The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a three-year tenancy of a portion of the ground floor of the Passenger Terminal Building (Public Transport Interchange), Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, New Territories, for the purpose of installation and operation of one or two automated teller machine(s) only.

     The tender notice was uploaded today (March 29) to the Agency's website: www.gpa.gov.hk. Tender documents are available for collection at the Government Property Agency, 31/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, during office hours (8.30am to 5.45pm from Mondays to Fridays). The documents can also be downloaded from the Agency's website.

     Interested tenderers who wish to attend the tender briefing should make prior appointment with the Government Property Agency by calling 2594 7654 on or before April 12 this year.
 
     Tenderers must submit their tenders by placing them in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box situated on the ground floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, before noon on April 30 this year. Late tenders will not be accepted.

     The Government today (March 29) gazetted the United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulation 2019 (the 2019 Somalia Regulation), the United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulation (Repeal) Regulation (the Somalia Repeal Regulation) and the United Nations Sanctions (Eritrea) Regulation (Repeal) Regulation (the Eritrea Repeal Regulation), which came into operation today.
 
     "The 2019 Somalia Regulation implements all sanctions and exemptions imposed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Somalia, including those extended by UNSC Resolution 2444, using modernised provisions to improve tidiness and readability of the legislation. Consequential to the making of the 2019 Somalia Regulation, the Somalia Repeal Regulation repeals the United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulation. In addition, the Eritrea Repeal Regulation seeks to repeal the United Nations Sanctions (Eritrea) Regulation to implement the UNSC's decision to lift the sanctions previously imposed on Eritrea," a Government spokesperson said.
 
     The sanctions implemented under the 2019 Somalia Regulation include:
 

• prohibition against the supply and carriage of any weapons or military equipment to Somalia or connected persons;
• prohibition against the provision of assistance related to military activities to connected persons, and the provision of assistance related to military activities or to the supply, manufacture, maintenance or use of any prohibited goods to certain persons;
• prohibition against the import of charcoal from Somalia;
• prohibition against making available economic assets to certain persons or entities, or dealing with economic assets of such persons or entities; and
• prohibition against the entry into or transit through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by certain persons.

     The Government today (March 29) gazetted the United Nations Sanctions (Libya) Regulation 2019 (the Regulation) and the United Nations Sanctions (Libya) Regulation 2011 (Repeal) Regulation (the Repeal Regulation), which came into operation today.
 
     "The Regulation implements all sanctions and exemptions imposed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Libya, including those extended by UNSC Resolution 2441, using modernised provisions to improve tidiness and readability of the legislation. Consequential to the making of the Regulation, the Repeal Regulation repeals the United Nations Sanctions (Libya) Regulation 2011," a government spokesperson said.
 
     The sanctions implemented under the Regulation include:
 

• prohibition against the supply and carriage of arms or related materiel to Libya or connected persons;
• prohibition against the loading, transport or discharge of petroleum from Libya aboard certain ships until midnight on February 15, 2020;
• prohibition against the provision to connected persons of any assistance related to military activities or the provision, maintenance or use of any arms or related materiel;
• prohibition against the procurement of arms or related materiel from Libya or connected persons;

• prohibition against making available economic assets to certain persons or entities, or dealing with economic assets of such persons or entities;
• prohibition against the engagement in any financial transactions related to petroleum from Libya aboard certain ships until midnight on February 15, 2020;
• prohibition against the entry into or transit through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) by certain persons;
• prohibition against the provision of certain services to certain ships until midnight on February 15, 2020;
• prohibition against the entry into the HKSAR by certain ships until midnight on February 15, 2020; and
• prohibition against the taking off from, landing in and flying in the HKSAR of certain aircraft.

     â€‹The Government announced today (March 29) that the Chief Executive has re-appointed Professor Lo Yuk-lam as the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene. At the same time, seven new members have been appointed and nine serving members have been re-appointed to the Council. All appointments will take effect from April 1, 2019, for a term of two years.
      
     Professor Lo, an expert in the field of biotechnology, has been serving on the Council as Chairman since 2015.
      
     Brief descriptions of the new members follow:
      
     Dr Chen Xueping is the Chief Technology Officer of an international biotechnology company. 
      
     Mr Cheung Ki-tang is an elected Kwun Tong District Councillor.
      
