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Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:      Here is an item of interest to swimmers.      The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced toda… read more

Attention TV/ radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:      Here is an item of interest to swimmers.      The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (O… read more

     Hongkong Post announced today (October 19) that five sets of special stamps of various themes will be issued from January to June 2024. Each stamp issue has its own ingenious design and distinctive style, making the special stamps valuable collectables for philatelists and the public.
 
     Having originated thousands of years ago, the 12 Chinese zodiac animals are an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Among the 12 zodiac animals, the dragon is a mythical creature that symbolises prestige and power, and is widely known as a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck. As the Year of the Dragon is approaching, Hongkong Post will release the first issue of the fifth Lunar New Year special stamp series. A set of four stamps and two stamp sheetlets showcase a vivid depiction of the dragon with different graphic elements and festive colours, creating an atmosphere of rejoicing in celebration of the Year of the Dragon. The $50 stamp sheetlet is a laser-cut paper art stamp sheetlet issued by Hongkong Post for the first time. The motif on the stamp is laser-cut to create a delicate silhouette of a dragon. The elaborate design of the paper-cut, coupled with an exquisite crafting technique, render the stamp sheetlet a perfect collectible in the Year of the Dragon. In addition, the Gold and Silver Stamp Sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals – Rabbit/Dragon and the Gold and Silver Stamp Sheetlet on Lunar New Year Animals – A Complete Collectible Set, will be issued at the same time to celebrate the new year.
 
     Hong Kong is a city where East meets West and where tradition and modernity intertwine, with many historic buildings around. Historic buildings are symbols of Hong Kong’s cultural identity and continuity. They also carry various kinds of academic and aesthetic value. Hongkong Post will issue a set of six special stamps on the theme of “Declared Monuments in Hong Kong II” with a view to fostering the public’s understanding and appreciation of historic buildings in Hong Kong.
 
     Hong Kong is renowned for being a “clean” city. This is attributed to the concerted efforts of the community and the Independent Commission Against Corruption in fostering a probity culture. To tell the good anti-corruption stories of our city, Hongkong Post will issue a set of six special stamps and a stamp sheetlet on the theme of “Anti-corruption in Hong Kong”, reliving the city’s momentous days of fighting corruption over the past 50 years.
 
     As the Cheung Chau Jiao Festival was inscribed onto the First Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Hong Kong, Hongkong Post will launch a special stamp issue on “Cheung Chau Jiao Festival” to promote this intangible cultural heritage of Hong Kong in the hope that this traditional festival and its associated folk crafts can be passed down through the generations.
 
     Chinese porcelain enjoys a great reputation both at home and abroad. Chinese tea culture has a long history, and tea ware is an integral part of Chinese ceramics. Hongkong Post will issue a set of six stamps and two stamp sheetlets on the theme of “Hong Kong Museums Collection – Selected Tea Ware from China and the World” to showcase selected tea ware from China and the world from the collection of the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, demonstrating the development and influence of Chinese tea culture in history.
 
     Customers may place advance orders for the above new stamp products from today on Hongkong Post’s online shopping mall ShopThruPost (shopthrupost.hongkongpost.hk). Customers may also visit the Facebook page “郵票．郵趣@Hongkong Post Stamps” (www.facebook.com/HKPStamps) for more details. Customers who place orders by November 8 (Wednesday) will receive attractive gifts and bonus points. Further information about placing orders can be obtained from the Hongkong Post Stamps website or by calling the Hongkong Post Philatelic Bureau hotline at 2785 5711. read more

     Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, and the Director of Buildings, Ms Clarice Yu, at a media session today (October 18) on the application for renewal of registration of a contractor:
 
Reporter: First of all, can you just talk about what is the criteria to deny the renewal of Aggressive Construction’s registration? You mentioned they cannot convince you that they can provide sufficient monitoring and safety measures on sites. Can you just elaborate further on what do you mean by that? What do you mean by sufficient monitoring and safety measures? And also before delisting the contractor, what else can the department do to suspend their registration before the whole review is completed? Is there a plan to review the whole mechanism, seems like it takes almost a year to review the registration or renewal. So do you think it takes too long? Finally, how do you ensure smooth handover of the affected construction sites while the handover is ongoing?
 
Secretary for Development: Quite a number of questions. Perhaps I take the one on the various enforcement actions taken first. As I have mentioned just now, the Government has a multi-pronged approach in enforcing against mishaps in construction sites. And this multi-pronged approach will involve prosecution under the relevant laws; disciplinary action against the relevant contractors or professionals, again, also under the relevant laws; and also this process of considering whether an existing registration should be removed; and finally we have another measure for contractors which are listed in our tendering list for public works projects, we may consider suspending or removing their status as a potential tenderer altogether. So this is a multi-pronged approach. And I have to say that the various approaches under all the regimes involve very serious investigation, prosecution and other follow-up actions. So inevitably, it may take some time because when we talk about investigations, particularly investigations involving possible criminal liability, we have to be very careful. But I have to emphasise that justice will be done and must be done. So we do not worry that justice will at the end be left undone. We are pretty confident about that. So it is a matter of time and we will expedite our work as much as possible. On your other questions, I would like to invite the Director of Buildings.
 
Director of Buildings: The authorised signatories representing the contractor needed to attend interviews with the Contractors Registration Committee (CRC). The interviews focused on the authorised signatories’ abilities and their competence in site supervision and also in safety management matters. The CRC asked them questions surrounding and related to these subjects and they needed to demonstrate that they had the knowledge and abilities to implement effective measures. During the interviews, the authorised signatories had not been able to demonstrate their abilities and competence in these areas. So, the application was refused.
 
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.) read more

     Following is the speech by the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, at the Thematic Forum on Maritime Cooperation of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing … read more