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     The Government gazetted today (December 22) the proposed installation of a cantilever noise barrier along the section of Island Eastern Corridor fronting Blocks 16 and 17 of Heng Fa Chuen to mitigate traffic noise.
      
     Details of the proposal are set out in the Annex. The plan and scheme of the works 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
     
Eastern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Eastern Law Courts Building,
29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
 
District Lands Office, Hong Kong East,
19/F, Southorn Centre,
130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
 
     The gazette notice, scheme, plan and location plan are available at www.tlb.gov.hk/eng/publications/transport/gazette/gazette.html.
 
     Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics an objection in writing, which can be submitted via the following means:
 

• By post or by hand to the Transport and Logistics Bureau’s Drop-in Box No. 6 located at the entrance on 2/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. The box is available for use between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays);
• By fax to 2868 4643; or
• By email to gazettetlb@tlb.gov.hk.

 
     A notice of objection should describe the objector’s interest and the manner in which he or she alleges that he or she will be affected by the works or the use. Objectors are requested to provide contact details to facilitate communication. A notice of objection should be delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics not later than February 20, 2024. read more

     The Government gazetted today (December 22) the proposed installation of cantilevered noise barriers and a semi-enclosure along the section of Chai Wan Road near Neptune Terrace to mitigate traffic noise.
      
     Details of the proposal are set out in the Annex. The plan and scheme of the works 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
     
Eastern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
G/F, Eastern Law Courts Building,
29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
 
District Lands Office, Hong Kong East,
19/F, Southorn Centre,
130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
 
     The gazette notice, scheme, plan and location plan are available at www.tlb.gov.hk/eng/publications/transport/gazette/gazette.html.
      
     Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics an objection in writing, which can be submitted via the following means:
 

• By post or by hand to the Transport and Logistics Bureau’s Drop-in Box No. 6 located at the entrance on 2/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. The box is available for use between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays);
• By fax to 2868 4643; or
• By email to gazettetlb@tlb.gov.hk.

 
     A notice of objection should describe the objector’s interest and the manner in which he or she alleges that he or she will be affected by the works or the use. Objectors are requested to provide contact details to facilitate communication. A notice of objection should be delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Logistics not later than February 20, 2024. read more

     The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (December 22) that a total of five pieces of government land in Tuen Mun and North District will be let by way of short-term tenancy through tender to eligible brownfield operators affected by the land resumption and clearance exercises before or within the fourth quarter of 2026 under relevant government development projects.
 
     Brownfield operators, which were invited to participate in a short-term tenancy through previous relevant tenders for two or more times after the completion of clearance exercises of relevant government development projects, would be excluded from this tender.
 
     The tender commences today and will close on January 25, 2024. Details of the five pieces of land and the list of relevant government development projects involved are described in a Government Notice gazetted today.
 
     Under the prevailing arrangements, business operators affected by government development projects will be offered statutory compensation in accordance with the law, or ex-gratia allowances as an alternative, subject to fulfilment of relevant eligibility criteria.
 
     A spokesperson for the LandsD said that in order to facilitate brownfield operators’ relocation of businesses or operations, and to optimise the utilisation of land resources, the department has been identifying suitable vacant sites on government land to let through tender by way of a short-term tenancy.
 
     The five pieces of land to be let through tender are suitable for a range of uses including industrial use, storage, workshop, recovery and recycling or reprocessing business and fee-paying public carpark. 
 
     The spokesperson stressed that the LandsD will continue to identify vacant sites suitable for use by those brownfield operators required to be displaced and these sites will be let through tender by way of a short-term tenancy. read more

     The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) today (December 22) announced an adjustment to the auto-LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) ceiling prices for dedicated LPG filling stations from January 1 to January 31, 2024, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts of the dedicated LPG filling stations.
 
     A department spokesman said that the adjustment on January 1, 2024, will reflect the movement of the LPG international price in December 2023. The adjusted auto-LPG ceiling prices for dedicated LPG filling stations will range from $3.66 to $4.53 per litre, amounting to a decrease of $0.00 to $0.01 per litre.
 
     The spokesman said that the auto-LPG ceiling prices were adjusted according to a pricing formula specified in the contracts. The formula comprises two elements – the LPG international price and the LPG operating price. The LPG international price refers to the LPG international price of the preceding month. The LPG operating price is adjusted on February 1 and June 1 annually according to the average movement of the Composite Consumer Price Index and the Nominal Wage Index.
 
     The auto-LPG ceiling prices for respective dedicated LPG filling stations in January 2024 are as follows:

Location of Dedicated LPG Filling Station	Auto-LPG Ceiling Price in January 2024 (HK$/litre)	Auto-LPG Ceiling Price in December 2023 (HK$/litre)
Kwai On Road, Kwai Chung	3.66	3.67
Sham Mong Road, Mei Foo	3.73	3.73
Wai Lok Street, Kwun Tong	3.78	3.78
Cheung Yip Street, Kowloon Bay	3.82	3.83
Ngo Cheung Road, West Kowloon	3.83	3.84
Yuen Chau Tsai, Tai Po	3.88	3.89
Tak Yip Street, Yuen Long	3.99	3.99
Hang Yiu Street, Ma On Shan	4.01	4.01
Marsh Road, Wan Chai	4.02	4.02
Fung Mat Road, Sheung Wan	4.04	4.04
Yip Wong Road, Tuen Mun	4.13	4.14
Fung Yip Street, Chai Wan	4.53	4.54

 
    The spokesman said that the details of the LPG international price and the auto-LPG ceiling price for each dedicated LPG filling station have been uploaded to the EMSD website (www.emsd.gov.hk) and posted at dedicated LPG filling stations to enable the trades to monitor the price adjustment.
 
     Details of the pricing adjustment mechanism for dedicated LPG filling stations can also be viewed under the “What’s New” section of the department website at www.emsd.gov.hk/en/what_s_new/current/index.html. read more

     The Government announced today (December 22) the appointments to the new term of the Liquor Licensing Board. The two-year term will be from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025.        Mrs Tennessy Lee Hu… read more