The Development Bureau today said it issued a notification to the contractor involved in a fatal industrial incident yesterday at a non-governmental construction site in Chek Lap Kok to suspend it from tendering for public works contracts in the buildings category with immediate effect pursuant to the regulating regime. The bureau today said that…
Deputy Chief Secretary Cheuk Wing-hing today chaired the first meeting of the “Working Group on Promoting Silver Economy” to commence co-ordination of relevant bureaus’ work plans. The Chief Executive announced in the 2024 Policy Address that a working group, chaired by the Deputy Chief Secretary, would be set up and would commence work by…
The Department of Justice (DoJ) today hosted the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Lawyers Exchange Reception, bringing together more than 150 participants from the Mainland, Macau and Hong Kong legal sectors. They included representatives from the Guangdong Lawyers Association, the lawyers associations of the nine Mainland municipalities in the GBA, the Macao…
Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Christopher Hui attended the 41st session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting & Reporting (ISAR) organised by the UN Conference on Trade & Development in Geneva yesterday. At the meeting, Mr Hui elaborated on Hong Kong’s efforts in building a comprehensive…
The invitation for expressions of interest (EOI) in relation to the smart and green mass transit system (SGMTS) project in East Kowloon ended today at noon, with a total of 35 submissions from local, Mainland and overseas companies having been received. The Transport & Logistics Bureau, jointly with the Highways Department, invited relevant system…
The Lands Department today posted notices, in accordance with the Lands Resumption Ordinance, for the resumption of land for an urban renewal project at Kim Shin Lane/Fuk Wa Street in Cheung Sha Wan. The project was included in the Urban Renewal Authority’s Business Plan for 2021-22, to help improve the area’s overall living environment.…
Chief Executive John Lee today met Shanghai leaders and exchanged views with representatives from enterprises as well as talent who have newly settled in Hong Kong. Continuing his visit to Shanghai with a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government delegation, Mr Lee spoke to the enterprises and talent about their development and daily lives.…
A total of 275 people have been arrested so far amid a joint investigation by the Social Welfare Department (SWD) and Police to combat fraud cases involving the Traffic Accident Victims Assistance (TAVA), the SWD announced today. The SWD’s TAVA Section, while processing applications in March this year, detected suspicious elements in the medical…
The Department of Justice today issued a Policy Statement on the Incorporation of Mediation Clauses in Government Contracts to set out the Government’s policy stance and approach on promoting the use of mediation to resolve conflicts in an amicable way. Another central objective for the declaration is to implement the policy initiative under the…
The Department of Health today announced that a one-off catch-up programme for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination will be launched on December 2 to gradually boost the herd immunity of the community against high-risk HPV infection, thereby preventing cervical cancer. The programme, scheduled to last for about two years, will be implemented in three phases.…