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Here is an item of interest to swimmers.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (July 25) that due to big waves, the red flag has been hoisted at Deep Water Bay Beach in Southern District, Hong Kong Island. Beachgoers are advised not to swim at the beach.
The Labour Department (LD) is investigating a fatal work accident that happened in Kwai Chung this morning (July 25), in which a man died.
The LD immediately deployed staff to the scene upon receiving a report of the accident, and is now conducting an investigation to look into its cause.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the Immigration Department (ImmD) and the Police conducted a joint operation on July 13 at tennis courts in Wan Chai District to combat touting activities at recreation and sports venues, and other illegal activities. During the operation, three suspected scalpers were arrested at the tennis courts in Victoria Park. One of them was a foreign domestic helper suspected to have breached her condition of stay by transferring tennis court user permits for reward. The ImmD also arrested a person suspected of using and possessing another person's Hong Kong identity card (HKID) without reasonable excuse. The ImmD is conducting follow-up investigations of immigration offences which involved the aforesaid suspects, and will not rule out the possibility of further arrests of other persons involved.
In addition, during the joint operation on July 13 at the tennis courts in Victoria Park, and the Hong Kong Tennis Centre, there were four cases in which the hirers were found to have breached the LCSD's "Conditions of Use of Recreation and Sports Facilities". The LCSD has punished the hirers in the above cases in accordance with existing penalties. In one case, a user used an HKID card of another person for check-in at the facility concerned and the LCSD has suspended for 360 days the booking rights of the original hirer who has illegally lent his HKID card to another person for check-in at sports facilities.
The LCSD has long been concerned about the fair use of recreation and sports facilities, and has adopted a multipronged approach to combating touting activities, including close liaisons with relevant law enforcement agencies in planning and conducting joint operations to combat touting activities and suspected cases involving other crimes. Apart from conducting joint operations with relevant law enforcement agencies, the LCSD will also introduce more timely measures to combat touting.
The LCSD appeals to the public not to buy sessions for use of facilities or pay for booking services from scalpers, and reiterates that user permits are non-transferable. In addition, according to the LCSD's "Conditions of Use of SmartPLAY", users are required to manage their accounts properly and should not share their accounts or disclose their user account numbers and passwords to others. The LCSD reminds members of the public that one's particulars in the SmartPLAY account, especially identity document numbers, are important personal data. Users should properly manage such data without disclosing the data to others arbitrarily, or else they could incur losses if the data are stolen for other unlawful purposes. If any SmartPLAY user is found to have provided inaccurate information or failed to comply with the "Conditions of Use of SmartPLAY", the LCSD is entitled to cancel his/her account or suspend his/her account for 180 days.
​As the Heat Stress at Work Warning is now in effect, the Labour Department (LD) reminds employers and employees to take appropriate measures during the effective period of the warning to prevent heat stroke when working in hot weather or hot environments.
Employees who work outdoors or in non-air-conditioned indoor environments face high levels of heat stress and are at a relatively higher risk of heat stroke. Employers should assess the risk factors of heat stress for employees at work and, based on the identified risk factors, take necessary preventive and control measures, including rescheduling work periods, setting up shading covers, providing ventilation and heat dissipation equipment, and reminding employees to replenish water and rest in a timely manner.
The Heat Stress at Work Warning is formulated by the LD based on the Hong Kong Heat Index. There are three levels of the warning: Amber, Red and Black, which help employers and employees better understand the level of heat stress while working outdoors or indoors without air-conditioning systems.
A spokesman for the LD said that when the department issues the Heat Stress at Work Warning, employers must refer to the criteria and recommendations provided in the "Guidance Notes on Prevention of Heat Stroke at Work" to conduct risk assessments, according to the workloads and other relevant heat stress risk factors, for employees who work outdoors or in non-air-conditioned indoor workplaces. Appropriate rest breaks should be arranged every hour, as far as reasonably practicable, based on various levels of the Heat Stress at Work Warning, to reduce employees' risk of heat stroke.
Employees must also follow instructions to rest on time. Whenever there are any symptoms of heat-related illnesses, such as headache, dizziness, thirst, and nausea, they should rest in a cool and shady place, drink water, and inform employers/supervisors to take appropriate action immediately.
The LD issued the "Guidance Notes on Prevention of Heat Stroke at Work", detailing the various risk factors that should be considered when conducting heat stress risk assessments and recommending corresponding control measures for identified risk factors for employers' and employees' reference. For the Heat Stress at Work Warning and related guidelines, please refer to the department's thematic webpage: www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/prevention_of_heat_stroke_at_work.htm.
    Police today (July 25) appealed to the public for information on a woman who went missing in Wong Tai Sin.
    Sze-to Yee-wah, aged 72, went missing after she left his residence in Tsz Ching Estate last night (July 24). Her family made a report to Police today.
    She is about 1.5 metres tall, 43 kilograms in weight and of thin build. She has a round face with yellow complexion and short white hair. She was last seen wearing a black and white T-shirt, dark trousers, brown slippers and carrying a black walking stick. .
    Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing woman or may have seen her is urged to contact the Regional Missing Persons Unit of Kowloon East on 3661 0331 or email to rmpu-ke-2@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.
