Hongkong Post today (October 10) announced the postal service arrangements for the Chung Yeung Festival on October 17. No mail delivery and no mail collection will be provided. All post offices will be closed on that day except for the General Post Office and the Airport Post Office. The business hours of the two offices will be from noon to 5pm and 8am to 5pm respectively. General postal services will be provided. Details of services available will be advertised at the respective post offices. 
 
     For more information, customers may visit the Hongkong Post website at www.hongkongpost.hk or call the Hongkong Post enquiry hotline at 2921 2222.
 

     The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Lau Kong-wah, today (October 9) extended his congratulations to Hong Kong swimming athlete Hui Ka-chun on winning a gold medal in Men's 100m Backstroke S14 at the Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games.

     Mr Lau said, "Hui Ka-chun has performed at his best in the competition. We are proud of his excellent result."

     Hong Kong Customs today (October 9) arrested a female director cum saleslady of a renovation company suspected to have wrongly accepted payment, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).

     Customs earlier received information alleging that a renovation company in Mong Kok closed down suddenly and failed to complete the renovation works after accepting payment as well as failed to return the payment to customer.

     After investigation, Customs officers today arrested a 33-year-old woman.

     Investigation is ongoing and the arrested woman has been released on bail pending further investigation.

    Customs reminds traders to comply with the requirements of the TDO and consumers to procure services at reputable shops.

     Under the TDO, any trader commits an offence if at the time of acceptance of payment, the trader intends not to supply the product or intends to supply a materially different product, or there are no reasonable grounds for believing that the trader will be able to supply the product within a specified or reasonable period. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

    Members of the public may report any suspected violations of the TDO to the Customs 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).

     A woman who went missing in Mong Kok had been located.

     Fu Ho-chun, aged 64, went missing after she left her residence in Butt Street on October 7 afternoon. Her family made a report to Police on the same day.

     The woman was located at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital this morning. (October 9)

     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, met the Governor of Guizhou Province, Ms Shen Yiqin, at Government House this afternoon (October 9). The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, and the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Patrick Nip, were also present.
 
     Mrs Lam welcomed Ms Shen's first visit to Hong Kong in her present capacity to attend an event on economic, trade and tourism promotion between Guizhou and Hong Kong to be held tomorrow (October 10) and wished the event every success. Noting that exchanges between the governments of the two places are frequent, Mrs Lam said that Mr Chan attended the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2018 in Guiyang a few months ago; the Vice-Governor of Guizhou Province, Mr Lu Yongzheng, visited Hong Kong in the middle of this year to attend a trade promotion event; and the Secretary for Development, Mr Michael Wong, led a delegation to Guiyang earlier to attend the 2018 Mainland and Hong Kong Construction Forum. All of these visits have demonstrated that Guizhou and Hong Kong attach great importance to the co-operation between the two sides, Mrs Lam said.
 
     Mrs Lam said that Guizhou possesses abundant resources, has seen rapid development in recent years and holds immense growth potential, while Hong Kong, being the largest source of external investment in Guizhou, is an excellent platform to attract foreign capital for Guizhou and help Guizhou enterprises to "go global". She said that with the commissioning of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link last month, it only takes around five hours to travel from Hong Kong West Kowloon Station to Guiyang North Station, bringing immense benefits for further co-operation between the two places. Given that Guizhou is striving to develop its big data industry with remarkable results and that Hong Kong is proactively advancing the development of innovation and technology, including biomedicine, artificial intelligence and smart city initiatives, Mrs Lam expressed the hope that the two places will explore more room for co-operation in relevant areas.