Missing man in Tseung Kwan O located
A man who went missing in Tseung Kwan O had been located. Wong Kin-shing, aged 22, went missing after he left his residence at Choi Ming Court, Tseung Kwan O on August 27 afternoon. His fam… read more
A man who went missing in Tseung Kwan O had been located. Wong Kin-shing, aged 22, went missing after he left his residence at Choi Ming Court, Tseung Kwan O on August 27 afternoon. His fam… read more
The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Lau Kong-wah, and a delegation of District Council chairmen and vice chairmen started their three-day visit to four cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, namely Guangz… read more
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (September 7) reported the latest number of cases of dengue fever (DF), and again urged the public to maintain strict environmental hygiene, mosquito control and personal protective measures both locally and during travel.
From August 31 to September 7 (as of noon), the CHP recorded seven imported DF cases. The patients had been to Cambodia (two cases), Mainland China (two cases), Myanmar (one case), Thailand (one case) and Vietnam (one case) during the incubation period.
As of noon today (September 7), 98 cases had been confirmed this year, 29 of which were local cases and 69 imported cases. The imported cases were mainly imported from Thailand (27), the Philippines (12) and Cambodia (nine).
DF remains endemic in some areas in Asia and beyond. The latest figures for 2018 reveal that 52 670 cases have been recorded in Thailand, 1 918 in Singapore (since December 31, 2017) and 100 in Japan. In Taiwan, 84 local cases have been recorded to date in 2018. In the Americas, the latest figures indicate that 25 153 cases have been filed in Mexico in 2018.
The public should take heed of the following advice on mosquito control:
The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (September 7) that a site, Rural Building Lot No. 1211 at Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 11 Mansfield Road, the Peak, Hong Kong, in the 2018-19 Land Sale Programme will be disposed of by pu… read more
King Wah Construction (HK) Company Limited was fined $150,000 at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (September 7) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred at a construction site in Sheung Wan in which a worker was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft on October 20, 2017. It was believed that on October 17, 2017, the deceased fell from the opening of the lift shaft on the 19th floor to the bottom of the lift shaft in the course of work. read more