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• Politics |

  • John Lee’s special invite-only 1 Jul party

  • New cabinet beginning to take shape

• COVID |

  • Only one toilet? Penny’s Bay for you!

  • Cowling and Owens discussing COVID science

• Sports | HK Fencing team best results ever!

• Events | BEC conference TODAY! Not too late to go!

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• Law | Remote court hearings in discussion

• Misc Policy |

  • Lei Yue Mun Camp reopens

  • Mail quarantine for China

  • Electronic tagging for Korea

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John Lee’s special inauguration party

CE-Elect John Lee has taken the liberty of having an invite-only ceremony for media on 1 Jul when he will be officially inaugurated as Chief Executive.

According to HKFP, the Information Services Department had privately invited 20 media companies to cover the 1 Jul ceremony, citing COVID and security measures for the lack of representation.

Among the not-invited were HKFP themselves, Japan’s Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun, Getty Images, Taiwan CTV and us (but we weren’t expecting one anyway so it’s chill….also no one who’s be senior enough to go is in town).

The HKJA then released a statement “urg[ing] the city’s authorities to be more inclusive by accepting applications from media organisations keen to attend, so that those with a considerable readership can fulfil their duty in keeping the public informed by reporting on Hong Kong’s historic moments.”

I don’t know about you, but I only invite my friends to my parties too - no randos!

Oh, the government isn’t supposed to run like a party? But then why do they have so many parties?

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Regina Ip gets a promotion

John Lee has also begun to make final touches to his cabinet, shuffling some big names.

Highlights we know so far:

• Exco Chair: Bernard Chan out, replaced by Regina Ip

• Justice Sec: Teresa Cheng out, replaced by former Bar Ass. Chariman Paul Lam

• Chief Sec: Eric Chan promoted (currently John Lee)

• Food and Health head: Sophia Chan out, replaced by Lo Chung-mau, chief executive of The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital.

COVID in Hong Kong

NEW QUARANTINE HOTEL LIST JUST DROPPED FOR AUG TO OCT (wow excite) →

Hong Kong SAR Government News @newsgovhk

The Govt announces the list of the first batch of #DesignatedQuarantineHotels for the eighth cycle of the Designated Quarantine Hotel Scheme, with 62 hotels providing about 23,000 rooms

news.gov.hkQuarantine hotels list updatedThe Government announces the list of the first batch of designated quarantine hotels for the eighth cycle of the Designated Quarantine Hotel Scheme, with 62 hotels providing about 23,000 rooms.

3:06 PM ∙ Jun 16, 2022

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COVID-19 in Hong Kong

• New cases: 1,179 (94 imported)

• Total cases: 1,222,987

• New deaths: 0

• Total deaths: 9,392

No toilet? Penny’s Bay for you

A continuation from a new policy announced on Tuesday, the definition of ‘suitable address’ for home quarantine will now include having a single toilet available for the patient.

If the patient and their family shares toilets, then the whole family will be taken to Penny’s Bay.

The gov will also proactively check if they think you’re giving a false declaration. For example, every residential property I’ve ever lived at in HK only has one toilet. And it’s not like the gov can’t find that out. You can like…google this stuff.

Podcast rec - OT&P with Dr. Owens and Prof. Cowling

The two very qualified, but also very chaotic COVID doctors got together to talk about the 6th wave, dynamic COVID and what to learn from the Russian Flu pandemic of 1888. Give it a listen →

David Owens @DrDOwens

The rest of the world has moved on but HK continues to dance to the dynamic zero covid beat In our latest podcast @bencowling88 and I riff a wide range of topics the 6th wave, evidence for vaccines/masks, Long Covid + the Russian flu pandemic of 1888 👇 otandp.com/blog/ep-017-th…

otandp.comEp 017: The Evolving Sixth Wave, the Evidence for Vaccines and Masks, Long Covid in Hong Kong and Possible Lessons from the 1888 Russian Fl…The recent increase in case numbers and tightening of social distancing policies has again reminded Hong Kong that our city continues to march to the beats of dynamic zero Covid.

6:36 AM ∙ Jun 16, 2022

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HK Fencing team gets best results ever

The HK men’s foil received their best results ever with 2 bronze and one gold medal at the Asian Fencing Championships in Seoul.

Olympic gold medalist Edgar Cheung won the individual event, then managed to tie in team match, but was unable to push it into a win, resulting in two bronze in team events.

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Events and deals

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• TODAY: BEC EnviroSeries conference: Driving Business Ambition into Action for a Net-Zero Hong Kong

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The BEC’s upcoming conference titled ‘Driving Business Ambition into Action for a Net-Zero Hong Kong’ takes place on 17 June.

The full-day conference sees commercial and environmental experts come together to share new ideas on how to turn ambition into action for a better future.

Read our full write up on it here.

• ReThink HK returns 5-6 Oct

HT is proud to once again be a media partner for ReThink - HK’s biggest and most exciting sustainability conference. This year’s conference invites more than 300 expert speakers to share their visions and insights, covering important topics like economic progression while coexisting with nature harmoniously, efficient use of resources, transformation to a low-carbon society, and circular economy for future generations.

Sign up here using the code HTP22 for 40% off!

For more local events, check out yesterday’s High Tide.

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