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Tenders invited for cycle track between Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun – Advance Works

     The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (June 8) invited tenders for the contract for Cycle Track between Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun – Advance Works.
 
     The works mainly comprise:

* a new cycle track with footpath of about 2.3 kilometres in length from Tsing Tsuen Bridge to Bayview Garden in Tsuen Wan;
* an entry/exit hub (near Tsuen Wan West MTR Station) and two resting stations (near Tsing Tsuen Bridge and Bayview Garden) with supporting facilities including cycle parking spaces, benches and a toilet at the hub;
* modification of an existing footbridge to make way for the new cycle track;
* associated landscaping and ancillary works; and
* implementation of environmental mitigation measures for the works mentioned above.
 
     The works are scheduled to commence in September this year and will take about 24 months to complete.
 
     The CEDD has commissioned Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd to design and supervise the works. Interested contractors may obtain the forms of tender and further particulars from the company on Level 5, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, or call the company at 2268 3548 during office hours.

     The invitation to tender was gazetted today. The closing time for the tender is noon on July 20.
 
     Details of the tender notice are available at the CEDD’s website
www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender/contract/tender/index.html#TW/2017/01). read more

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Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) (Amendment) Regulation 2018 gazetted

     The Government published in the Gazette today (June 8) the Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) (Amendment) Regulation 2018 to stipulate the updated standards for metallic contamination in food.
      
     A Government spokesman said, “The amendments are to enhance the protection of public health, facilitate effective regulation and align Hong Kong’s standards with the international ones.
      
     “The standards as set out in the Amendment Regulation were made after making reference to factors including the latest standards on metallic contamination of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, relevant standards of other economies, local food consumption patterns and dietary practices and the results of risk assessment.”
      
     The Amendment Regulation will increase the total number of metallic contaminants from the existing seven to 14. The number of maximum levels (MLs) for metallic contaminants in respect of different foods and food groups will be increased from the existing 19 to 144. The Amendment Regulation also provides definitions for individual foods and food groups, replaces or deletes obsolete clauses, and provides the principles for the application of MLs on food in a dried, dehydrated or concentrated form and on compounded food.  There are transitional provisions in the Amendment Regulation to provide different grace periods for different kinds of food.
      
     “Given that the proposed MLs are generally in line with Codex’s standards and the principles for establishing MLs for contaminants in food, the amendments are not likely to affect the supply of food in Hong Kong in general. Furthermore, results from the routine food surveillance programme and additional baseline studies conducted by the Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene indicate that the levels of metallic contamination in food available in the local market can generally comply with the proposed MLs,” the spokesman said.
      
     The Amendment Regulation will be tabled before the Legislative Council on June 13, 2018, for negative vetting. read more

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