost as well as to conduct the project expeditiously.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the remarks.)
