A spokesman for the Development Bureau (DEVB) said today (November 8) that the contractor involved in the fatal industrial incident at a non-governmental construction site in Chek Lap Kok yesterday (November 7) was under… read more
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (November 8) that the park located east of Fan Kam Road (i.e. the area of holes 1-8 of the Old Course of the Fanling Golf Course) will be temporarily closed from November 11 to 27 to facilitate a golf competition to be held at the Fanling Golf Course. The fee-charging carpark will not be open for public use from November 18 to 24 during the course of the event. The 5-a-side hard-surface soccer pitches will not be affected. Users can access the pitches via a path adjacent to the park’s entrance.
The park will be reopened for public use at 9am on November 28. For enquiries, please contact the venue staff at 2295 3118. read more
A contractor (the defendant) was fined $90,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts today (November 8) for violations of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department (LD).
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on May 7, 2022, during the maintenance work of a residential unit in Jordan, Kowloon. A scaffolder, while preparing a truss-out scaffold erection on an external wall, fell to the ground and died.
Since the summonses could not be served to the defendant successfully, and the defendant had been absent from previous hearings, the court upon the LD’s application issued warrants for arresting the defendant. The defendant was then arrested and brought to court by the Police for the case hearings.
The LD adopts a zero-tolerance attitude towards unsafe working-at-height activities and will spare no effort to bring duty-holders who defy the law to justice.
Moreover, the revised Code of Practice for Bamboo Scaffolding Safety, which came into effect on October 19, enhances the safety requirements for truss-out scaffolding work. For details, please refer to the LD’s press release issued on October 18. read more
Police will implement special traffic arrangements this Sunday (November 10) to facilitate a public order event to be held on Hong Kong Island. Road closure —————- In addition to the Ch… read more
In response to the Japanese Government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene issued a Food Safety Order which prohibits all aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds originating from the 10 metropolis/prefectures, namely Tokyo, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama, from being imported into and supplied in Hong Kong.
For other Japanese aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds that are not prohibited from being imported into Hong Kong, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will conduct comprehensive radiological tests to verify that the radiation levels of these products do not exceed the guideline levels before they are allowed to be supplied in the market.
As the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water is unprecedented and will continue for 30 years or more, the Government will closely monitor and step up the testing arrangements. Should anomalies be detected, the Government does not preclude further tightening the scope of the import ban.
From noon on November 7 to noon today (November 8), the CFS conducted tests on the radiological levels of 167 food samples imported from Japan, which were of the “aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt” category. No sample was found to have exceeded the safety limit. Details can be found on the CFS’s thematic website titled “Control Measures on Foods Imported from Japan” (www.cfs.gov.hk/english/programme/programme_rafs/programme_rafs_fc_01_30_Nuclear_Event_and_Food_Safety.html).
In parallel, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has also tested 52 samples of local catch for radiological levels. All the samples passed the tests. Details can be found on the AFCD’s website (www.afcd.gov.hk/english/fisheries/Radiological_testing/Radiological_Test.html).
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has also enhanced the environmental monitoring of the local waters. No anomaly has been detected so far. For details, please refer to the HKO’s website
(www.hko.gov.hk/en/radiation/monitoring/seawater.html).
From August 24, 2023, to noon today, the CFS and the AFCD have conducted tests on the radiological levels of 99 005 samples of food imported from Japan (including 63 174 samples of aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt) and 22 012 samples of local catch respectively. All the samples passed the tests. read more