Police advise motorists that special traffic arrangements will be implemented in Sha Tin to facilitate the race meeting tomorrow (April 7).

     The arrangements will come into effect two hours before the start of the first race and will last until the crowds have dispersed after the race meeting.

     Appropriate traffic signs will be put up and police will be on hand to guide motorists.

     The Police also appeal to people going to Sha Tin Racecourse for the race meeting and to Happy Valley Racecourse for cross betting to make maximum use of public transport.

     Parking spaces at the two racecourses are available only to holders of appropriate permits issued by Hong Kong Jockey Club and any vehicles illegally parked will be towed away.

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Here is an item of interest to swimmers.

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (April 6) that due to big waves, red flag has been hoisted at Hap Mun Bay Beach in Sai Kung District.  Beach-goers are advised not to swim at the beach.

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     During the winter surge, the Hospital Authority is closely monitoring the service demand of Accident and Emergency Departments and the occupancy rate in public hospitals. Key service statistics are being issued daily for public information. Details are in the appended table.

     Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (April 6). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HKDR); in Kowloon, the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong; and in the New Territories, Hong Kong Evangelical Church Social Service Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.

     Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.

     Information on the three flag-selling organisations on April 6 is as follows:
 

     For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678. Information on flag days is available at the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew) and the GovHK portal (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing contact information of the flag-selling organisations and information on the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_recentlyap). For enquiries about the detailed flag-selling arrangements, please contact the individual flag-selling organisations.

     Details of the charitable fund-raising activities covered by the Public Subscription Permit issued by the SWD have also been uploaded to the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/fundraising).

     In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police, the spokesman added.

     In response to media enquiries on a case in which the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has so far failed to locate a Register of Electors relating to the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election, a spokesman for the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (CMAB) today (April 5) gives the following response:

     The CMAB recently learned that the REO had yet to recover a Register of Electors of a polling station in the Kwai Tsing District in respect of the 2016 LegCo General Election. The CMAB expressed grave concern about the incident, and tasked the REO to complete the relevant verification and search expeditiously within one week and give a full account of the findings immediately afterwards.

     The CMAB also instructed the REO to give prior notice of the incident to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), and to confirm to PCPD that should the loss of the relevant register be ascertained, action would be taken promptly to notify all affected electors and to mitigate any possible damage.