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Schools and tertiary students invited to enrol in flower show student drawing competition

     The Hong Kong Flower Show 2024, organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, will be held at Victoria Park from March 15 to 24. The Jockey Club Student Drawing Competition, one of the major activities of the flower show, will be held on March 15. This year, a new category for tertiary students has been introduced. Local primary and secondary school students and full-time tertiary students are welcome to take part in the competition. Applications for the competition are free of charge and will remain open until February 1.
 
     The competition will be conducted in five categories: a Junior Section in Primary School (Primary One to Primary Three); a Senior Section in Primary School (Primary Four to Primary Six); a Junior Section in Secondary School (Form One to Form Three); a Senior Section in Secondary School (Form Four to Form Six) and a Tertiary Institution Section. The competition is scheduled from 9am to noon for primary school categories and the Tertiary Institution Section, and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm for secondary school categories on that day accordingly.
 
     The competition will feature students’ drawings of floral exhibits or garden displays in the showground with a view to enhancing awareness of conserving plants and the natural environment. Participants may use any form of drawing to illustrate the theme of the drawing competition, “Floral Joy Around Town”.
 
     For details of the competition, please call 2724 3815 or visit the flower show webpage www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/hkfs/2024/drawing.html. Primary and secondary school students should enrol through their schools while tertiary students are required to enrol by individual. Participating schools and entrants of the Tertiary Institution Section should complete and submit the online application on or before February 1.
 
     The upcoming flower show features “Floral Joy Around Town” as the main theme and the angelonia as the theme flower. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is supporting the flower show for the 12th consecutive year and has been the major sponsor of the flower show since 2014. read more

Hong Kong Customs detects incoming passenger drug trafficking case at airport (with photo)

     â€‹Hong Kong Customs today (January 7) detected a passenger drug trafficking case involving baggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport and seized about 5.2 kilograms of suspected ecstasy with an estimated market value of about $700,000. A man was arrested.

     A 50 year-old male passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Paris, France today. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected ecstasy concealed in a false compartment of his check-in baggage. He was subsequently arrested.

     The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The case will be brought up at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (January 8).

     Following the increasing number of visitors to Hong Kong, Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.

     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.

     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002/).

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CS to visit Guangzhou, Huizhou and Shenzhen

     The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, will depart tomorrow (January 8) for a three-day visit to three Mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), namely Guangzhou, Huizhou and Shenzhen.
      
     Mr Chan will meet with government leaders of Guangdong Province and the GBA Mainland cities concerned to discuss issues of mutual concern and strengthen exchanges and co-operation on various fronts. Among other things, he will attend the signing ceremony of a framework agreement on promoting Guangdong-Hong Kong talent co-operation and co-chair with a government leader of Guangdong Province the inaugural meeting of the co-ordination mechanism on Guangdong-Hong Kong talent co-operation. He will also visit a number of companies and organisations, and meet with Hong Kong people and enterprises in the cities concerned.  
      
     The Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung; the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mr Lam Sai-hung; the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun; and the Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Ms Lillian Cheong, will join the itinerary of Guangzhou tomorrow. They will return to Hong Kong the same day.

     Mr Chan will return to Hong Kong on January 10. During Mr Chan’s absence, the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing, will be the Acting Chief Secretary for Administration. read more