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     Hongkong Post announced today (June 14) that, as advised by the postal administration of Belgium, mail delivery services previously impacted by protests have returned to normal. read more

     Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau (CSTB) is restructured as the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) with effect from today (June 14), to proactively promote the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries under the industry-oriented principle of implementing Hong Kong’s positioning as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the National 14th Five-Year Plan.
 
     The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Kevin Yeung, said, “It was announced in ‘The Chief Executive’s 2023 Policy Address’ that the Government would take the initiative to restructure CreateHK as the CCIDA, which will play a more proactive and positive role in enhancing its support for the development of the arts, culture and creative sectors.”
 
     “The CCIDA will set up new dedicated teams to proactively identify external opportunities for relevant industries and lead them to arrange delegations to various showcases worldwide to export Hong Kong’s cultural and creative industries, foster business opportunities and enhance Hong Kong’s international status. It will continue to identify suitable and promising projects in relevant sectors to promote the application of cross-sectoral and cross-genre content, and strengthen the support for the industries to enable their content distribution. The CCIDA will further facilitate the creation and production of cultural intellectual property (IP), enable cultural IP transactions, and explore business and commercialisation opportunities to enhance economic benefits,” Mr Yeung added.
 
     CreateHK was set up in June 2009 as an office dedicated to promoting the development of creative industries in Hong Kong. After the restructuring, the CCIDA will provide one-stop services and support to cultural and creative industries with a mission to foster a conducive environment in Hong Kong to facilitate the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries. read more

     The Government announced today (June 14) the reappointment of incumbent members Ms Shirley Chan Suk-ling and Mr Victor Chu Lap-lik to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) for a term of two years with effect from July 1, 2024.
 
     Appointments of members to the HKTDC are made by the Financial Secretary in exercise of the powers delegated to him by the Chief Executive and pursuant to section 11(1)(d) of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Ordinance (Chapter 1114).

     The composition of the HKTDC with effect from July 1, 2024, is as follows:
 
Chairman
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Dr Peter Lam Kin-ngok
 
Members
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Ms Shirley Chan Suk-ling
Ms Ronna Chao Wei-ting
Dr Lin Yong
Mr Victor Chu Lap-lik
Dr Sunny Chai Ngai-chiu
Dr Kennedy Wong Ying-ho
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Director of Information Services
Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries
President of the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong
Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board
Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks
Representative Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Representative Member of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries
Representative Member of the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong
Representative Member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong read more

     The Government today (June 14) gazetted the United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulation 2019 (Amendment) Regulation 2024, which came into operation today.
 
     “The Amendment Regulation amends the United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulation 2019 to give effect to certain decisions on sanctions in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 2713 and 2714 in respect of Somalia,” a Government spokesman said.
 
     The amendments mainly relate to prohibition against the supply, sale, transfer or carriage of weapons, ammunition or military equipment to Somalia or to certain persons; prohibition against the provision of technical assistance or training or financial or other assistance to certain persons; and certain exemption arrangements in respect of arms embargo, improvised explosive devices (IED) components ban and provision of IED technology.
 
     The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has all along been implementing fully the sanctions imposed by the UNSC. The Amendment Regulation aims to give effect to the instructions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for fulfilling the international obligations of the People’s Republic of China as a Member State of the United Nations. read more

     Attention TV and radio duty announcers:      Please broadcast the following special announcement by the Education Bureau concerning schools, and repeat it at suitable intervals:      As … read more