The following is issued on behalf of the Transport Advisory Committee: The Transport Complaints Unit (TCU) of the Transport Advisory Committee received 7 314 complaints and suggestions in the third quarter of 2019, with 45 pure s… read more
Organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the 15th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature prize presentation ceremony was held today (November 26) at the Hong Kong Central Library. Nominations were received for 216 books. After stringent selections by the adjudicators, five Biennial Awards and six Recommended Prizes were presented. The outstanding winning works demonstrate the vitality of the local literary community.
Officiating at the ceremony, the Assistant Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (Libraries and Development), Miss Rochelle Lau, said the Biennial Awards, which have been held for many years, aim at recognising the excellence of Hong Kong literary writers and encourage the publication of local literature.
The 15th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature were given to exemplary Chinese literary books written by local writers and first published in Hong Kong in 2017 and 2018. The awards consist of five categories: poetry, essay, fiction, literary criticism and children and youth literature. The list of winners is as follows:
| Prize | Title | Author |
| Poetry Category | ||
| Biennial Award | “Life as a Bystander” | Yip Ying-kit |
| Recommended Prize | “Cherry and King Kong: Poem Selections 2013 – 2016” | Liu Wai-tong |
| Essay Category | ||
| Biennial Award | “Memories Unburdened by Sorrow” | Hung Wai-yee |
| Recommended Prize | “Evanescence” | Pun Kwok-ling |
| Fiction Category | ||
| Biennial Award | “My Hong Kong Stories” | Hui Wing-fai |
| Recommended Prize | “The Daily of Dusts” | Cheung Yuen-man |
| Literary Criticism Category | ||
| Biennial Award | “Sentiments of a Turbulent Era: Hong Kong and its Literature during the Sino-Japanese War” | Chan Chi-tak |
| Recommended Prize | “Hong Kong Dark Cinema: Film Noir, Re-conceptions and Reflexivity” | Chan Kim-mui |
| Recommended Prize | “Translator and Scholar: Hong Kong and the Accumulation of China-related Knowledge in Great Britain” | Kwan Sze-pui |
| Children and Youth Literature Category | ||
| Biennial Award | “The Green Hell” | Chiu Ka-man |
| Recommended Prize | “The King’s Little Secret” | Carrie Huang |
The following is issued on behalf of the Transport Advisory Committee:
The Transport Advisory Committee (TAC) was briefed today (November 26) on the Government’s proposals set out in “The Chief Executive’s 2019 Policy Address” regarding the long-term operation model of outlying island ferry services.
In order to help alleviate the burden of fare increases on ferry passengers and enhance the financial viability of the ferry services, the Government will continue to provide Special Helping Measures (SHM) to the six major outlying island ferry routes (Note 1) and extend the measures to the eight other routes (Note 2). The established arrangements in the provision of SHM, including the profit sharing mechanism and mid-term review, will also apply to the eight routes.
In addition, the Government will launch a Vessel Subsidy Scheme (VSS) to replace the fleets of 11 ferry routes (Note 3) and introduce greener vessels to enhance fleet quality and promote environmental protection.
The TAC Chairman, Professor Stephen Cheung, said, “Members support the extension of SHM to cover more outlying island ferry routes and the introduction of the VSS to encourage use of newer and greener vessels. Members offered comments on the implementation details of these two initiatives.”
Note 1: The six major routes are “Central – Cheung Chau”, “Inter-islands” between Peng Chau, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan and Cheung Chau, “Central – Mui Wo”, “Central – Peng Chau”, “Central – Yung Shue Wan” and “Central – Sok Kwu Wan” routes.
Note 2: The eight other routes are “Aberdeen – Cheung Chau”, “Aberdeen – Yung Shue Wan via Pak Kok Tsuen”, “Aberdeen – Sok Kwu Wan via Mo Tat”, “Tuen Mun – Tung Chung – Sha Lo Wan – Tai O”, “Discovery Bay – Mui Wo”, “Ma Wan – Central”, “Ma Wan – Tsuen Wan” and “Discovery Bay – Central” routes.
Note 3: These 11 routes are the six major routes mentioned in Note 1, as well as the “Aberdeen – Cheung Chau”, “Aberdeen – Yung Shue Wan via Pak Kok Tsuen”, “Aberdeen – Sok Kwu Wan via Mo Tat”, “Tuen Mun – Tung Chung – Sha Lo Wan – Tai O” and “Discovery Bay – Mui Wo” routes. read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary: Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals: &nbs… read more
Wai Yik Logistics Limited and the company’s director were fined $70,000 and $50,000 respectively at Fanling Magistrates’ Courts today (November 26) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on April 25, 2019 at a carpark in Sheung Shui. While a worker was working on the trailer of a truck loaded with glass panels, he tripped and fell onto the ground with one of the glass panels. The worker was sent to hospital and passed away four days later. read more