The following is issued on behalf of the Community Care Fund Secretariat: The Community Care Fund (CCF) announced today (November 30) the extension of the Special Care Subsidy for the Severely Disabled Programme&n… read more
Police will implement special traffic arrangements this Sunday (December 2) to facilitate three public order events to be held on Hong Kong Island. (I) The following special traffic arra… read more
The Transport Department (TD) is very concerned about the fatal traffic accident involving a coach on Cheung Tsing Highway in Tsing Yi this morning (November 30).
The TD has contacted the operator concerned to better understand the situation this morning. Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Transport has contacted the Public Omnibus Operators Association to express her concern, and a meeting between the TD and the Association will be arranged later to study and review the issue of operational safety of non-franchised buses.
Regarding the cause of the accident, investigation by the Police is under way. According to the TD’s records, the coach involved was equipped with seats with high seat back and seatbelts. The latest vehicle examination was conducted in February this year and the coach passed the safety tests. read more
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (November 29) conducted an anti-piracy operation in Yau Ma Tei and seized about 6 000 suspected pirated optical discs (PODs) and 4 000 suspected obscene optical discs with an estimated market value of about $220,000.
During the operation, officers raided two shops in Yau Ma Tei and seized the batch of suspected PODs and obscene optical discs. Two men, aged 67 and 71, were arrested.
Investigation is ongoing.
Customs has been carrying out stringent enforcement actions against the sale of infringing goods and will continue to step up patrols and enforcement actions against privacy activities.
Under the Copyright Ordinance, any person who possesses an infringing copy of a copyright work with a view to selling it commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $50,000 per infringing copy and imprisonment for four years.
Under the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance, any person who possesses for the purpose of publication any obscene article commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction, is a fine of $1 million and imprisonment for three years.
Members of the public may report any suspected infringing activities to the Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 30) released the findings of its food safety report for last month. The results of about 15 500 food samples tested were satisfac… read more