The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a two-year tenancy of (i) Shop No. 4 on the departure level, Deck 2, Inner Pier of Hong Kong – Macau Ferry Terminal, Sheung Wan; and (ii) Shops B1 and B2 on the Pier Deck, Inner Pier of Hong Kong – Macau Ferry Terminal, Sheung Wan.

     The premises should only be used for general retail purposes including storage, sale and display of duty-free liquor, cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products but excluding any goods or commodities that are prohibited under the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap 60), any regulations made thereunder and any amending legislations.

     The tender notices were uploaded today (November 16) to the Agency's website: www.gpa.gov.hk. Tender documents are available for collection at the Government Property Agency, 31/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, during office hours (8.30am to 5.45pm from Mondays to Fridays). The documents can also be downloaded from the Agency's website.
      
     Interested tenderers who wish to inspect the sites should make prior appointment with the Government Property Agency by calling 2594 7697 on or before December 17 this year.

     Tenderers must submit their tenders by placing them in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box situated on the Ground Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, before noon on December 28 this year. Late tenders will not be accepted.

     The Government today (November 16) announced that the Antiquities Authority (i.e. the Secretary for Development) has declared the exteriors of Fung Ping Shan Building, Eliot Hall and May Hall at the University of Hong Kong as monuments under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance. The notice of the declaration was gazetted today.
      
     Fung Ping Shan Building, originally named Fung Ping Shan Library, was opened on December 14, 1932, as a library for Chinese books of the University thanks to the generous donation by the late Mr Fung Ping-shan. During World War II, the building was also used as a repository for books of private individuals, schools and government organisations. In 1953, the Museum of Chinese Art and Archaeology was established with exhibitions held in a room of the Fung Ping Shan Library. In 1962, the collection of the Fung Ping Shan Library was transferred to the newly constructed Main Library of the University, and the original library building was then converted into the Fung Ping Shan Museum. It was renamed the University Museum and Art Gallery in 1994, before its new wing in the TT Tsui Building opened to the public in 1996.
      
     Designed by Leigh & Orange, Fung Ping Shan Building is a three-storey building with a red-brick facade, carved granite ornaments and a prominent glass dome on the roof and a symmetrical elevation. The overall design also reflects distinctive architectural features, including the fan-shaped floor plan and the rounded central section of the front. The facade is elegantly decorated with giant pilasters, window architraves, pediments and moulded cornices and parapets. Most of the old finely carved hardwood doors and windows with original brass fittings are still in place.
      
     Eliot Hall was opened in 1914 as the second student residential hall under the direct management of the University. It was named after the first Vice-Chancellor of the University, Sir Charles Eliot. May Hall was opened in 1915 to become the third student residential hall under the direct management of the University. It was named after the second Chancellor of the University and the 15th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Francis Henry May.
      
     The design of Eliot Hall and May Hall was modelled from Lugard Hall, which was the first student residential hall under the direct management of the University, with students' rooms located on the first and second floors. The refectory, common rooms, servants' quarters and bathrooms were on the ground floor. During World War II, Eliot Hall became the relief hospital to provide additional support to Queen Mary Hospital while May Hall served as the main residence for staff and students. On New Year's Day of 1942, a congregation was held in May Hall and wartime degrees were granted to 14 medical students who took their final examinations at the time of the Japanese attack. Eliot Hall was turned into a gymnasium in 1956, and subsequently renovated as a student residential hall in 1963.
      
     The landslide at the slope adjacent to Eliot Hall and May Hall in June 1966 caused by torrential rain led to an immediate evacuation of these two halls for extensive repairs and the demolition of the two wardens' quarters at the east end of Eliot Hall and May Hall. The University took this opportunity to combine Lugard Hall, Eliot Hall and May Hall into one large residential unit and renamed them as the Old Halls. The Old Halls opened in 1969 and consisted of three wings, namely Lugard Wing (originally Lugard Hall), Eliot Wing (originally Eliot Hall) and May Wing (originally May Hall). Since then, female students were accepted in the Old Halls and some of them were accommodated at the east wing on the first and second floors of May Wing. Eliot Wing and May Wing reverted to their old names, Eliot Hall and May Hall, when Lugard Wing was demolished in 1992.
      
     Eliot Hall and May Hall were designed by Denison, Ram and Gibbs. These three-storey red-brick buildings have elegant facades featuring a rich variety of architectural elements, including curved pediments over the entrance doorways, rusticated columns, doric capitals, window cills, cornices and balustrades. Chinese-style ceramic grilles are found on the facade to contrast with the red brick wall. The pitched and double-tiled Chinese roofs are a local adaption.
      
