The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, will depart for Shanghai this afternoon (November 20) to attend the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion, which will open tomorrow (November 21).
      
     The four-day conference is jointly organised by the World Health Organization and the National Health and Family Planning Commission. With the theme of "Promoting Health in the Sustainable Development Goals: Health for All and All for Health", the conference will provide a platform for government officials, academics and experts to explore the important relations between health promotion and sustainable development.
      
     Dr Ko will deliver a speech at a session of the conference on mental health and well-being tomorrow.
      
     The Director of Health, Dr Constance Chan, will accompany Dr Ko to attend the conference.
      
     Dr Ko will return to Hong Kong in the afternoon on November 22.   

Ends/Sunday, November 20, 2016
Issued at HKT 9:00

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