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     Hong Kong Customs on January 19 detected a large-scale seaborne drug-trafficking case, and seized about 57.5 kilograms of suspected liquid cocaine with an estimated market value of about $57 million at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound. Six men suspected to be connected with the case were arrested.
      
     Through risk assessment and intelligence analysis, Customs selected a 40-foot seaborne container, declared as carrying 617 cartons of chicken pate and 500 cartons of milk cream mix and arriving from Brazil, for inspection on that day. Upon examination, Customs officers seized about 57.5kg of suspected liquid cocaine among 60 cartons of chicken pate.
      
     Upon follow-up investigation, Customs officers on February 23 arrested a 36-year-old male construction worker in Kam Tin. He has been released after the investigation.
      
     Subsequently, Customs on February 26 apprehended a total of three male truck drivers, aged between 46 and 60, in Kwai Chung and Ngau Tau Kok. On February 27 and 29, Customs further arrested a 48-year-old male truck driver and a 36-year-old unemployed man in Tuen Mun and Yau Ma Tei respectively. After investigation, the four male truck drivers have been released on bail pending further investigation, whereas the unemployed man is still being detained for further investigation.
      
     An investigation is ongoing. The likelihood of further arrests is not ruled out.
      
     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/).

  

     Photography enthusiasts are invited to enrol in the Portrait of TVB Artistes and Miss Hong Kong activity to be held at 3.30pm on March 14 at Victoria Park in conjunction with the annual Hong Kong Flower Show in mid-March. The shooting session will last for about an hour.
 
     The portrait photo shooting activity is jointly organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB).
 
     Anyone interested may enrol through My SmartPLAY App, the SmartPLAY webpage or Smart Self-service Stations from today (March 1) to March 13. The maximum number of participants is 800. Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Entry fees are $50 (normal rate) and $25 for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above and persons with disabilities.
 
     Additionally, there will be a flower show photo competition entitled “Floral Joy Around Town”. It aims to promote community greening with impressive photographs of flowers and plants on display, interesting or touching scenes captured at the showground, and portraits of TVB artistes and Miss Hong Kong titleholders with beautiful garden displays as a backdrop.
 
     The photo competition is divided into three categories. Category A, Portrait of TVB Artistes and Miss Hong Kong, comprises open and student sections, in which all entrants must enrol in the portrait photo shooting activity to be held at 3.30pm on March 14 at Victoria Park.
 
     It is not necessary to sign up in advance for Category B, Flowers, and Category C, Snapshots. However, entrants are required to pay admission fees for taking photographs at the showground during the show period. Photographs must be related to this year’s flower show.
 
     For details, please refer to the flower show webpage at www.hkflowershow.hk/en/hkfs/2024/photo_rs.html or call 2601 8260 for enquiries.
 
     This year’s flower show will be held at Victoria Park for 10 days from March 15 to 24, running from 9am to 9pm daily, featuring the exuberant angelonia as the theme flower and “Floral Joy Around Town” as the theme of the show.
 
     The flower show is organised by the LCSD. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is supporting the flower show for the 12th consecutive year and has been its major sponsor since 2014. read more

     More than 400 young musicians from the band, orchestras and choirs of the Music Office (MO) under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will come together at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall at 8pm on April 1 (Monday) to showcase their talent at the “Music Office 45th+ Anniversary Gala”. The concert marks the finale of the “Carry the Music On” concert series, a commemorative programme in celebration of the MO transcending beyond its 45-year mark.

     An array of delightful music pieces will be brought to the audience by the Music Office Youth Choir, the Music Office Children’s Choir, the Hong Kong Youth Strings, the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band and the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra under the batons of three MO instructors and alumni Dr Joseph Kam, Lee Sing-wan and Kwok Kin-ming, and MO instructor Lai Wing-yan. Two MO instructors and alumni Kevin Ling and Ho Shun-yin will also serve as soprano saxophone soloist and piano accompanist respectively, celebrating together with the young musicians the distinguished accomplishments of the MO in over 45 years.

     Programme highlights include choral works “Fill the World with Music” and “Lift Your Voice and Rejoice!” by American composers David Waggoner and Victor C Johnson respectively; “Sinfonia for String Orchestra”, which encompasses the inner struggles and aspirations of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich; Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s “Crisantemi, SC 65” and an intermezzo from “Manon Lescaut”; an orchestral masterpiece, “Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”, by German composer Richard Wagner; a symphonic band work “Der Magnetberg (The Magnetic Mountain)” inspired by the classic story “One Thousand and One Nights”; and a Chinese orchestral work “The Silk Road Fantasia Suite”, which brings the audience on a journey to the ancient Silk Road.

     Awards will be presented to outstanding trainees and members of the MO’s band, orchestras and choirs at the concert.

     Tickets priced at $80, $100 and $120 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2796 1003 or 3842 7784 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/mo/activities/traineesevents/musicnconcert/2024moag.html. read more

     The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (March 1) gazetted a notice to extend the tender period for the contract for the Fanling North New Development Area, Remaining Phase: Site Formation and Infrastructure Works (East) (Contract No. ND/2024/07) to noon on April 5.
 
     The CEDD invited tenders for the contract on January 5. The tender period was originally scheduled to expire at noon on March 15. Details of the tender notice are available on the CEDD’s website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/contracts/tender-notices/index.html). 
 
     The CEDD has commissioned Atkins China Limited to design and supervise the works. For enquiries, please call the company at 2972 1000 during office hours. read more

     The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (March 1) gazetted a notice to extend the tender period for the contract for the Site Formation and Infrastructure Works at Tsing Yi Road West (Contract No. CV/2023/17) to noon on March 22.
 
     The CEDD invited tenders for the contract on January 26. The tender period was originally scheduled to expire at noon on March 8. Details of the tender notice are available on the CEDD’s website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/contracts/tender-notices/index.html).
 
     The CEDD has commissioned Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited to design and supervise the works. For enquiries, please call the company at 2828 5757 during office hours. read more