     Information on the three monuments is available on the heritage conservation website of the Development Bureau (www.heritage.gov.hk).

              

     The Government announced today (November 16) the reappointment of four serving members and the appointment of four new members to the Hospital Authority (HA), for a term of two years with effect from December 1, 2018.  

     Dr Lo Wai-kwok, Ms Lisa Lau Man-man, Mr Daniel Lam Chun and Mrs Ann Kung Yeung Yun-chi have been reappointed as members of the HA.  

     The new members appointed are Mr Henry Fan Hung-ling, Mr Ambrose Ho Pui-him, Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing and Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee.  

     Mr Henry Fan Hung-ling is the managing director of a property investment company. He is currently a member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development, the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, the Financial Services Development Council and the Task Force on Review of Self-financing Post-secondary Education.  

     Mr Ambrose Ho Pui-him is a Senior Counsel. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Private Columbaria Appeal Board, the Air Transport Licensing Authority and the Hospital Governing Committee of the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service. 

     Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing is President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. He is also the Chair and Daniel C K Yu Professor in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). 

     Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee is the Chairman of the Nursing Council of Hong Kong. She is also Head of the School of Nursing of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital and an Honorary Professor of the School of Nursing of HKU. 

     The Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan, welcomed the four new members to the HA. She also thanked the outgoing members Mr William Chan Fu-keung, Mr Lester Garson Huang, Professor Diana Lee Tze-fan and Mr Albert Wong Kwai-huen, for their contribution and advice to the HA over the years.   

     The HA comprises a Chairman, 23 non-official members, three public officers and one principal officer from the HA. The membership list with effect from December 1, 2018 is as follows:

Chairman:
Professor John Leong Chi-yan

Non-official Members:
Professor Francis Chan Ka-leung
Ms Anita Cheng Wai-ching 
Mr Henry Fan Hung-ling
Mr David Fong Man-hung 
Mr Andrew Fung Hau-chung
Mr Ambrose Ho Pui-him
Dr Kam Pok-man
Mrs Ann Kung Yeung Yun-chi
Mr Daniel Lam Chun
Mr Quinton Lam Chun-ki
Mr Franklin Lam Fan-keung
Professor Wallace Lau Chak-sing
Ms Lisa Lau Man-man
Mr Stephen Lee Hoi-yin
Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung
Professor Raymond Liang Hin-suen
Dr Lo Wai-kwok
Professor David Shum Ho-keung 
Mr Ivan Sze Wing-hang
Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee
Ms Priscilla Wong Pui-sze
Mr Jason Yeung Chi-wai 
Mr Charlie Yip Wing-tong

Public Officers:
Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health), Ms Elizabeth Tse
Director of Health, Dr Constance Chan
Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury), Ms Carol Yuen

HA Principal Officer:
Chief Executive, HA, Dr Leung Pak-yin

     The Government published in the Gazette today (November 16) the Mines (Safety) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulation 2018, the Dangerous Goods (General) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulation 2018 and the Dangerous Goods (Government Explosives Depots) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulation 2018 to adjust fees for 17 services specified under the Regulations.

     The fee adjustment covers some services provided by the Government in respect of:
(a) mine blasting;
(b) the manufacture, storage, movement and discharge of certain dangerous goods in category 1 (explosives and blasting agents); and
(c) the storage and delivery of explosives and explosive accessories.

     In line with the "user pays" principle, it is the Government's policy that fees and charges should in general be set at levels sufficient to recover the full cost of providing the services. In order to achieve full cost recovery gradually and avoid a steep fee increase, the existing 17 fees under the Regulations will increase by about 9 to 15 per cent or decrease by about 6 to 8 per cent.

     The Regulations will be tabled at the Legislative Council on November 21. Subject to approval by negative vetting, the revised fees will come into effect on February 1, 2019.

     â€‹The Labour Department (LD) will hold a public talk entitled "Infection control in the workplace" on November 23 (Friday) for employees who may come into contact with pathogenic bacteria and viruses in the workplace. The talk will explain how micro-organisms enter the human body and affect people's health. The concept of infection control in the workplace will also be covered. It will be held at 3pm in the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
      
     The LD will hold another public talk entitled "Work and general diseases (diabetes mellitus and hypertension)" on November 28 (Wednesday). The talk will cover health tips for working in hot environments or on irregular schedules, or performing heavy manual work, in order to promote the occupational health awareness of employees with diabetes mellitus or hypertension. It will be held at 2.30pm in the lecture room of Fanling Occupational Health Clinic (7/F, Fanling Health Centre, 2 Pik Fung Road, Fanling).
      
     Both talks will be given by the LD's occupational health nurse in Cantonese. Admission is free. For enquiries or registration, please call 2852 4040.