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 USA: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2018
Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $46.3 billion in June, up $3.2 billion from $43.2 billion in May, revised. Exports, Imports, and Balance (exhibit 1) June exports were $213.8 billion, $1.5 billion less than May […]
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 New Zealand: New Zealand Tertiary Sector – The life-changing work of University of Canterbury’s Rose Centre
Source: University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury’s Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research Te Puna Whakaora Rehu Ohotata is a unique facility that integrates patient care, clinical research and student education – and it’s proving to be life-changing for patients with swallowing difficulties. UC Professor of Communication Disorders Maggie-Lee Huckabee, who was recently […]
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: Provisional statistics of restaurant receipts and purchases for second quarter of 2018
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released the latest provisional figures on restaurant receipts and purchases today (August 3). The value of total receipts of the restaurants sector in the second quarter of 2018, provisionally estimated at $28.8 billion, increased by 6.6% over a year earlier. Over the […]
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: Tsang Man-tung and five speakers to give talks in Multimedia Lecture Series
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Tsang Man-tung and five speakers to give talks in Multimedia Lecture SeriesTsang Man-tung and five speakers to give talks in Multimedia Lecture Series*************************************************************************** Tsang Man-tung and five speakers will give lectures in the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s “On Sounds, Colours, Images and Forms – Multimedia Lecture […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Tenders invited for licence of fee-paying public car park
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Tenders invited for licence of fee-paying public car parkTenders invited for licence of fee-paying public car park********************************************************* The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a three-year licence of the car park on a portion of the first floor of Sai Kung Government Offices, No. 34 Chan Man Street, […]
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