Turnout rates for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative (IIR) Elections in the 2019 Village Representative Election which began at noon today (January 6) are set out according to the respective Rural Committees as follows (as at 3pm):
      
Islands
Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee
(Lo Tik Wan, Pak Kok Kau Tsuen, Yung Shue Wan)
Turnout rate: 41.67%
 
Islands
Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee
(Lo So Shing, Luk Chau)
Turnout rate: 46.23%
 
Islands
Mui Wo Rural Committee
(Pak Mong)
Turnout rate: 56.16%
 
Islands
South Lantao Rural Committee
(Cheung Sha Upper Village, Ham Tin, Pui O Lo Wai, Pui O San Wai, Shui Hau)
Turnout rate: 43.41%
 
North
Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee
(Kat O, Kong Ha, Lai Chi Wo, Luk Keng Chan Uk, Luk Keng Wong Uk, Ma Tseuk Leng Ha, Nam Chung, Ngau Shi Wu, San Tsuen, Sheung Wo Hang, Tam Shui Hang, Tong To, Tsat Muk Kiu, Wu Shek Kok, Kai Kuk Shue Ha and Nam Hang Mei, Yim Tso Ha and Pok Tau Ha)
Turnout rate: 32.72%
 
North
Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee
(Chow Tin Tsuen, Fung Wong Wu, Heung Yuen Wai, Lei Uk, Ping Yeung, Sheung Shan Kai Wat, Tai Po Tin, Tong Fong, Tsung Yuen Ha, Wo Keng Shan)
Turnout rate: 40.35%
 
Sai Kung
Hang Hau Rural Committee
(Ha Yeung, Po Toi O, Tai Po Tsai)
Turnout rate: 32.68%
 
Sha Tin 
Sha Tin Rural Committee
(Ha Wo Che, Lok Lo Ha, Tai Wai, Tin Sum, Wo Liu Hang, Sha Tin Tau and Lee Uk, Wu Kai Sha and Cheung Kang)
Turnout rate: 40.37%
 
Tai Po
Tai Po Rural Committee
(Kau Lung Hang, Lai Chi Shan, Lin Au, Lei Uk, Pan Chung, Po Sam Pai, San Tau Kok, San Tsuen (Lam Tsuen), San Uk Tsai, Sha Lo Tung Cheung Uk, Sha Lo Tung Lei Uk, Shuen Wan Chan Uk, Shuen Wan Chim Uk, Shuen Wan Lei Uk, Shui Wo, Tai Hang, Tai Mei Tuk, Tai Po Tau, Ting Kok, Wai Tau Tsuen, Yuen Leng Yip Uk  )
Turnout rate: 37.86%
 
Yuen Long
Kam Tin Rural Committee
(Kat Hing Wai, Shui Mei Tsuen, Tai Hong Wai, Tsz Tong Tsuen, Wing Lung Wai)
Turnout rate: 31.75%
 
Yuen Long
Ping Shan Rural Committee
(Fui Sha Wai, Hung Uk Tsuen, Lam Hau Tsuen, Mong Tseng Tsuen, Mong Tseng Wai, Ng Uk Tsuen, Sha Kong Wai, Shan Ha Tsuen, Sheung Cheung Wai, Shui Pin Tsuen)
Turnout rate: 34.42%
 
Yuen Long
San Tin Rural Committee
(Chau Tau, Fan Tin San Yi Cho, Lok Ma Chau, Mai Po Tsuen, Pun Uk Tsuen, Tung Chun Wai, Wai Tsai, Wing Ping Tsuen, Yan Sau Wai)
Turnout rate: 37.78%
 
Total turnout rate: 36.48%

     A man who went missing in Kwai Chung has been located.

     Hung Yau-pui, aged 81, went missing after he left an elderly home on Tai Loong Street on December 29, 2018 morning. Staff of the elderly home made a report to Police on the same day.

     The man was located on Wing Hong Street, Sham Shui Po yesterday morning (January 5).
     
