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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (March 22) that all public libraries will be closed on Good Friday (March 29), while students’ study rooms will be open from 8am to 9.30pm.
 
     Apart from individual libraries’ closing days, the opening hours of all public libraries on the day following Good Friday (March 30), Easter Monday (April 1) and Ching Ming Festival (April 4) will be the same as those for public holidays.

     For carrying out system maintenance work, the Multimedia Information System and online reservation of Internet and Digital Service Workstations services will be suspended from 9pm on March 28 to 11.59pm on March 29. Moreover, the following services will also be suspended from 12.30am to 11.59pm on March 29:

* library mobile app services and Internet and telephone renewal services;
* other online library services, including the library catalogue, borrowers’ record enquiries, reservation of library materials and electronic resources (e-books and e-databases); and
* self-service library stations (readers may still return books to the stations before the due date, and the loan record will be updated within two working days).

     Details can be obtained from notices posted at all public libraries and the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/library-notices/library-notices-list.html. For enquiries, please call 2921 0208. read more

     A red tide was sighted during the past week, the Inter-departmental Red Tide Working Group reported today (March 22). 

     On March 18, staff of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department spotted a red tide at Stanley Main Beach, Hong Kong Island. The red tide has dissipated and no associated fish deaths have been reported as of today.
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     A spokesman for the working group said, “The red tide was formed by Noctiluca scintillans, which is commonly found in Hong Kong waters and non-toxic.”

     The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) urged mariculturists at Lo Tik Wan, Sok Kwu Wan and Po Toi fish culture zones to monitor the situation closely and increase aeration where necessary.

     Red tide is a natural phenomenon. The AFCD’s proactive phytoplankton monitoring programme will continue to monitor red tide occurrences to minimise the impact on the mariculture industry and the public. read more

     Police today (March 22) appealed to the public for information on a girl who went missing in Chai Wan.      Chu Yee-man, aged 14, went missing after she was last seen on San Ha Street yesterday … read more

     Police will implement special traffic arrangements in various districts to facilitate grave sweepers, and to ensure smooth vehicular traffic movements and pedestrian safety during Ching Ming Festival. Hong Kong Island —–… read more

     Hong Kong Customs on March 14 and 18 arrested two directors and a salesperson of two beauty parlours suspected of having applied false trade descriptions to beauty services supplied, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).

     Customs earlier received information alleging that staff members of two beauty parlours in Shek Mun and Kwun Tong had falsely claimed to provide beauty services with a particular brand of beauty device for consumers, but the beauty devices used in the treatment were in fact not manufactured by the said brand manufacturer.

     After in-depth investigations, Customs officers disguised as customers were dispatched to conduct test-buy operations on March 14 and 18 respectively. It was found that the staff members concerned were suspected of applying false trade descriptions in the sale of a beauty service, in contravention of the TDO. Three women, aged 36 to 40, were arrested. An investigation is ongoing and the arrested persons have been released on bail pending further investigation.

     Customs reminds traders to comply with the requirements of the TDO and consumers to procure services at reputable shops.

     Under the TDO, any trader who applies a false trade description to a service supplied to a consumer commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

     Members of the public may report any suspected violations of the TDO to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002). read more