The following is issued on behalf of the Liquor Licensing Board:

     The Liquor Licensing Board will meet on Tuesday (April 2) to consider an application for transfer and amendment of a liquor licence.
     
     The application is:
 
Hong Kong:
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Bar Pacific in Aberdeen

     The meeting will be held at 9.45am in the conference room, Room 102, 1/F, 258 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

     Representing the Government at the district level, District Officers strive to foster communication between the Government and the public, and connect and care for citizens to build a harmonious and inclusive community.
      
     News.gov.hk spoke to two District Officers to gain an insight into their duties and how they work to improve the living environment of their district's residents.
      
     The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature today (March 31) in text and video format.

     Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Tai Po yesterday (March 30) evening in which a 69-year-old woman died.

     At around 7.40pm yesterday, a bus driven by a 54-year-old man was travelling along Tai Po Road – Ma Liu Shui towards Sha Tin. When the bus was approaching near Chek Nai Ping, the 69-year-old female passenger reportedly fell down inside the compartment of the bus.

     Sustaining head injuries, the female passenger was rushed to Prince of Wales Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 10.20pm.

     Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories North is underway.

     Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 3800.

     In response to the announcement made by the authority of the United Kingdom (UK) on the recall of individual batches of a kind of ice cream product that might contain metal pieces, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (March 30) that the CFS is contacting local importers and retailers to follow up on the incident. Details of the product concerned are as follows:

Product name: Magnum Classic Ice Cream Sticks (3x100ml)
Brand: Magnum
Place of origin: UK
Volume: 100ml each
Best before date: November 2025
Batch number: L3324, L3325, L3326, L3327 and L3328

     A spokesman for the CFS said, "According to the record of the CFS, no import permission was issued in the past three years for the product concerned and the specific batches being recalled in the UK, despite other products of the brand concerned are available for sale in the market. Preliminary investigation of the CFS revealed that no specific batches of the product concerned are sold in Hong Kong. If the product concerned is found to have been imported into or sold in Hong Kong, the CFS will take appropriate action including requesting to stop sale and remove from shelves the affected product and to initiate a recall."

     The spokesman urged members of the public not to consume the affected batches of the product if they have purchased any overseas. The trade should also stop using or selling the product concerned immediately. The investigation is ongoing.

     There was a power supply incident in some areas in Kowloon and New Territories at around 12.28pm today (March 30). In accordance with the established mechanism, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) received the notification on the incident from CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP) at around 12.42pm. According to CLP's notification, there was a voltage dip recorded in CLP’s 400kV overhead line power supply system connecting Yuen Long to Lai Chi Kok. No power interruption was caused by the incident. Since the voltage dip occurred in a high voltage system, short voltage dip was resulted from the incident. Nearby electricity customers may experience dimming or flickering in lighting system; some electrical installations sensitive to voltage changes, such as lifts, may suspend operations due to the activation of protection system. According to CLP’s notification, the voltage dip was preliminarily suspected to be caused by a hill fire at Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long affecting their overhead line tower.

     Subsequently, the EMSD has immediately followed up with CLP on the development of the incident, and deployed staff to the scene to conduct assessment. The EMSD has requested CLP to identify the cause of the incident and submit a detailed report on the incident within four weeks.

     Moreover, the EMSD has requested the registered lift contractors to report the situation of the affected lifts, as well as to send staff to affected areas to help release the trapped lift passengers and reset the operation of the lifts. The EMSD will continue to maintain close contact with CLP, and urge CLP to conduct appropriate follow-up work.