 

     Turnout rates for the Resident Representative (RR) Elections in the 2019 Village Representative Election which began at noon today (January 6) are set out according to the respective Rural Committees as follows (as at 1pm):
 
Islands
Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee
(Tai Wan San Tsuen)
Turnout rate: 25.49%
 
Islands
Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee
(Mo Tat, Sok Kwu Wan)
Turnout rate: 16.81%
 
Islands
Mui Wo Rural Committee
(Chung Hau (South))
Turnout rate: 15.25%
 
Islands
South Lantao Rural Committee
(Ham Tin, Pui O Lo Uk Tsuen, Pui O Lo Wai, Shui Hau)
Turnout rate: 21.67%
 
North
Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee
(Sha Tau Kok Market (East), Sha Tau Kok Market (West Lower), Tam Shui Hang, Wu Kau Tang, Yim Tso Ha and Pok Tau Ha)
Turnout rate: 16.16%
 
North
Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee
(Lei Uk, Lo Wu, Muk Wu, Nga Yiu, Ping Yeung, Tai Po Tin, Tong Fong)
Turnout rate: 19.53%
 
Sai Kung
Hang Hau Rural Committee
(Pan Long Wan, Po Toi O, Sheung Sze Wan, Tai Po Tsai)
Turnout rate: 15.08%
 
Sha Tin
Sha Tin Rural Committee
(Ha Keng Hau, Ha Wo Che, Sha Tin Tau and Lee Uk, Tai Shui Hang, Wo Liu Hang)
Turnout rate: 14.56%
 
Tai Po
Tai Po Rural Committee
(Chai Kek, Kau Lung Hang, Lai Chi Shan, Lung Mei, Po Sam Pai, She Shan, Shek Kwu Lung, Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Hang, Tai Mei Tuk, Tai Po Mei, Ting Kok, Tung Tsz, Wai Tau Tsuen, Yuen Leng Lei Uk)
Turnout rate: 14.97%
 
Yuen Long
Kam Tin Rural Committee
(Tsz Tong Tsuen)
Turnout rate: 17.02%
 
Yuen Long
Ping Shan Rural Committee
(Fung Chi Tsuen, Hung Uk Tsuen, Mong Tseng Tsuen
Ng Uk Tsuen, Sha Kong Wai, Shan Ha Tsuen, Tai To Tsuen, Tan Kwai Tsuen, Tong Yan San Tsuen (I))
Turnout rate: 14.03%
 
Yuen Long
San Tin Rural Committee
(Chau Tau, Fan Tin San Yi Cho, Ha Wan Tsuen, Lok Ma Chau, Mai Po Tsuen, Pun Uk Tsuen, San Wai (I), San Wai (II), Wai Tsai, Wing Ping Tsuen, Yan Sau Wai, Yau Tam Mei (I), Yau Tam Mei (II))
Turnout rate: 18.89%
 
Total turnout rate: 16.23%

     Turnout rates for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative (IIR) Elections in the 2019 Village Representative Election which began at noon today (January 6) are set out according to the respective Rural Committees as follows (as at 1pm):
 
Islands
Lamma Island (North) Rural Committee
(Lo Tik Wan, Pak Kok Kau Tsuen, Yung Shue Wan)
Turnout rate: 17.44%
 
Islands
Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee
(Lo So Shing, Luk Chau)
Turnout rate: 23.62%
 
Islands
Mui Wo Rural Committee
(Pak Mong)
Turnout rate: 35.62%
 
Islands
South Lantao Rural Committee
(Cheung Sha Upper Village, Ham Tin, Pui O Lo Wai, Pui O San Wai, Shui Hau)
Turnout rate: 21.56%
 
North
Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee
(Kat O, Kong Ha, Lai Chi Wo, Luk Keng Chan Uk, Luk Keng Wong Uk, Ma Tseuk Leng Ha, Nam Chung, Ngau Shi Wu, San Tsuen, Sheung Wo Hang, Tam Shui Hang, Tong To, Tsat Muk Kiu, Wu Shek Kok, Kai Kuk Shue Ha and Nam Hang Mei, Yim Tso Ha and Pok Tau Ha)
Turnout rate: 16.98%
 
North
Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee
(Chow Tin Tsuen, Fung Wong Wu, Heung Yuen Wai, Lei Uk, Ping Yeung, Sheung Shan Kai Wat, Tai Po Tin, Tong Fong, Tsung Yuen Ha, Wo Keng Shan)
Turnout rate: 19.05%
 
Sai Kung
Hang Hau Rural Committee
(Ha Yeung, Po Toi O, Tai Po Tsai)
Turnout rate: 13.98%
 