     Dr Chiu Man-ying is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University.
      
     Ms Sandy Keung Yurk-nam is the founder and executive chef of two restaurants.
      
     Dr Lucy Shum Wan-cheong is the Chief Veterinarian of a veterinary services company.
      
     Dr So Tsz-him is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Oncology, University of Hong Kong.
      
     Professor Wong Man-sau is a Professor in the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 
      
     The Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan, welcomed the re-appointments and new appointments. "In the past few years, the Council has provided valuable advice to the Government on a wide range of important issues including mosquito and rodent control measures, use of modern technologies in enhancing environmental hygiene, promotion of green burial and promotion of a reduced salt and sugar diet," she said.
      
     Professor Chan also expressed gratitude to the outgoing members, Dr Doris Au Wai-ting, Mr Abraham Chan Yu-ling, Mrs Vivien Chen Chou Mei-mei, Dr Chung Shan-shan, Ms Josephine Kea Chi-shun, Mrs Jenny Lam Wan Mei-fong and Professor Kenneth Leung Mei-yee, for their contributions to the work of the Council over the years.
      
     The Council is a non-statutory body established on April 1, 2000, to advise the Government on food and environmental hygiene issues. The Council comprises a Chairman, 16 non-official members and four ex-officio members.
      
     The membership of the Council with effect from April 1, 2019, is as follows:
 
Chairman
———–
Professor Lo Yuk-lam
 
Members
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Professor Felix Chan Hon-wai
Mr Chan Wai-ming
Dr Chen Xueping
Mr Cheung Ki-tang
Dr Chiu Man-ying
Professor Chiu Siu-wai
Ms Sandy Keung Yurk-nam
Mr Stephen Leung Kwok-keung
Professor Leo Poon Lit-man
Dr Lucy Shum Wan-cheong
Dr So Tsz-him
Mr Simon Tam Hop-sing
Mr Richard Tsang Lap-ki
Professor Wong Man-sau
Professor Wong Wing-tak
Professor Samuel Wong Yeung-shan
 
Ex-officio members
———————-
Secretary for Food and Health (with Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food) as her alternate)
Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Director of Health

     The Government announced today (March 29) the re-appointment of Professor Daniel Shek Tan-lei as the Chairman of the Family Council, as well as the appointment and re-appointment of non-official members to the Council for a term of two years with effect from April 1, 2019.
 
     The Home Affairs Bureau thanked the outgoing members, Mrs Patricia Chu Yeung Pak-yu, Professor Lam Tai-hing, Mr Lee Luen-fai, Dr Gordon Tsui Luen-on and Miss Gabriella Wong Siu-ling, for their contributions and dedication to the work of the Council during their term of service.
 
     The membership list of the Council for the new term is as follows:
 
Chairman
———–
Professor Daniel Shek Tan-lei
 
Ex-officio members
———————-
Dr Lam Ching-choi, Chairperson of the Elderly Commission
Ms Chan Yuen-han, Chairperson of the Women's Commission
Mr Lau Ming-wai, Vice-Chairperson of the Youth Development Commission
 
Non-official members (re-appointments)
———————————————
Ms May Chan Suk-mei
Ms Sonia Cheng Chi-man
Ms Cheung Lai-chu
Dr Lam Chi-yan
Mr Dominic Lee Tsz-king
Professor Alvin Leung Seung-ming
Mrs Cecilia Wong Ng Kit-wah
Mr Clement Woo Kin-man
Ms Emily Yip Lai-wa
Ms Amarantha Yip Yun-wan
 
Non-official members (new appointments)
———————————————–
Ms Lavender Cheung Wang-yim
Mr Eugene Fong Yick-jin
Professor Albert Lee
Ms Cindy Pun Siu-fung
Dr Margaret Wong Fung-yee
 
Official members
——————-
Secretary for Home Affairs or his representative
Secretary for Labour and Welfare or his representative
Secretary for Education or his representative
Head of the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office or his representative
 
     Since its establishment in 2007, the Council has served as a cross-sector and cross-bureau platform for examining family-related policies and promoting a culture of loving families in the community. Membership of the Council comprises official members, non-official members from various backgrounds, as well as the Chairpersons of the Elderly Commission and the Women's Commission, and the Vice-Chairperson of the Youth Development Commission as ex-officio members.