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Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals: The Marine Department today (November 17) remind… read more
Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals: The Marine Department today (November 17) remind… read more
The Community Chest of Hong Kong has been issued with a Public Subscription Permit to hold a territory-wide flag sale from 7am to 12.30pm today (November 17), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
For enquiries, please call the SWD’s hotline at 2343 2255 or the Charitable Fund-raising Control Team at 2832 4311 during office hours. Information on the flag days of the month is available at the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/). Permits for flag days containing contact information of the flag-selling organisations and information on the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_recentlyap/). For enquiries about the detailed flag-selling arrangements, please contact the individual flag-selling organisations.
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police, the spokesman added. read more
Police are investigating a murder case in Tin Sum yesterday (November 16) in which a 42-year-old man died. At about 6.30pm yesterday, Police received a report that a man struggled with othe… read more
Hong Kong Customs today (November 16) seized about 109 kilograms of suspected pangolin scales with an estimated market value of about $420,000 at Hong Kong International Airport. Customs of… read more
Police today (November 16) appealed to the public for information on a girl who went missing in Ngau Tau Kok. Cheung Hoi-laam, aged 16, went missing after she left her residence on Ngau Tau Kok Road on October 2 morning. Her family made a report to … read more