Flag-raising ceremony cancelled
Owing to the thunderstorm warning, the flag-raising ceremony to be conducted at Golden Bauhinia Square, Wan Chai at 8am today (June 17) will be cancelled.
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LegCo Commission to table Part I of "A Companion to the history, rules and...
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:The Legislative Council Commission (the Commission) will table Part I of its first publication on the procedures of the...
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EPD to strengthen emission control of petrol and LPG vehicles in September...
To further improve roadside air quality, the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) will strengthen the control of emissions from petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles by using roadside...
View ArticleConfirmed local case of Japanese encephalitis under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is today (June 17) investigating a confirmed local case of Japanese encephalitis (JE), and hence urged the public to take...
View ArticleCase of severe paediatric enterovirus infection under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (June 17) investigating a case of severe paediatric enterovirus (EV) infection and urged the public to be vigilant against...
View ArticleCase of Legionnaires' disease under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (June 17) investigating a case of Legionnaires' disease (LD) affecting a 54-year-old man.The patient, with underlying...
View ArticleGovernment responds to pan-democrats' request to postpone funding application...
Regarding the request of some pan-democratic Legislative Council (LegCo) members made to the Government today (June 17) to postpone the funding application for the advance site formation and...
View ArticleFlag-raising ceremony cancelled
Owing to the thunderstorm warning, the flag-raising ceremony to be conducted at Golden Bauhinia Square, Wan Chai at 8am today (June 18) will be cancelled.
View ArticleGovernment announces Private Columbaria Bill
The Government announced today (June 18) that the Chief Executive in Council has approved the Private Columbaria Bill.Through the Bill, the Government proposes to establish a licensing regime to...
View ArticleInformation on private columbaria updated
The Development Bureau today (June 18) released updated information on private columbaria (the Information). Seven columbaria have been added to the list and relevant details of some other columbaria...
View ArticleCorrectional officers find syringe needle from clothes of remand person in...
Correctional officers found a syringe needle suspected to be used as an instrument for injecting drugs from the personal clothes wearing by a newly admitted remand person in custody in Lai Chi Kok...
View ArticleTranscript of remarks by Acting S for S
Following is the transcript of remarks by the Acting Secretary for Security, Mr John Lee, at a media session after attending the Legislative Council meeting today (June 18):Reporter: Mr Lee, what do...
View ArticleTwo suspected cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) today (June 18) received notifications from Tseung Kwan O (Po Ning Road) General Out-patient Clinic and Alice Ho Miu Ling...
View ArticleLCQ14: Unified screening mechanism
Following is a written reply by the Acting Secretary for Security, Mr John Lee, to a question by Hon Tam Yiu-chung in the Legislative Council today (June 18): Question:It has recently been reported by...
View ArticleSpecial arrangements for LegCo Complex on June 20
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:The Legislative Council (LegCo) Finance Committee will continue to discuss the Administration's funding application for "Advance...
View ArticleLCQ5: Review of Individual Visit Scheme
Following is a question by the Hon Wu Chi-wai and a reply by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, in the Legislative Council today (June 18):Question:It is learnt that...
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Customs detects suspected infringing case involving circumvention of paid TV...
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (June 17) took enforcement action, resulting in the detection of a suspected infringing case involving a syndicate circumventing paid TV channels. In the operation, the...
View ArticleCorrectional officers stop fight between persons in custody
Correctional officers stopped a fight between two persons in custody at Stanley Prison today (June 18).At 8.30am, two male persons in custody, aged 34 and 54, fought with each other over a trivial...
View ArticleAFCD's response to newspaper report
Regarding the report in a newspaper today (June 18) that local farms put the untested chickens on the market, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) gave the following...
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Hong Kong cinematic highlights continue in Hamburg (with photos)
After a successful start in Berlin from May 21 to 31, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin (HKETO Berlin) is continuing its journey to stage Hong Kong Film Festivals in central and eastern...
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