The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Secretariat announced today (September 18) that LegCo’s education service for students, including guided educational tours of the Complex and activities at the Children’s Corner, will resume tomorrow (September 19).
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The Acting Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Caspar Tsui, sent his regards to personnel of welfare service units and district staff of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) today (September 18) for their commitment and duty during the passage of the typhoon, serving members of the public and service users in need with key community support.
Accompanied by the District Social Welfare Officer (Eastern and Wan Chai), Miss Hannah Yip, Mr Tsui went to St James’ Settlement in Wan Chai this afternoon to learn more about its contingency arrangements on staff deployment as well as elderly day care and meal delivery services during the passage of Super Typhoon Mangkhut. He noted that the SWD had reminded all District Elderly Community Centres to pay special attention to the needs of the hidden elderly and those living alone during the typhoon period.
He also visited its child care centre in Causeway Bay to show support to social workers and care staff. He thanked them for providing child care services for needy working parents.
Mr Tsui said that district colleagues of the SWD and its Emergency Relief Support Unit have been actively involved in the emergency relief support services across the territory during the typhoon, as well as maintaining close liaison with social welfare organisations and their front-line units before and after the passage of the typhoon to provide necessary services as far as possible, weather and actual situation permitting. He expressed gratitude for the professionalism of front-line personnel as they provided necessary support when public transport services had yet to return to normal.
The following is issued on behalf of the Transport Advisory Committee: The Transport Complaints Unit (TCU) of the Transport Advisory Committee received 6 816 complaints and suggestions in the second quarter of 2018, with 46 … read more
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (September 18) announces a new service schedule of the two Coin Carts under the Coin Collection Programme, for the period of October 29 to December 30. The schedule and other details of the Programme are shown on the HKMA webpage (coincollection.hkma.gov.hk).
Since the launch of the Programme in October 2014, the two Coin Carts have completed 21 cycles of serving the 18 districts on August 26, 2018. The Carts had carried out 480 000 transactions, collecting 399 million coins with a total face value of HK$547 million during the period. The collected coins are re-circulated to meet demand.
The Coin Carts provide service at locations that are convenient to the public without affecting the normal flow of traffic and pedestrians. Locations that have suitable power supply facilities, such as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department mobile library service locations, are preferred so as to reduce the need for using the Coin Carts’ own stand-by generators. This makes the Programme more environmentally friendly. In selecting the service locations, the HKMA has taken into consideration comments and suggestions given by district councils and members of public; and has consulted the Transport Department and the Hong Kong Police Force as necessary.
The two Coin Carts collect coins from members of public in the 18 districts of Hong Kong on a rotating basis. Under normal circumstances each Coin Cart will stay at a location for a week, subject to availability of the parking space and the maintenance schedule of the Cart. Service hours are from 10am to 7pm. Each vehicle is equipped with two coin counting machines and operational staff will be present to provide assistance. An electrical wheelchair lift is available for use. Users can choose to exchange coins for banknotes or adding value to their stored value facilities, such as Octopus Cards or e-wallets (including AlipayHK, Octopus O! ePay, Tap&Go, TNG Wallet and WeChat Pay). There is also a Community Chest donation box inside each vehicle. The coin collection service is free of charge.
The HKMA will review the Programme from time and time and regularly update the service schedule to give advance notice to the public. read more