Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man attends an exercise simulating a quarantine exercise for Ebola victims. It is being held in Lei Yue Mun Park, which was used as a confinement centre during the Sars outbreak in 2003. The exercise focuses on handling those who are confined and procedures for removing health workers' protective clothing. Nearly 7,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha visits Malaysia. He will meet his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, during the one-day visit. The two leaders are expected to discuss ways to end violence in southern Thailand, which has long been plagued by a separatist Muslim movement in regions bordering Malaysia. Prayuth will also visit South Korea and Japan later this month.

Former Polish premier Donald Tusk becomes the new president of the European Council. He takes over from Herman van Rompuy, who held the post for five years. Tusk is joined by former Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini as the EU's foreign affairs chief. She took over from Catherine Ashton. Tusk will have to face issues such as reviving the European economy and dealing with a resurgent Russia.

The world's largest climate conference of the year is held in the Peruvian capital of Lima. The 12-day session allows parties to the Kyoto Protocol to take stock of the measures they have agreed to curb carbon emissions, with an overall goal of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above current levels. Participants will also work on a new draft global deal on carbon emissions ahead of a summit in Paris to be held late next year.