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     The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, this afternoon (May 15) visited Yau Tsim Mong District, where he called on a primary school and met with District Council members.

     Accompanied by the Chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council (YTMDC), Mr Chris Ip and the District Officer (Yau Tsim Mong), Mrs Laura Aron, Mr Chan first visited Fresh Fish Traders’ School. He toured around the school and chatted with teachers and students.

     Mr Chan said the Government attaches importance to education and nurturing talent. In 2019-20, the estimated total expenditure on education is $124 billion, accounting for about 20.4 per cent of government recurrent expenditure and is the largest spending area. In the 2019-20 Budget, he also initiated to provide a one-off grant of $2,500 to each student in need to support their learning and pay the examination fees for school candidates sitting for the 2020 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination.

     Mr Chan then met with members of the YTMDC to exchange views on various livelihood and development issues of the district.

      

     The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, visited waste treatment and recycling facilities under Environmental Protection Department (EPD) this afternoon (May 15) to learn more about the developm… read more

     The Lands Department announced today (May 15) that the tender for a site, New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6546 at Kai Tak Area 4C Site 4, Kai Tak, Kowloon, has been awarded to the highest tenderer, High Smart Investment Limited (par… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth Hospital made the following announcement today (May 15):      Nine patients (aged 57 to 87) in a male medical war… read more

     A woman was sentenced to two weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, by the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (May 15) for contravening the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance.
      
     The courts heard that in December last year, officers of the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA), the Home Affairs Department, inspected a suspected unlicensed guesthouse on Portland Street in Mong Kok. During the inspection, the OLA officers posed as lodgers and successfully rented a room in the guesthouse on a daily basis.
      
     According to the OLA’s record, the guesthouse did not possess a licence under the Ordinance on the day of inspection. The woman responsible for managing the premises was charged with contravening section 5(1) of the Ordinance.
      
     A department spokesman stressed that operating or managing an unlicensed guesthouse is a criminal offence and will lead to a criminal record. Upon conviction, the offender is liable to a maximum fine of $200,000 and two years’ imprisonment.
           
     The spokesman appealed to anyone with information about suspected unlicensed guesthouses to report it to the OLA through the hotline (Tel: 2881 7498), by email (hadlaenq@had.gov.hk), by fax (2504 5805) using the report form downloaded from the OLA website (www.hadla.gov.hk), or through the mobile application “Hong Kong Licensed Hotels and Guesthouses”. read more