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     The effective exchange rate index for the Hong Kong dollar on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 is 95.1 (down 0.1 against yesterday’s index). read more

     A spokesman for the Housing Department (HD) today (January 18) said that the HD always spares no effort in combating false declarations made during applications for public rental housing (PRH).

     A PRH applicant declared her marital status as divorced in a declaration form submitted to the HD in 2019. A subsequent investigation revealed that she in fact remarried in 2013. According to the prevailing policy, the applicant’s application for PRH had to be made together with her spouse. She admitted that she intentionally concealed her marital status so that she might acquire a PRH flat faster.

     The applicant was prosecuted for knowingly making a false statement in respect of her application for PRH contrary to Section 26(1)(c) of the Housing Ordinance, and was convicted earlier at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts. After considering the gravity of the offence and the probation report, the defendant was sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment (suspended for 12 months) and was fined $5,000 by the presiding magistrate in Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts yesterday (January 17).

     The spokesman reminded all PRH applicants that if any persons are convicted by the courts for making a false statement knowingly during a PRH application, contrary to Section 26(1)(c) of the Housing Ordinance, the maximum penalty is a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months. The PRH application concerned will be cancelled while any allocated PRH unit will be recovered by the HD. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority:        Rents for 9 415 flats, tentatively scheduled for completion between March and June 2022, in nine non-standard blocks at two Hong Kong Housing Authority (… read more

     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 18) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pa… read more

     Due to the fifth wave of COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong, a number of people who are close contacts of confirmed cases are under compulsory quarantine in Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre. As such, the Home Affairs Department invited the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs) and Yan Chai Hospital (YCH) to set up free emotional support hotlines for those under quarantine. The hotlines are manned by professional social workers, with a view to supporting the affected to release their stress under quarantine through sharing and counselling. The details of the emotional support hotlines are as follows:
 
TWGHs CEASE Crisis Centre Hotline: 18281
(Service hours: 24-hour service from January 18 to February 14, 2022)
 
YCH Hotline: 5484 1081
(Service hours: 9am to 6pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays) from January 18 to February 14, 2022)
 
     Those under compulsory quarantine are being informed of the above service through the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health. read more