â€‹The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, and the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, today (May 10) officiated at the Care Teams in Southern District – First Anniversary and Healthy Life Launching Ceremony to celebrate the first anniversary of the District Services and Community Care Teams (Care Teams) in the Southern District.
      
     Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Chan said the Care Teams in the Southern District have effectively cared for the community and achieved "thinking what people think" and "addressing people's pressing needs" over the past year. Besides visiting and contacting some 11 000 elderly households and other households in need, the Care Teams handled over 1 000 requests for assistance and organised more than 300 diverse activities covering around 30 000 beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the Care Teams provided full support to the Government during emergency situations. For instance, during the heavy rainstorm last September, Shek O residents were affected by landslides and road collapse on Shek O Road. The Care Teams swiftly deployed considerable manpower to offer assistance to the residents, demonstrating their outstanding emergency response capabilities.
      
     Other officiating guests included the Permanent Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Ms Shirley Lam; the Under Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Mr Clarence Leung; the Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Alice Cheung; the Director-General and the Deputy Director-General of the Hong Kong Island Sub-office of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Xue Hui-jun and Mr Wang Hui; and the District Officer (Southern), Mr Francis Cheng.
      
     The Care Teams in the Southern District will continue to uphold their belief in serving the community with heart, embody the "We Care We Serve" spirit, and care for residents in need in order to build a better Southern District.

      

     A spokesman for the Development Bureau (DEVB) said today (May 10) that the Government attached great importance to construction site safety. In response to the fatal industrial incident at the construction site in Kai Tak on May 8, the DEVB, being the party to procure services for public works, has suspended the contractor and subcontractor concerned from tendering for public works contracts pursuant to the regulating regime. 

     The spokesman said that the contractor concerned was under the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works (the List) and the subcontractor concerned was under the List of Approved Suppliers of Materials and Specialist Contractors for Public Works (the Specialist List). The DEVB issued notifications to the contractor and subcontractor concerned today to suspend them from tendering for relevant categories of public works contracts. The contractor and subcontractor concerned have to conduct an independent safety audit to review their safety management system. Taking cognisance of the outcome of the independent safety audit, the contractor and subcontractor are required to submit an improvement action plan and implement improvement measures, with a view to demonstrating that they have an effective safety management system before uplifting of the suspension from tendering can be considered. The suspension from tendering is not only confined to future tender exercises, but is also applicable to tender exercises with procedures initiated but not concluded.

     Relevant government department is investigating this industrial incident and will handle it in accordance with the law. Subject to the investigation findings, the DEVB will impose further regulating actions on the contractor and subcontractor concerned later on, including extension of the period of suspension from tendering for public works contracts and even removal from the List and the Specialist List.

     Police today (May 10) appealed to the public for information on a woman who went missing in Sau Mau Ping.
      
     Tse Yau-mei, aged 36, went missing after she left her residence in Sau Mau Ping Estate at noon yesterday (May 9). Her family made a report to Police today.
 
     She is about 1.7 metres tall, 60 kilograms in weight and of medium build. She has a round face with yellow complexion and long black hair. She was last seen wearing a red short-sleeved shirt, blue trousers, sport shoes and carrying a brown handbag.

     Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing woman or may have seen her is urged to contact the Regional Missing Persons Unit of Kowloon East on 3661 0331 or email to rmpu-ke-2@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.

  

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
 
     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited relating to a fraudulent website and an internet banking login screen, which have been reported to the HKMA. A hyperlink to the press release is available on the HKMA website.

     The HKMA wishes to remind the public that banks will not send SMS or emails with embedded hyperlinks which direct them to the banks' websites to carry out transactions. They will not ask customers for sensitive personal information, such as login passwords or one-time password, by phone, email or SMS (including via embedded hyperlinks).

     Anyone who has provided his or her personal information, or who has conducted any financial transactions, through or in response to the website or login screen concerned, should contact the bank using the contact information provided in the press release, and report the matter to the Police by contacting the Crime Wing Information Centre of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012.

     Hongkong Post announced today (May 10) that, as advised by the postal administration of Brazil, due to the impact of severe weather, mail delivery services to the state of Rio Grande do Sul are subject to delay.