The Chief Executive in Council has authorised the scheme for the sewerage works under the Yuen Long South – Second Phase Development and Yuen Long South Effluent Polishing Plant with modifications as stated in a notice gazetted today (November 15).
 
     The sewerage scheme comprises the following:
 

1. construction of about 6 200 metres of gravity sewers and associated manholes;
2. construction of about 1 700m of twin rising mains and associated manholes;
3. construction of a sewage pumping station;
4. construction of an effluent polishing plant; and
5. ancillary works including reinstatement of carriageways, footpaths, cycle tracks, pedestrian crossings and amenity areas.

 
     Details of the sewerage scheme were published in the Government Gazette on June 2, 2023, and June 9, 2023.
 
     Construction works for the sewerage scheme will be carried out by the Civil Engineering and Development Department and the Drainage Services Department in conjunction with the road works under the Yuen Long South – Second Phase Development.

     The Government published a notice in the Gazette today (November 15) on the modifications to the road works for the second phase of the Yuen Long South Development. The works have been authorised by the Chief Executive in Council.

     Details of the works are set out in the Annex. The modifications involve revisions to the limit of the works area and the extent of land resumption/clearance and the area/area and designation of the land to be resumed. The modification plans and the modification resumption plans are available for public inspection at the following government offices during office hours:

Central and Western Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Harbour Building,
38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong

Yuen Long Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Yuen Long District Office Building,
269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, New Territories

District Lands Office, Yuen Long,
9/F, Yuen Long Government Offices,
2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories

     Further enquiries can be addressed to the West Development Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, 9/F, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin, New Territories, or at telephone number 2158 5623.

     The Government announced today (November 15) the reappointment of five incumbent members and the appointment of a new member to the Management Committee of the Consumer Legal Action Fund for a term of two years.
 
Reappointment (with effect from November 16, 2024):
Ms Gilly Wong Fung-han (ex-officio member)
 
Reappointments (with effect from December 6, 2024):
Mr Richard Khaw Wei-kiang, SC
Mr Eugene Liu
Mr Johnny Ma Ka-chun, SC
Mr Alan Ng Man-sang
 
New appointment (with effect from December 6, 2024):
Ms Vinci Lam Wing-sai, SC
 
     A Government spokesman thanked the outgoing members, Mr Raymond Mak Ka-chun and Mr Selwyn Yu Sing-cheung, SC, for their contributions to the Management Committee during their tenure.
 
     The Consumer Legal Action Fund was established in 1994 to facilitate consumer access to legal remedies by providing legal assistance to consumers in cases involving significant consumer interests.
 
     The Consumer Council is the trustee of the Fund. The Management Committee assists the Consumer Council in managing the Fund and determining the eligibility of applications under the Fund.
 
     The membership of the Management Committee with effect from December 6, 2024, is as follows:
 
Ms Astina Au Sze-ting
Ms Theresa Lena Chow
Ms Stephanie Hung Yu-jie
Mr Richard Khaw Wei-kiang, SC
Ms Vinci Lam Wing-sai, SC
Mr Eugene Liu
Mr Johnny Ma Ka-chun, SC
Mr Alan Ng Man-sang
Dr Karen Shum Hau-yan
Ms Gilly Wong Fung-han (ex-officio member)
Mr Philip Wong Wing-cheong

     The Hong Kong Observatory Calendar 2025 is on sale today (November 15).
 
     The calendar displays beautiful photos of weather and optical phenomena mostly contributed by photography enthusiasts through the Community Weather Observing Scheme. Members of the public can appreciate the wonders of nature through these photos, which include scenes of double rainbows, asperitas and upslope fog. The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) hopes that the photos will encourage the general public to protect the environment, be aware of climate change and its impact, and embrace a greener lifestyle.
 
     Each calendar photo has a QR code that allows readers to access information about the photo. The calendar also contains climate and astronomical information, including monthly climatological data and special climatological events, the times for the rising and setting of the sun and the moon, as well as tidal information.
 
     At $29 a copy, the calendar is available for sale at the online Government Bookstore, the HKO Resource Centre, the Publications Sales Unit of the Information Services Department and the Kowloon Map Publications Centre of the Lands Department.

      The Drainage Services Department (DSD) today (November 15) gazetted a notice to invite tenders for the contract for Hung Shui Kiu Effluent Polishing Plant Phase 1 – Civil Works (Contract No. DC/2024/11). The closing time for the tender is noon on January 10, 2025.
      
    The works mainly include:

• construction of the civil works for sewage and sludge treatment facilities and the associated utilities and roadworks of the proposed Hung Shui Kiu Effluent Polishing Plant;
• construction of an administration building, a maintenance workshop building and a utility bridge; and
• other related works.

 
    The works are scheduled to commence in July 2025 and will take about 64 months to complete.
      
      The DSD has commissioned AECOM Asia Company Limited to design and supervise the works. Interested contractors can download the tender forms and other particulars from the e-Tendering System (e-TS). Tenderers must submit their tenders in electronic format via the e-TS.
      
      Details of the tender notice are available on the DSD website (www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/Tender_Notices/Current_Tenders/index.html). For enquiries, please contact AECOM Asia Company Limited (tel: 3922 9000; fax: 3922 9797; email address: desmond.ng@aecom.com) during office hours.