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     The Fire Services Department (FSD) published today (May 16) a list of registered fire service installation contractors who have successfully assisted owners in completing fire safety improvement works required by the Fire Safety Directions issued under the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance (Cap. 572) for public reference.

     In accordance with the Ordinance, composite and domestic buildings (target buildings) constructed on or before March 1, 1987, or with the plans of the building works first submitted to the Buildings Department (BD) for approval on or before that date must be enhanced to meet modern fire protection standards. The FSD and the BD will issue Directions to owners and/or occupiers with regard to the fire safety measures of the buildings under their respective purview, requiring them to carry out the required fire safety improvement works. Upon receipt of the Directions from the FSD, owners and/or occupiers shall appoint qualified registered fire service installation contractors to carry out fire safety improvement works in respect of the fire service installations and equipment of buildings.

     To further assist owners and/or occupiers in complying with the Directions, the FSD has published on the department’s website (www.hkfsd.gov.hk/eng/source/safety/List_RFSICs_Successful_Cap572_eng.pdf) today the list of registered fire service installation contractors who have successfully assisted owners in completing relevant fire safety improvement works for the fire service installations and equipment of the entire building and have not been ordered to be removed from the registers of fire service installation contractors after inquiry by the Registered Fire Service Installation Contractors Disciplinary Board within the past five years. The list will be updated for public reference at regular intervals.

     For enquiries, the public can call the hotline (2272 9112) of the FSD Building Improvement Support Centre (BISC), or visit the BISC (3/F, Fire Services Department Mong Kok Office Building, 42 Tai Kok Tsui Road, Kowloon) in person. The business hours of the BISC are from 9am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday (except public holidays). 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 May 14 to noon today (May 16), the CFS conducted tests on the radiological levels of 311 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 100 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 to noon today, the CFS and the AFCD have conducted tests on the radiological levels of 51 543 samples of food imported from Japan (including 33 367 samples of aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt) and 13 186 samples of local catch respectively. All the samples passed the tests. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Electoral Affairs Commission:      Under the Particulars Relating to Candidates on Ballot Papers (Legislative Council and District Councils) Regulation (Cap. 541M), candidates in the Legislativ… read more

     Please broadcast the following special announcement as soon as possible, and repeat it at suitable intervals:      A fire broke out at a recycling site in Pak Sha Shan Road, Yuen Long at 1.04pm today (May 16). The … read more

     A spokesman for the Civil Service Bureau said that the bureau received the tentative results of the 2024 Pay Trend Survey from the secretariat of the Pay Trend Survey Committee (PTSC) today (May 16).

    “The Chief Executive-in-Council will comprehensively and fully consider all relevant factors under the established annual civil service pay adjustment mechanism in determining the annual civil service pay adjustment. These factors include the state of Hong Kong’s economy, changes in the cost of living, the Government’s fiscal position, the ‘net pay trend indicators’ (PTIs) (see attachment) calculated from the results of the Pay Trend Survey (PTS), the pay claims of the staff side and civil service morale,” the spokesman said.

     The PTS was conducted by the Pay Survey and Research Unit of the Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service in strict adherence to the methodology endorsed by the PTSC. The tentative results, presented in the form of “gross PTIs”, show the rates of pay adjustment in the private sector in three salary bands for the period from April 2, 2023, to April 1, 2024. The PTSC will meet next week to decide whether to validate the “gross PTIs”. read more