Hong Kong Expands Blood Donation Education Program for Teenagers in 2026-27 Academic Year

Transfusion service brings learning

Establishing a solid foundation of blood-related knowledge is crucial to encouraging teenagers to become regular blood donors. Through guided tours of blood donor centres, the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service offers secondary school students a biology lesson beyond the classroom, helping them gain basic knowledge of blood science. From the 2026-27 academic year, the scheme has been expanded to all donor centres across Hong Kong.

News.gov.hk spoke to representatives of the service to learn more about the scheme's objectives and impact, and to two students from a participating school about their takeaways from the experience.

The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature from today (October 25) in text and video format.

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Liquor Licensing Board to meet on Tuesday

The following is issued on behalf of the Liquor Licensing Board:

The Liquor Licensing Board will meet on Tuesday (October 27) to consider an application for the transfer of a liquor licence.

The applications is:

Hong Kong:

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Fire Bird in Causeway Bay

The board will also consider the revocation of the liquor licence of Hainan Jai Asian Food Restaurant in Tai Po.

The meeting will be held at 9.45am in the conference room, Room 102, 1/F, 258 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

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