​The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, will depart for Tokyo, Japan tomorrow morning (May 20) to attend the Tokyo Forum for Clean City & Clear Sky. The forum aims at bringing city leaders together to d… read more
Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Dr Law Chi-kwong, on residential care home for the elderly and day care centre for the elderly to be constructed by the purchaser in a tender awarded for a site in Kai Tak after attending a radio programme this morning (May 19):
Reporter: … why developing elderly homes in private developer projects is an easier option than setting up in subsidised housing projects? What’s the scale you are talking about?
Secretary for Labour and Welfare: Recently, there was a Land Sale Programme tender. In the site, two elderly projects (a residential care home for the elderly and a day care centre for the elderly) are included. I expect the whole process can be completed in a relatively shorter period of time.
When we talk about project that is housed in public sites, let’s say public projects like public housing or other public development, it would take around eight years or even longer. But if we put it under a private development, normally it would take something like five years or at most seven to eight years. So, it definitely reduces the time needed for the development of residential homes for the elderly. So, we will seriously consider in the future, the future Land Sale Programme, when as appropriate we would be able to include elderly residential homes in those development. read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority: Regarding an earlier announcement on a cluster of patients infected with Rhinovirus in a female adult psychiatric ward, the spokesperson for Castle Peak Hospital m… read more
Thirty-seven schools were commended today (May 19) at the prize presentation ceremony of the Greening School Project Award organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) in recognition of their meritorious green school projects and contributions to environmental greening.
To enhance students’ interest in and knowledge of greening, the LCSD’s Greening School Subsidy Scheme provides subsidies to schools to organise more greening activities and encourage students to plant more trees and shrubs on campuses.
Speaking at the prize presentation ceremony, the Chief Leisure Manager (Green Campaign) of the LCSD, Ms Wendy Or, said the Greening School Subsidy Scheme has been well received by teachers and students since its launch in 2000, with the number of participating schools increasing from around 300 in the first year to more than 880 this year.
Ms Or added that the standard of green projects has been rising. Both teachers and students have worked very hard to make their schools’ environments greener and more beautiful.
The Greening School Project Award is presented in seven categories. The champions are as follows:
1) Large Garden Plot Project (Secondary School Section):
SAHK Ko Fook Iu Memorial School
2) Large Garden Plot Project (Primary School Section):
Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School
3) Small Garden Plot Project (Secondary School Section):
New Asia Middle School
4) Small Garden Plot Project (Primary School Section):
Bonham Road Government Primary School
5) Garden Plot Project (Kindergarten Section):
SKH St Joseph’s Church Kindergarten
6) Tree Planting Project:
CCC Kei Faat Primary School (Yau Tong)
7) Horticultural Maintenance:
Anchors International Nursery (Constellation Cove)
The list of other winners of the Greening School Project Award is available at the LCSD webpage
www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/green/education/greeningschool/2017schoolawardlist.html.
Other guests attending the ceremony were the Chairman of the Tuen Mun District Council, Mr Leung Kin-man; the Chairman of the Culture, Recreation and Sports Committee of the Kwun Tong District Council, Mr Kan Ming-tung; the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, Ms Ng Tze-kwun; non-official member of the Community Involvement Committee on Greening of the Development Bureau Ms Wong Kit-lin; and the Chief School Development Officer (Kowloon City) of the Education Bureau, Mr Ching Yiu-yuen.
Police advise motorists that special traffic arrangements will be implemented in Sha Tin to facilitate the race meeting tomorrow (May 20). The arrangements will come into effect two hours b… read more