â€‹The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (August 30) announced that in response to requests from interested tenderers, the tender period for the contract for the Fanling North New Development Area, Phase 1: Fanling Bypass Eastern Section (Shung Him Tong to Kau Lung Hang) (Contract No. ND/2019/05) has been extended to noon on September 27.
      
     The CEDD invited tenders for the contract on June 14. The original tender period was scheduled to expire at noon on September 13.
      
     The extension of the tender period was gazetted today. Details of the tender notice are available on the CEDD's website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/engineering-contracts/tender-notices/index.html). 
      
     The CEDD has appointed AECOM Asia Company Limited as the consultant to design and supervise the works. For enquiries, please call the company at 3922 9000 during office hours.

     The effective exchange rate index for the Hong Kong dollar on Friday, August 30, 2019 is 107.3 (same as yesterday's index).

     The Government today (August 30) announced the re-appointment of Dr Mak Chi-keung as the Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). In addition, the Government appointed two new members to the HKEAA and re-appointed one incumbent member. The appointments are for three years, from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2022. Details of the appointments are as follows:

Deputy Chairman
Dr Mak Chi-keung (re-appointment)
 
Members
Mr Yau Siu-hung, secondary school principal
Ms Tennessy Hui Mei-sheung, solicitor
Ms Bonnie Lai Miu-yee, secondary school principal (re-appointment)
 
     The Secretary for Education, Mr Kevin Yeung, said that the HKEAA is an important partner of the Education Bureau and that the distinguished members from the educational and other professional fields on the HKEAA would enrich the expertise of the Authority.
      
     Mr Yeung said he looked forward to the continued leadership of Dr Mak, and welcomed Mr Yau Siu-hung and Ms Tennessy Hui Mei-sheung to serve as new members of the HKEAA. He also expressed gratitude to the outgoing members, Mr James Lam Yat-fung and Mr Stephen Hung Wan-shun, for their invaluable contributions to the work of the Authority.
 
     The HKEAA is a statutory body established under the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Ordinance (Chapter 261) to conduct public examinations and other examinations or assessments approved by the Chief Executive. The composition of the Authority is stipulated in Schedule 2 of the Ordinance. Members of the Authority include school principals, teachers, representatives of tertiary institutions, a person who represents the interests of parents, and persons experienced in commerce, industry or a profession.  
                                                                                       
     The following is the membership list of the Authority with effect from September 1, 2019:
      
Appointed members:
Mr Samuel Yung Wing-ki (Chairman)
Dr Mak Chi-keung (Deputy Chairman)
Mr Yau Siu-hung
Ms Bonnie Lai Miu-yee
Mr Benjamin Ng Yau-keung
Ms Jane Leung Chui-chun
Ms Monica Cheng Wai-yee
Mr Jason Joseph Lee Kwong-yee
Ms Tennessy Hui Mei-sheung
Mr Raymond Cheng Chung-ching
Ms Katherine Cheung Marn-kay
 
Ex-officio members:
Two persons nominated by the Heads of Universities Committee
The Chairman of the Curriculum Development Council, or his/her representative
The Executive Director of the Vocational Training Council, or his/her representative
The Permanent Secretary for Education, or his/her representative
The Secretary General of the HKEAA

     An electrician was fined $9,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (August 30) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
      
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on September 28, 2018 in Ngau Tau Kok. A worker, while dismantling chilled water pipes on the ceiling inside a shop under renovation, received an electric shock and collapsed. He was admitted to hospital and passed away a few days later.

     A Leisure and Cultural Services Department spokesman announced today (August 30) that Hong Kong public libraries, including Hong Kong Central Library and the mobile libraries, will be closed at 5pm on the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 13, Friday).
 
     The opening hours of all public libraries on the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 14) will be the same as those for public holidays, except for the South Lamma Public Library which is closed on Saturdays.
 
     Details can be obtained from notices posted at all public libraries and the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/opening-hours.html, or by calling 2921 0208 for enquiries.