MD announcement
Attention duty announcers, Radio and TV Station:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:Marine Department today (¢Ûarch 20) reminded masters, coxswains...
View ArticleRed flag hoisted at Big Wave Bay Beach
Attention TV/radio announcers:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:Here is an item of interest to swimmers.The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (March 20) that due...
View ArticleRed flag hoisted at Clear Water Bay Second Beach
Attention TV/radio announcers:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:Here is an item of interest to swimmers.The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (March 20) that due...
View ArticleCHP closely monitors additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in...
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is closely monitoring, as of yesterday (March 19), an additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Hunan affecting a man...
View ArticleCzech Philharmonic and pianist Paul Lewis to collaborate for two concerts in...
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Great Music 2014 series will stage two concerts in June by the Czech Philharmonic, under the baton of Chief conductor Jiřà Bělohlávek and in collaboration...
View ArticlePerson in custody assaults Correctional Officer in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre
Correctional officers in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre stopped a remand person in custody from assaulting the staff today (March 20).At about 5.30pm, the 43-year-old male remand person in custody...
View ArticleRed flags hoisted at several beaches
Attention TV/radio announcers:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:Here is an item of interest to swimmers.The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (March 21) that due...
View ArticleTwo additional overseas cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome closely...
The Department of Health (DH) is today (March 21) closely monitoring two additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by Kuwait and the United...
View ArticleTheatre Ronin adaption of Hon Lai-chu's "Sew & Soul" to be staged in May
Following on from "10 Years. Han. Xiao", Theatre Ronin will adapt local writer Hon Lai-chu's work "Sew & Soul", to be staged in May. Theatre Ronin promises to expose the tragi-comic phenomena of...
View ArticlePharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Bill 2014 gazetted
The Government published in the Gazette today (March 21) the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Bill 2014, which proposes amending the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138) (PPO) and its subsidiary...
View Article"M" Mark status awarded to Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2014
The following is issued on behalf of the Major Sports Events Committee:The Major Sports Events Committee (MSEC) has awarded "M" Mark status to the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2014, to be held...
View ArticleRe-appointments to Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing...
In accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, has...
View ArticleDutiable Commodities (Amendment) Regulation 2014 gazetted
The Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Regulation 2014 was gazetted today (March 21) to implement an electronic licensing regime relating to dutiable commodities (DCs). The Regulation requires traders...
View ArticleSCMA speaks on breakfast meeting
Following is the transcript of the reply by the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Raymond Tam, to a reporter's question at a media session after a breakfast meeting on...
View ArticleSpecial traffic arrangements in East Kowloon
?????Police will implement the following special traffic arrangements from tomorrow (March 22) to March 23 in East Kowloon to facilitate the holding of a marathon event. Phase I (from 6.30am to 11.30am...
View ArticleSCED's speech at HKDA Global Design Awards 2013 Awards Presentation Ceremony...
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, at the HKDA Global Design Awards 2013 Awards Presentation Ceremony today (March 21): Mr Lee (Chairman of...
View ArticleJapanese tea leaf sample detected with low levels of radioactivity
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 21) detected a tea leaf sample, imported from Japan and collected at import level for radiation testing,...
View ArticleCorrectional officers intercept smuggling of suspected dangerous drugs into...
Correctional officers at Tai Lam Centre for Women seized a pack of suspected dangerous drugs from the luggage bag of a remand person in custody today (March 21).At about 4.05pm, the 34-year-old female...
View ArticleRegional flag day today
Three charities will hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (March 22). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Eternal Flame Action; in Kowloon, the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers;...
View ArticleYellow fire danger warning
Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:Yellow fire danger warningThe fire danger situation today (March 22) is yellow and the risk of fire is high. People are urged to prevent fires breaking...
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