#Mainlandization
Chinese biotech companies appointed by HK Government for #COVID19 testing
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that three national-level testing facilities will be in charge of voluntary community testing in Hong Kong that will be launched in two weeks. The three facilities include #BGI Group, #KingMed and #Hybribio.
BGI Group was recently sanctioned by the US government for facilitating mandatory gene testing in Xinjiang, while the other two are closely related to the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) government.
Hybribio is under the Chinese Academy of Science and Shanghai Atomic Nucleus Institute of the Shanghai local committee. KingMed set up a branch in Hong Kong in 2014, while its parent company Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics is managed by CCP committee members. Its major shareholder Liang Yaoming is also the Secretary of Party Committee. Liang stated in a previous interview that KingMed will be responsible for the “testing” in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Aug8 #WuhanPnemonia
Chinese biotech companies appointed by HK Government for #COVID19 testing
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that three national-level testing facilities will be in charge of voluntary community testing in Hong Kong that will be launched in two weeks. The three facilities include #BGI Group, #KingMed and #Hybribio.
BGI Group was recently sanctioned by the US government for facilitating mandatory gene testing in Xinjiang, while the other two are closely related to the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) government.
Hybribio is under the Chinese Academy of Science and Shanghai Atomic Nucleus Institute of the Shanghai local committee. KingMed set up a branch in Hong Kong in 2014, while its parent company Guangzhou KingMed Diagnostics is managed by CCP committee members. Its major shareholder Liang Yaoming is also the Secretary of Party Committee. Liang stated in a previous interview that KingMed will be responsible for the “testing” in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Aug8 #WuhanPnemonia
#FreeCovidTest #HealthCode #SocialCreditSystem #FailedState
HK Government appointed testing facility BGI accused of patent infringement; District councilor warns: samples collected could still be tested by China affiliated labs
Last month, the HKSAR government appointed 3 companies to take charge of a city-wide Coronavirus nucleic acid test in Hong Kong, of which, two of them (#KingMed and #Hybribio) are closely connected to the Chinese Communist Party, while the remaining one, BGI Group was recently sanctioned by the US government for facilitating mandatory gene tests in Xinjiang.
The 3 testing labs that the SAR government has procured their services are also China-affiliated, leaving the Hong Kong people no other option but to go against it.
To make matters worse, an international bio-tech company filed a complaint in the high court against BGI last Friday (August 14) for a patent infringement and demanded compensation.
Separately, Roy Tam Hoi-pong, Tsuen Wan District Councilor, posted an alert on his Facebook page in an attempt to warn residents against the #FreeCovidTest offered by the government.
Tam wrote on his Facebook that the Nasopharyngeal swab sampling kit distributed via HK based Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan came actually from one of the appointed testing lab, Sunrise Diagnostics Centre, which was established by BGI.
Tam pointed out that it is highly unsafe to assume that Nasopharyngeal samples collected via local hospital will remain in Hong Kong and be tested in Hong Kong.
Sources: Apple Daily; Roy Tam's Facebook #Aug17
https://www.facebook.com/359825757405314/posts/3147711291950066/
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200817/YOBYBBRSIBHEBDCZAD4QQYACCU/
HK Government appointed testing facility BGI accused of patent infringement; District councilor warns: samples collected could still be tested by China affiliated labs
Last month, the HKSAR government appointed 3 companies to take charge of a city-wide Coronavirus nucleic acid test in Hong Kong, of which, two of them (#KingMed and #Hybribio) are closely connected to the Chinese Communist Party, while the remaining one, BGI Group was recently sanctioned by the US government for facilitating mandatory gene tests in Xinjiang.
The 3 testing labs that the SAR government has procured their services are also China-affiliated, leaving the Hong Kong people no other option but to go against it.
To make matters worse, an international bio-tech company filed a complaint in the high court against BGI last Friday (August 14) for a patent infringement and demanded compensation.
Separately, Roy Tam Hoi-pong, Tsuen Wan District Councilor, posted an alert on his Facebook page in an attempt to warn residents against the #FreeCovidTest offered by the government.
Tam wrote on his Facebook that the Nasopharyngeal swab sampling kit distributed via HK based Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan came actually from one of the appointed testing lab, Sunrise Diagnostics Centre, which was established by BGI.
Tam pointed out that it is highly unsafe to assume that Nasopharyngeal samples collected via local hospital will remain in Hong Kong and be tested in Hong Kong.
Sources: Apple Daily; Roy Tam's Facebook #Aug17
https://www.facebook.com/359825757405314/posts/3147711291950066/
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200817/YOBYBBRSIBHEBDCZAD4QQYACCU/
#Confidentiality #UniversalTesting
Details of Universal COVID-19 Test Remains Shrouded as Government Fails to Disclose the Address of China-Run Labs
The Universal Covid-19 test has concluded for now, but the details of the plans behind the test remains unknown to the public, with the public only knowing of the “Fire Eye Laboratory” at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sport Centre for the time being. However, the government has rejected to discloses the address of the other three testing organisations' labs, including KingMed, Hybribio, China Inspection Company.
HKCNews sent an inquiry about the address of KingMed, Hybribio and Chinese Inspection Company's labs to the government on 10 September.
The government spokesperson replied on 11 Sep, saying that “all medical laboratories in Hong Kong conform to the provisional of laws in Hong Kong… Furthermore, all private laboratories which provide Covid-19 test for the Hong Kong government and all testing laboratories for the universal Covid-19 test have to pass the External Quality Assessment Programmes conducted by the Department of Health. It ensures their techniques of virus testing meet the relevant standard.” However, the government still haven’t disclosed their address.
The journalist has requested the government to explain the reason for the confidentiality were they to not provide the addresses. The Information Service Department replied on 14 September that they didn’t have any further updates.
The journalist sent an email on Tuesday to ask about three testing companies, KindMed, Hybribio and China Inspection Company. There was no reply as of yet.
Source: HKCNews #Sept16
#Covid19Test #FailedState #Transparency #CCPControl
#KindMed #Hybribio #ChinaInspectionCompany #FireEyeLab
Details of Universal COVID-19 Test Remains Shrouded as Government Fails to Disclose the Address of China-Run Labs
The Universal Covid-19 test has concluded for now, but the details of the plans behind the test remains unknown to the public, with the public only knowing of the “Fire Eye Laboratory” at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sport Centre for the time being. However, the government has rejected to discloses the address of the other three testing organisations' labs, including KingMed, Hybribio, China Inspection Company.
HKCNews sent an inquiry about the address of KingMed, Hybribio and Chinese Inspection Company's labs to the government on 10 September.
The government spokesperson replied on 11 Sep, saying that “all medical laboratories in Hong Kong conform to the provisional of laws in Hong Kong… Furthermore, all private laboratories which provide Covid-19 test for the Hong Kong government and all testing laboratories for the universal Covid-19 test have to pass the External Quality Assessment Programmes conducted by the Department of Health. It ensures their techniques of virus testing meet the relevant standard.” However, the government still haven’t disclosed their address.
The journalist has requested the government to explain the reason for the confidentiality were they to not provide the addresses. The Information Service Department replied on 14 September that they didn’t have any further updates.
The journalist sent an email on Tuesday to ask about three testing companies, KindMed, Hybribio and China Inspection Company. There was no reply as of yet.
Source: HKCNews #Sept16
#Covid19Test #FailedState #Transparency #CCPControl
#KindMed #Hybribio #ChinaInspectionCompany #FireEyeLab
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