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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (September 19) that Tai Mei Tuk Water Sports Centre in Tai Po District and Chong Hing Water Sports Centre in Sai Kung District will be reopened tomorrow (September 20) and on Friday (September 21) respectively. These water sports centres were temporarily closed earlier due to urgent clearance and repair works after the typhoon.

     Meanwhile, Stanley Main Beach Water Sports Centre and St Stephen’s Beach Water Sports Centre in Southern District, Hong Kong Island, and the Jockey Club Wong Shek Water Sports Centre in Sai Kung District will remain closed until further notice as more time is needed for urgent clearance and repair works due to the typhoon’s impact. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:         The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (September 19) the composite interest rate at the end of August 2018.＊  … read more

     The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today (September 19) the preliminary figures of chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by economic activity for the second quarter of 2018.     &nb… read more

     A man and a woman were fined $6,000 and $8,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (September 19) for contravening the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance.

     The courts heard that in February this year, officers of the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA), the Home Affairs Department, inspected two suspected unlicensed guesthouses on Maidstone Lane in To Kwa Wan and Sheung Shing Street in Ho Man Tin. During the inspections, the OLA officers posed as lodgers and successfully rented rooms in these guesthouses on a daily basis.

     According to the OLA’s records, these guesthouses did not possess licences under the Ordinance on the days of inspection. The man and woman responsible for operating the premises were charged with contravening section 5(1) of the Ordinance.

     A department spokesman stressed that operating or managing an unlicensed guesthouse is a criminal offence and will lead to a criminal record. Upon conviction, the offender is liable to a maximum fine of $200,000 and two years’ imprisonment.
           
     The spokesman appealed to anyone with information about suspected unlicensed guesthouses to report it to the OLA through the hotline (Tel: 2881 7498), by email (hadlaenq@had.gov.hk), by fax (2504 5805) using the report form downloaded from the OLA website (www.hadla.gov.hk), or through the mobile application “Hong Kong Licensed Hotels and Guesthouses”. read more

     Mobile Libraries 2 and 7 will suspend services during designated periods in September and October for routine maintenance, a Leisure and Cultural Services Department spokesman announced today (September 19).    &nbs… read more