Sha Tin 
Sha Tin Rural Committee
(Ha Wo Che, Lok Lo Ha, Tai Wai, Tin Sum, Wo Liu Hang, Sha Tin Tau and Lee Uk, Wu Kai Sha and Cheung Kang)
Turnout rate: 20.37 %
 
Tai Po
Tai Po Rural Committee
(Kau Lung Hang, Lai Chi Shan, Lin Au, Lei Uk, Pan Chung, Po Sam Pai, San Tau Kok, San Tsuen (Lam Tsuen), San Uk Tsai, Sha Lo Tung Cheung Uk, Sha Lo Tung Lei Uk, Shuen Wan Chan Uk, Shuen Wan Chim Uk, Shuen Wan Lei Uk, Shui Wo, Tai Hang, Tai Mei Tuk, Tai Po Tau, Ting Kok, Wai Tau Tsuen, Yuen Leng Yip Uk  )
Turnout rate: 17.41%
 
Yuen Long
Kam Tin Rural Committee
(Kat Hing Wai, Shui Mei Tsuen, Tai Hong Wai, Tsz Tong Tsuen, Wing Lung Wai)
Turnout rate: 14.54%
 
Yuen Long
Ping Shan Rural Committee
(Fui Sha Wai, Hung Uk Tsuen, Lam Hau Tsuen, Mong Tseng Tsuen, Mong Tseng Wai, Ng Uk Tsuen, Sha Kong Wai, Shan Ha Tsuen, Sheung Cheung Wai, Shui Pin Tsuen)
Turnout rate: 13.74%
 
Yuen Long
San Tin Rural Committee
(Chau Tau, Fan Tin San Yi Cho, Lok Ma Chau, Mai Po Tsuen, Pun Uk Tsuen, Tung Chun Wai, Wai Tsai, Wing Ping Tsuen, Yan Sau Wai)
Turnout rate: 17.85%
 
Total turnout rate: 16.79%

     The total number of local companies registered under the Companies Ordinance was 1,400,950 by the end of 2018, up 17,004 from the corresponding figure of 2017, according to the statistics released by the Companies Registry today (January 6).
 
     In 2018, a total of 151,739 local companies were newly registered with the Registry, among which 52,962 were incorporated online at the e-Registry (www.eregistry.gov.hk) or via the "CR eFiling" mobile application.
 
     Since March 1, 2018, the Registry has taken up a new role as the licensing authority for trust or company service providers (TCSPs) under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. A total of 6,150 TCSP licences were granted in 2018, and 323 applications were rejected or withdrawn. In addition, all companies incorporated in Hong Kong are required to maintain up-to-date beneficial ownership information by way of keeping a Significant Controllers Register.
 
     "The new initiatives have brought Hong Kong's regulatory regime for combating money laundering and terrorist financing in line with international requirements as promulgated by the Financial Action Task Force. We have embarked on vigorous site inspection programmes on companies and TCSPs to ensure their compliance with the relevant statutory requirements," the Registrar of Companies, Ms Ada Chung, said.
 
     The number of documents received for filing in 2018 hit a record high of 3,592,892, an increase of 27.07 per cent from 2,827,405 in 2017. "As some company service providers have failed to obtain a licence under the new TCSPs regime, this has caused an influx of documents reporting changes of company secretaries in the year," Ms Chung added.
 
     In 2018, 1,193 non-Hong Kong companies that have newly established a place of business in Hong Kong were registered under the Companies Ordinance, an increase of 16.05 per cent from 1,028 in 2017. The total number of registered non-Hong Kong companies reached 11,061 by the end of 2018, up 6.01 per cent year on year.
 
     The number of charges on assets of companies received for registration in 2018 was 22,058, 3.1 per cent up from 21,394 in 2017. The number of notifications of payments and releases received for registration increased by 7.36 per cent, from 22,945 in 2017 to 24,634 in 2018.
 
     In 2018, a total of 251 prospectuses were registered, an increase of 2.03 per cent from 246 in 2017.
 
     A total of 5,011,937 searches of document image records were conducted using the Registry's electronic search services in 2018, an increase of 13.99 per cent from 4,396,950 in 2017.
 
     For details of the statistics, please visit the "Statistics" section of the Registry's website (www.cr.gov.hk).