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Here is an item of interest to swimmers.
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (November 12) that due to big waves, red flags have been hoisted at Big Wave Bay Beach in Southern District, Hong Kong Island; Silverstrand Beach and Clear Water Bay Second Beach in Sai Kung District. Beachgoers are advised not to swim at these beaches.
Starting November 11, people visiting High Island can enjoy the convenience of using ferry services, along with a land route recommended by Hong Kong Geopark, to explore its beautiful scenery and charming villages.
Apart from interviewing residents of High Island to learn about its history and culture, news.gov.hk spoke with an Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Senior Geopark Officer who describes the natural attractions visitors will discover along the route and the importance of green tourism.
The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature today (November 12) in text and video format.
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London (London ETO) took part in the City of London Lord Mayor's Show on November 11 (London time) with a float highlighting Hong Kong's plan to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050.
The London ETO's float was driven by a 100 per cent electric truck, accompanied by a fleet of electric bikes and led by a group of dragon dancers and the Environment and Ecology Bureau's mascot, Hanson. It displayed a dragon-style body with signature landmarks, carbon neutrality and sustainable development key initiatives and green landscape of Hong Kong, symbolising Hong Kong's plan to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050 and reduce Hong Kong's carbon emissions by 50 per cent before 2035 as compared to the 2005 level.
The Director-General of the London ETO, Mr Gilford Law, whose office devised and organised Hong Kong's float, said, "We congratulate the new Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, and look forward to continuing to collaborate with him in the coming year." Mr Law added, "Our float demonstrated the Lord Mayor's theme this year to celebrate the knowledge connections among the financial and commercial centres between cities of the world, highlighting how they work together to address global problems such as climate change. Hong Kong, as Asia's World City, will strive to achieve the 'dual carbon' targets, as highlighted in 'The Chief Executive's 2023 Policy Address'."
​The annual Lord Mayor's Show celebrates the swearing-in of the new Lord Mayor of the City of London, who serves as a global ambassador for the United Kingdom's financial and professional services sector. This year, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli became the 695th Lord Mayor of the City of London. More than half a million people take to the streets to see the parade each year, while the BBC broadcasts it live to millions of people in Britain and globally.
London ETO first took part in the Lord Mayor's Show in 2005. London ETO has been using colourful and exciting displays to showcase the different facets of Hong Kong, for instance, its status as international financial centre, natural attractions as well as innovation and technology.
     A man who went missing in Tsim Sha Tsui has been located.
     Chhim Leang Hort, aged 72, went missing after he was last seen on Nathan Road on November 8 afternoon. His family made a report to Police on the same day.
     The man turned up at police station to cancel the missing person report today (November 11). He sustained no injuries and no suspicious circumstances were detected.
The Director of Highways, Mr Jimmy Chan, was highly concerned about the incident happened at the works site of Central Kowloon Route – Yau Ma Tei East (Contract No.: HY/2014/08) today (November 11), expressing sadness to workers being injured while at work, and paid visit to the hospital to extend sympathies to the injured workers and their family members. Mr Chan has also instructed the project team to seriously follow up the cause of the incident, carry out a comprehensive review on the safety procedures and measures of the works site, and offer necessary assistance to the injured workers and their family members.
At around 1.30pm today, an accident happened while the contractor was lifting rebars using a crane lorry at the works site located at the junction of Kansu Street and Ferry Street. Four workers transporting rebars were hit by the rebars and got injured. They were later sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital respectively for medical treatment.
The Highways Department attaches great importance to industrial safety of the works sites and has all along been requesting contractors to strictly implement safety management and different safety measures to ensure the works progress in a safe manner. After the incident, the area concerned has been fenced off and the relevant works procedure has also been suspended. The department has urged the related personnel of the project to fully review the site safety and implement improvement measures in order to uplift site safety and avoid the re-occurrence of similar accidents.
The main contractor of the project concerned is Build King – SK ecoplant Joint Venture and the subcontractor employing the injured workers is Time Concept Construction Ltd. The project mainly includes the construction of cut-and-cover tunnels at Yau Ma Tei, reprovisioning of Gascoigne Road Flyover and construction/reprovisioning of other related facilities. The construction works commenced in January 2018 and are anticipated to be completed by end-2025 as planned.