MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: 6 arrested for illicit cigarettes
Source: Hong Kong Information Services Customs officers have arrested six people and seized 1.1 million illicit cigarettes worth $3 million. The haul has a duty potential of $2.1 million. The Customs & Excise Department launched a citywide operation targeting the storage and distribution of illicit cigarettes. Customs officers arrested three men and two women aged […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Exhibition held for comedy legend
Source: Hong Kong Information Services An exhibition is being held until October 29 at the Film Archive to commemorate late comedy legend Leung Sing-por on the 110th anniversary of his birth. Affectionately known as Uncle Por, he was acclaimed for his ability to move deftly between stage and screen, fusing the two art forms into […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Multimedia talks to be held
Source: Hong Kong Information Services The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will hold five talks in September and October under its On Sounds, Colours, Images & Forms – Multimedia Lecture Series. The lectures will be given by Tsang Man-tung and five speakers from the multimedia and design sectors. Mr Tsang has 20 years of experience […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Kindergarten venue applications open
Source: Hong Kong Information Services The Education Bureau today opened applications for six new kindergarten premises for eligible bodies under the First School Allocation Exercise 2018. The six new kindergarten premises each have six to 11 classrooms. They are located at new public housing estates in Kwun Tong, Sham Shui Po and the Islands and Sha […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Surveillance head re-appointed
Source: Hong Kong Information Services Azizul Rahman Suffiad has been re-appointed as Commissioner on Interception of Communications & Surveillance for three years from August 17. He is a former Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. Justice Andrew Chung will remain a Panel Judge under the Interception of Communications & Surveillance […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: E-waste removal pledge feasible
Source: Hong Kong Information Services The e-waste recycling programme’s operator should be able to abide by its three working days’ commitment to collect electrical waste and electronic equipment. Secretary for the Environment KS Wong said today: “The chosen operator has already beefed up its logistic capacity. The performance pledge of “T+3” free removal service should […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: KS Wong visits Kwai Tsing
Source: Hong Kong Information Services Secretary for the Environment KS Wong today visited a container terminal and a green social enterprise in Kwai Tsing. He toured Hongkong International Terminals to learn about its environmental management system and green measures to improve the container terminal’s environment. The company has used electric or hybrid gantry cranes and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: July cloudier than usual
Source: Hong Kong Information Services The Hong Kong Observatory today said July was cloudier than usual, with a mean cloud amount of 77%, which is 8% above the normal figure. The duration of bright sunshine in the month was only 181.1 hours, about 15% below normal. Monthly rainfall was at 341.1 millimetres, about 9% below the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: 21 immigration offenders arrested
Source: Hong Kong Information Services Immigration officers arrested 13 illegal workers, five suspected employers and three overstayers in operations from July 30 to August 1. Nine illegal workers and five employers were arrested after officers raided 29 locations, including a factory, garbage collection depots, an office, recycling shops and warehouses, during one of the operations. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Property sales down 8.5%
Source: Hong Kong Information Services The Land Registry recorded 8,466 sale and purchase agreements for all building units in July, down 8.5% on June but up 55% compared to the same period a year ago. The total consideration for sale and purchase agreements in July was $99.4 billion, an increase of 23% on June and […]
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