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     â€‹The Catering Industry Safety Promotional Campaign 2023/2024 was officially launched today (March 15). The first phase of promotional activities including the Catering Industry Safety Photo and Slogan Competition and Catering Industry Safety Quiz are open for registration until April 14.
      
     The campaign, jointly organised by the Labour Department (LD) and the Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC), aims to enhance the awareness of workplace safety and health among employers, employees, industry players in the catering industry and the general public, as well as encourage the catering industry to create a safer and healthier working environment.
      
     The Catering Industry Safety Photo and Slogan Competition is divided into two categories. Catering establishments holding valid operation licences or members of the public aged 18 or above can participate in the competition as catering establishments or individuals respectively. Participants are required to take a photo and create a slogan of not more than 20 Chinese or English words with the theme of “Safety is of Paramount Importance for Catering Work”. There will be gold, silver, bronze and meritorious prizes in each category, and each winner will receive a trophy and a cash coupon.
      
     In addition, the campaign also features the Catering Industry Safety Quiz. Catering establishments or members of the public aged 15 or above can participate as catering establishments or individuals respectively. Participants will have to answer 10 catering industry-related occupational safety and health questions in the quiz competition form and submit it to the organisers. The top 30 participants scoring the highest marks in each category will be awarded cash coupons.
      
     Apart from the LD and the OSHC, the other nine co-organisers of the activities include the Occupational Deafness Compensation Board, the Hong Kong Catering Industry Association, the Hong Kong Hotels Association, the Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades, the Association of Restaurant Managers, the Institute of Dining Professionals, the Association for Hong Kong Catering Services Management Ltd, the Food and Beverage Management and Professional Staff Association and the Eating Establishment Employees General Union.
      
     Those interested in participating in the Catering Industry Safety Photo and Slogan Competition and the Catering Industry Safety Quiz may download the application forms and brochures from the LD’s website (https://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/catering_industry_safety.htm). They can also be obtained from the Occupational Safety and Health Branch Offices of the LD, or the OSHC at 19/F, China United Centre, 28 Marble Road, North Point. Enquiries can be made on 2852 3567 or 2852 3565. read more

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (March 15) that the park located east of Fan Kam Road (i.e. part of the Old Course of the Fanling Golf Course) will reopen for public use on March 17 at 9am. The park was … read more

      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (March 14) detected a drug trafficking case involving baggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport. About 8.2 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds with an estimated market value of about $1.7 million were seized.
      
     A 19-year-old male passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. During Customs clearance, Customs officers found 14 bags of suspected cannabis buds, with a total weight of about 8.2kg, inside his check-in suitcase. The male passenger was subsequently arrested.
      
     The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The case will be brought up at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (March 16).
      
     Following the resumption of normal travel and exchanges with the Mainland and other parts of the world, the number of visitors to Hong Kong has also been increasing steadily. Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
      
     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
      
     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities 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).
      

  

     The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) today (March 15) announced the launch of a new round of the Thematic Youth Internship Programmes to the Mainland (Thematic Programmes) to provide young people with thematic internsh… read more

     The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (March 15) reported the latest number of dengue fever (DF) cases, and urged the public to maintain strict environmental hygiene, mosquito control and pers… read more