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     The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has mailed poll cards to around 7 300 registered electors of the Tai Nan Constituency to remind them to vote in the Yau Tsim Mong District Council by-election on March 24 (Sunday).
 
     “Electors of the Tai Nan Constituency can log in to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (www.voterinfo.gov.hk) if they have not yet received their poll cards to check whether they are registered electors of the constituency and their designated polling station. They can also call the election hotline 2891 1001 for enquiries,” a spokesman for the REO said today (March 14).
 
     “Electors are advised to read carefully the address of the designated polling station on their poll cards indicating where they should cast their votes,” he said.
 
     Together with the poll cards, the REO has sent to every elector of the Tai Nan Constituency a map showing the location of the designated polling station, a Guide on Voting Procedure, an Introduction to Candidates and a leaflet from the Independent Commission Against Corruption on clean elections.
 
     One polling station will be open to electors from 7.30am to 10.30pm on the polling day. It is located at Fresh Fish Traders’ School, 33 Sycamore Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon.
 
     If any electors of the Tai Nan Constituency who are remanded or detained by law enforcement agencies other than the Correctional Services Department (CSD) on the polling day wish to vote in this by-election, they will be arranged to cast their votes at the dedicated polling station located at Cheung Sha Wan Police Station, 880 Lai Chi Kok Road, Kowloon. The polling hours will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm.
 
     Should there be any electors of the Tai Nan Constituency imprisoned or remanded in the CSD’s custody on the polling day, arrangements will be made for them to vote at dedicated polling stations set up at their respective penal institutions. For security reasons, polling hours for the dedicated polling stations at penal institutions will be from 9am to 4pm.
 
     The voting procedure for electors and the venue setup at the dedicated polling stations will be basically the same as those of the ordinary polling stations.
 
     The two candidates contesting this by-election are Lee Kwok Kuen (No. 1) and Li Sze Man (No. 2). read more

     The Sir Robert Ho Tung Charitable Fund allocated $13 million to 183 charitable projects in the areas of medicine and health, rehabilitation, social welfare, education and community service in the 2018 allocation.

     A spokesman for the Fund’s Allocation Committee said today (March 14), “The Fund’s donation enables over 100 organisations to enhance their services, which will benefit a large number of people, especially the underprivileged.”

     Major grants included:

* $2,170,900 for the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals to purchase medical and rehabilitation equipment and to organise education camps for children with special needs;

* $873,640 for Queen Elizabeth Hospital to acquire medical equipment;

* $809,980 for the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association to acquire medical equipment for Grantham Hospital and Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals;

* $752,000 for Hong Kong St John Ambulance to purchase equipment and provide first aid training for the general public;

* $526,560 for the Po Leung Kuk to acquire rehabilitation equipment and organise programmes for children with special needs;

* $372,600 for Prince of Wales Hospital to acquire medical equipment;

* $280,300 for the Pentecostal Church of Hong Kong to purchase equipment for its elderly centres;

* $266,313 for the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children to purchase furniture and equipment for its nursery schools and child care centres;

* $243,400 for the Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong to purchase furniture and equipment;

* $230,500 for the Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association to purchase rehabilitation equipment and organise training exercise for the frail elderly;

* $225,000 for United Christian Hospital to acquire medical equipment; and

* $216,500 for Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital to acquire medical equipment.

     The Sir Robert Ho Tung Charitable Fund, one of the major trust funds in Hong Kong, was set up in 1956 with a bequest of $500,000 by the late Sir Robert Ho Tung. It is now managed by HSBC Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited. read more

     Fifty-six convictions were recorded in February 2019 for breaches of legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD).        Six of the convictions were under the Air Pollution Control Ord… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:        The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by Bank of Singapore Limited on suspicious mobil… read more

     Hong Kong Customs today (March 14) alerted members of the public to the potential suffocation and pinching hazards to infants posed by four models of cot mattress.

     Customs officers conducted territory-wide spot check operations against unsafe cot mattress in the past two weeks and seized a total of 59 suspected unsafe cot mattresses of the four models from three chain stores and a wholesaler.

     Initial investigation revealed that the four models of cot mattresses were suspected to have failed to comply with the relevant safety standards in respect of deficiencies in firmness, durability and dimensions as well as the easiness of tearing off labels, posing risks of suffocation and pinching to infants.

     Investigation is ongoing.

     Customs advises parents to select and purchase cot mattresses with appropriate firmness and dimensions so as to ensure the safety of their infants.

     Under the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance, it is an offence to supply, manufacture or import unsafe toys or children’s products. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $100,000 and imprisonment for one year on first conviction, and a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for two years on subsequent conviction.

     Members of the public may report information relating to suspected unsafe toys or children’s products via Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).