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CE meets Vice Minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission...
The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, met the visiting Vice Minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Mr Sun Zhigang, at the Chief Executive's Office this afternoon (May 15) to...
View ArticleCompanies (Unfair Prejudice Petitions) Proceedings Rules submitted to LegCo
The Government submitted today (May 15) the Companies (Unfair Prejudice Petitions) Proceedings Rules (C(UPP)PR) to the Legislative Council. The C(UPP)PR) prescribes the rules for the proceedings of the...
View ArticleFour additional overseas cases of Severe Respiratory Disease associated with...
The Department of Health (DH) is today (May 15) closely monitoring four additional cases of Severe Respiratory Disease associated with Novel Coronavirus reported to the World Health Organization (WHO)...
View ArticleLCQ15: Contingency measures at Prince of Wales Hospital
Following is a question by the Dr Hon James Tien Pei-chun and a written reply by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, in the Legislative Council today (May 15):Question: According to...
View ArticlePublic urged to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (May 15) called on people to maintain strict personal and environmental hygiene to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease...
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Woman arrested for suspected illegal sale of slimming product with banned...
A 23-year-old woman was arrested today (May 15) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale of one box of 4C Cosmoslim, a slimming product with...
View ArticleEV71 case with meningitis complication investigated
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (May 15) investigating a case of Enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection with meningitis complication involving a 2-year-old boy, and...
View ArticleUpdate on cluster of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci cases in Tuen Mun Hospital
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:Regarding the earlier confirmation that some in-patients confirmed to be Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) carriers, the spokesperson of...
View ArticleMeetings of Legislative Council and its Committees
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:The Legislative Council and its Committees will hold 21 open meetings and one closed meeting during the week from May 20 to 25...
View ArticleUpdate on number of suspected human cases of avian influenza A(H7) notified
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) today (May 16) provided an update on the latest number of suspected human cases of avian influenza A(H7) notified to the CHP,...
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CE meets District Council chairmen and vice-chairmen (with photos)
The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, met the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the 18 District Councils at the Central Government Offices, Tamar, this morning (May 16).The Chief Executive said that District...
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SEN visits green buildings in Singapore (with photos)
The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, and a delegation of the Steering Committee on the Promotion of Green Building, today (May 16) started their visit in Singapore to learn about its...
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Hong Kong Museum of Art launches large-scale Chinese contemporary art...
"The Origin of Dao: New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art", a large-scale contemporary art exhibition that gathers the work of 37 Chinese artists from the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and overseas,...
View ArticlePolice arrested two more women in connection with murder case in Sheung Shui
Police today (May 16) arrested two women, aged 50 and 33, in suspected connection with the murder case in which a 30-year-old man was killed in Sheung Shui on April 28. The arrestees are being detained...
View ArticleHK Customs confiscates $18.5 million in crime proceeds from cigarette...
Hong Kong Customs, with the application of the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance (OSCO), recently confiscated $18.5 million worth of realisable properties owned by three persons who were...
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Public urged not to buy or use slimming products with undeclared and banned...
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 16) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume two oral products labelled as "STB Summit of the Thin Body S Woman Degreasing Burning Pill" and...
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HA staff commended for outstanding performance (with photo)
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:The Hospital Authority (HA) today (May 16) announced its Outstanding Staff and Teams Award for 2013, with six staff members and five...
View ArticleMarine Department's response to media enquiries
In response to media enquiries, a Marine Department spokesman said today (May 16) that the Director of Marine had expressed at the press conference on April 30 his deep sadness over the vessel...
View ArticleFlag-raising ceremony to cancel
Owing to thunderstorm warning, the flag-raising ceremony scheduled to be held at the Golden Bauhinia Square, Wan Chai at 8am today (May 17) will be cancelled.Police Report No. 74
View ArticleSCED to attend Expo Central China 2013 in Zhengzhou
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, will depart for Zhengzhou in Henan Province this afternoon (May 17) to attend the opening ceremony of Expo Central China 2013 and the...
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