The Home Affairs Department will open 19 temporary night heat shelters tonight (August 13) for people in need of the service.
 
     The shelters will be open from 10.30pm until 8am tomorrow.
 
     For further information, please call the department's hotline before midnight on 2835 1473.
 
     The 19 night heat shelters are located at:
 
Hong Kong Districts:
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Central and Western –
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex Community Hall
3/F, Sai Ying Pun Community Complex
2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun
 
Eastern –
Causeway Bay Community Centre
3/F, 7 Fook Yum Road, Causeway Bay
 
Southern –
Lei Tung Community Hall
Lei Tung Estate, Ap Lei Chau
 
Wan Chai –
Wan Chai Activities Centre
LG/F, Wan Chai Market, 258 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
 
Kowloon Districts:
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Kowloon City –
Hung Hom Community Hall
1/F, Kowloon City Government Offices
42 Bailey Street, Hung Hom
 
Kwun Tong –
Lam Tin (West) Estate Community Centre
71 Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin

Sham Shui Po –
Shek Kip Mei Community Hall
G/F, Block 42, Shek Kip Mei Estate
Sham Shui Po
 
Wong Tai Sin –
Tsz Wan Shan (South) Estate Community Centre
45 Wan Wah Street, Tsz Wan Shan
 
Yau Tsim Mong –
Henry G. Leong Yaumatei Community Centre
60 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei
 
New Territories Districts:
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Islands –
Tung Chung Community Hall
G/F, Tung Chung Municipal Services Building,
39 Man Tung Road, Tung Chung
 
Kwai Tsing –
Kwai Shing Community Hall
Podium, Block 6, Kwai Shing West Estate, Kwai Chung
 
North –
Cheung Wah Community Hall
Cheung Wah Estate, Fanling
 
Sai Kung –
Hang Hau Community Hall
G/F, Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Government Complex,
38 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
 
Sha Tin –
Lung Hang Estate Community Centre
Lung Hang Estate, Sha Tin
 
Tai Po –
Tai Po Community Centre
2 Heung Sze Wui Street, Tai Po
 
Tsuen Wan –
Lei Muk Shue Community Hall
G/F, Hong Shue House, Lei Muk Shue Estate, Tsuen Wan
 
Tuen Mun –
Butterfly Bay Community Centre
Butterfly Estate (near Tip Sum House), Tuen Mun
 
Yuen Long –
Long Ping Community Hall
Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long
 
Yuen Long –
Tin Yiu Community Centre
Tin Yiu Estate, Tin Shui Wai

     The temporary night heat shelters will resume their functions as either community centres or community halls in the daytime for hire by the local community and cannot continue to be open as heat shelters. People may choose to take refuge from the heat during the daytime in the common areas in any of the 20 designated community centres or community halls. Their opening hours are from 9am to 10pm. For addresses of the community centres or community halls, please browse the following webpage: www.had.gov.hk/file_manager/en/documents/public_services/emergency_services/List_CH_CC_Day_E.pdf.

     According to the statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department today (August 13), the provisional estimate of the Hong Kong population was 7 524 100 at mid-2019, representing an increase of 73 100 or 1.0% from 7 451 000 at mid-2018 (Table 1).
 
     Population increase comprises natural increase (i.e. births less deaths) and net movement of Hong Kong residents (i.e. inflow less outflow). The natural increase of the population from mid-2018 to mid-2019 amounted to 5 700, with 53 300 births and 47 600 deaths. Over the same period, there was a net movement of 67 400 persons, of which 44 400 were inflow of One-way Permit holders and 23 000 were net inflow of other Hong Kong residents.
 
     The Hong Kong population is measured on the definition of "Resident Population", which comprises "Usual Residents" and "Mobile Residents". Among the total population at mid-2019, 7 310 100 (provisional) were "Usual Residents" and 214 000 (provisional) were "Mobile Residents".
 
     "Usual Residents" refer to two categories of people: (1) Hong Kong Permanent Residents who have stayed in Hong Kong for at least three months during the six months before or for at least three months during the six months after the reference time-point, regardless of whether they are in Hong Kong or not at the reference time-point; and (2) Hong Kong Non-permanent Residents who are in Hong Kong at the reference time-point.
 
     For those Hong Kong Permanent Residents who are not "Usual Residents", they are classified as "Mobile Residents" if they have stayed in Hong Kong for at least one month but less than three months during the six months before or for at least one month but less than three months during the six months after the reference time-point, regardless of whether they are in Hong Kong or not at the reference time-point.
 
     The revised figure for the year-end population for 2018 was 7 486 400. The number of "Usual Residents" was revised to 7 257 900 and the number of "Mobile Residents" to 228 500. The population growth rate from end-2017 to end-2018 was also revised to 1.0%.
 
     The population figures for recent years are shown in Table 2.
 
     Under the current practice, the latest population figure is released on a provisional basis in each round. The revised figure will be released six months later. In other words, while the provisional population figure for mid-2019 is released today, the corresponding revised figure will be released in February 2020.

     Police today (August 13) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Tin Shui Wai.
      
     Wong Chiu-ming, aged 51, went missing after he was last seen on Ping Ha Road on July 31 afternoon. His family made a report to Police on August 11.
      
     He is about 1.68 metres tall, 55 kilograms in weight and of thin build. He has a square face with yellow complexion and short black hair.
      
     Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing man or may have seen him is urged to contact the Regional Missing Person Unit of New Territories North on 3661 3112 or 6273 5787 or email to rmpu-ntn-1@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.

  

     Police today (August 13) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Chai Wan.  

     Chen Ming-kwai, aged 49, went missing after he was last seen in Ngoi Man Street on August 8 afternoon. His family made a report to Police yesterday (August 12).  

     He is about 1.8 metres tall, 82 kilograms in weight and of fat build. He has a round face with yellow complexion and short black hair. He was last seen wearing a blue hort-sleeved shirt, dark-coloured shorts and a red cap.

     Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing man or may have seen him is urged to contact the Regional Missing Person Unit of Hong Kong Island on 2860 1040 or 9886 0034 or email to rmpu-hki@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.

  

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) today (August 13) submitted to the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) new applications of seven non-locally trained doctors for Limited Registration to practise in public hospitals.
 
     The HA spokesperson said public hospitals had been facing doctor manpower shortages and workload issues in various clinical units. The recruitment of non-locally trained doctors has been supported by the respective Co-ordinating Committees and endorsed by the HA Task Force on the Limited Registration Scheme.
 
     The seven new applicants for Limited Registration submitted to the MCHK today are from the specialties of Anaesthesia, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Surgery.
 
     The HA spokesperson said, "The recruitment of overseas doctors has been progressing well since last year, with the extension of a limited registration to a three-year term. Up to July 2019, there were about 20 non-locally trained doctors who have been assessed as eligible for the recruitment exercise, passing the screenings by respective specialty panels, vetted further by the Task Force and considered suitable for appointment after interviews by user departments. All the applicants have fulfilled related qualification requirements recognised by the constituent colleges of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, and they all have licenses to practise in their respective countries. The HA will submit limited registration applications for non-locally trained doctors by batches according to their intended date of reporting duty."
 
     As at August 2019, there are 13 non-locally trained doctors working in public hospitals under Limited Registration in the specialties of anaesthesia, cardiothoracic surgery, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine and radiology to help relieve the manpower pressure in the respective units. Another four non-locally trained doctors will report for duty in the third quarter of 2019.

     The HA will continue the recruitment of non-locally trained doctors under Limited Registration and closely monitor the overall manpower situation in public hospitals.