Upper respiratory tract infection outbreak under CHP investigation
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (July 2) appealed to members of the public to maintain strict personal and environmental hygiene to prevent upper respiratory...
View ArticleLimited Registration approved for overseas doctors
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:The Hospital Authority (HA) welcomed the approval of the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) today (July 2) for a new application for Limited...
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Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine not complying with labelling and...
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 2) instructed a licensed wholesaler of proprietary Chinese medicines (pCm), American Oriental Bioengineering (Hong Kong) Limited (AOBO), located in Wan Chai,...
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Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected derivatives of cathinone at Man Kam To...
Hong Kong Customs seized about 17 kilograms of suspected derivatives of cathinone (commonly called "bath salt") at Man Kam To Control Point on June 30. The market value of the drugs was estimated at...
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Customs intercepts lorry conveying over 1 million sticks of suspected illicit...
Hong Kong Customs smashed a suspected case of illicit cigarette distribution in Kwun Tong today (July 2). About 1.1 million sticks of suspected illicit cigarettes were seized from a lorry. The...
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Appeal for information on missing man in Yuen Long (with photo)
Police today (July 2) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Yuen Long. Chan Ching-hung, aged 54, left his residence on Sai Ching Street yesterday night (July 1) and failed...
View ArticleVery Hot Weather Warning issued
Attention TV/radio announcers:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:The Hong Kong Observatory has issued the very hot weather warning.To prevent heat stroke, avoid prolonged activities...
View ArticleAssess the risk of heat stroke to employees
Attention duty announcer, radio and TV stations:Please broadcast the following special announcement immediately, and repeat it at frequent intervals when the Very Hot Weather Warning is in force: "The...
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Hong Kong exhibition opens at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
A one-of-its kind "Journey to Hong Kong" exhibition is staged at Gate D21 in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport. This month-long exhibition was officially opened by officials from the...
View ArticleSJ to visit Macau
The Secretary for Justice, Mr Rimsky Yuen, SC, will visit Macau tomorrow (July 4).He will meet with the Secretary for Administration and Justice of the Macau Special Administrative Region, Ms Florinda...
View ArticleCase of NDM-1 Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae under CHP investigation
The Public Health Laboratory Services Branch (PHLSB) of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health confirmed today (July 3) a case of New Delhi metallo-£]-lactamase-1 (NDM-1)...
View ArticleThe hottest June on record
With the monthly mean temperature reaching 29.0 degrees, June 2014 was the hottest June in Hong Kong since records began in 1884. The monthly mean minimum temperature of 27.0 degrees and mean maximum...
View ArticleCluster of Clostridium Difficile toxin cases in Kowloon Hospital
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:The spokesperson of Kowloon Hospital (KH) made the following announcement today (July 3):Three patients (aged 75 to 85) of a male...
View ArticlePerson in custody hangs himself at Shek Pik Prison
A person in custody was found hanging himself inside his cell in Shek Pik Prison today (July 3).At 5.46 am, a patrolling officer found the 29-year-old male person in custody hanging by a piece of bed...
View ArticleCustoms appeals to young people not to sell counterfeit goods (with photo)
The Customs and Excise Department, acting on information and reports, carried out an operation before the summer holiday to combat the sale of counterfeit goods at street level in various districts and...
View ArticleChief Executive's Office statement
In response to a statement issued by pan-democratic Legislative Council (LegCo) members on universal suffrage today (July 3), the Chief Executive's Office issued the statement below:It is the common...
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Speech by CS at opening ceremony of "Refuse the Shadows of the Past: Five...
Following is the speech by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, at the opening ceremony of "Refuse the Shadows of the Past: Five Years of Austrian Art Made in China" exhibition this...
View ArticleVery Hot Weather Warning issued
Attention TV/radio announcers:Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:The Hong Kong Observatory has issued the very hot weather warning.To prevent heat stroke, avoid prolonged activities...
View ArticleAssess the risk of heat stroke to employees
Attention duty announcer, radio and TV stations:Please broadcast the following special announcement immediately, and repeat it at frequent intervals when the Very Hot Weather Warning is in force: "The...
View ArticleMeetings of the Legislative Council and its Committees
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:The Legislative Council and its Committees will hold 13 open meetings and two closed meetings during the week from July 7 to 11...
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