HAD's Emergency Co-ordination Centre stood down
Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:As the Red Rainstorm Warning Signal has been cancelled, the Home...
View ArticleRecord of Discussion of Meeting of Exchange Fund Advisory Committee Currency...
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:(Approved for Issue by the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee on May 28, 2014)Report on Currency Board Operations (December 21, 2013...
View ArticleWoman fined for managing unlicensed guesthouse
A woman was fined $8,000 at the Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Courts today (June 9) for contravening the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (the Ordinance).The courts heard that in April last year,...
View ArticleGovernment raises Outbound Travel Alert for Pakistan to red and reminds...
In view of the latest situation in Pakistan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government today (June 9) raised the Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) for Pakistan to red.A government...
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Danish building services company opens first Asian studio in Hong Kong (with...
Danish building services company Steensen Varming announced today (June 9) that its first Asian studio will open in Hong Kong this week.Steensen Varming has over 80 years of experience working with...
View ArticleLegCo to consider two motions under the Legislative Council (Powers and...
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:The Legislative Council (LegCo) will hold a meeting on Wednesday (June 11) at 11am in the Chamber of the LegCo Complex.During...
View ArticleCluster of Multi-drugs Resistant Acinetobacter cases in Alice Ho Miu Ling...
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:The spokesperson for Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital made the following announcement today (June 9):Six patients (aged 53 to 86) in a...
View ArticleUpdate on suspected food poisoning cases in primary school
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (June 9) provided an update following its investigation into a suspected case of food poisoning announced on June 4.Subsequent...
View ArticleHand, foot and mouth disease outbreak at kindergarten under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (June 9) investigating an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) at a kindergarten (KG) on Lantau Island, and hence...
View ArticleSpeech by SFST at Center for Accounting Research and Education Conference...
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, at the Center for Accounting Research and Education Conference today (June 9):Distinguished guests,...
View ArticleCorrectional officers stop assault by persons in custody
A male person in custody assaulted another male person in custody in Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre today (June 9).At about 2.20pm, a 32-year-old male person in custody suddenly splashed some...
View ArticleInterest rate of the second interest payment for iBond Series due 2016
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), as representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSAR...
View ArticleCase of necrotising fasciitis under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (June 10) investigating a case of necrotising fasciitis (NF) involving a man aged 51.The patient, with good past health,...
View ArticleInvest Hong Kong encourages Jiangsu enterprises to look to Hong Kong for fund...
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) staged a seminar in Nanjing today (June 10) as part of the SmartHK series of events being held today and tomorrow (June 11). The seminar, entitled "Conference on Hong Kong's...
View ArticleCorrectional officers stop assault by persons in custody
Correctional Services officers stopped two persons in custody assaulting another person in custody at Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre today (June 10).At 9.36am, a 31-year-old male person in...
View ArticleTranscript of remarks by CE on White Paper on "The Practice of the 'One...
Following is the transcript of remarks by the Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, at a media session at the ground floor lobby of the Office of the Chief Executive at Tamar today (June 10) on the White...
View ArticleUpdate on cluster of Clostridium Difficile toxin cases at Queen Elizabeth...
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:The spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth Hospital gave the following update today (June 10) regarding an earlier announcement on a cluster of...
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Hong Kong to hold largest exhibition of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau...
An exhibition titled "Historical Imprints of Lingnan: Major Archaeological Discoveries of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao" will be held at the Hong Kong Museum of History from tomorrow (June 11) until...
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HK Customs smashes suspected ivory smuggling case (with photos)
Hong Kong Customs today (June 10) detected an suspected ivory smuggling case and seized about 790 kilogrammes of ivory at Hong Kong International Airport. The total value of seizure was about $7.9...
View ArticleSheung Shui Swimming Pool temporarily closed
Attention TV/radio announcers:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at regular intervals:The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said today (June 10) that the Sheung...
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