The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, will depart tomorrow (September 15) afternoon to visit Tianjin and Ho Chi Minh City via Beijing.
      
     Mr Chan will arrive in Tianjin in the evening of September 17 for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018, also known as the Summer Davos forum. He will participate in one of its discussions as a guest speaker on the next day. During his stay, Mr Chan will also call on senior government officials of Tianjin, and hold bilateral meetings with other officials attending the Summer Davos forum. The Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Mr Nicholas W Yang, will join part of the visit to Tianjin.
      
     Mr Chan will then fly to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to address the In Style‧Hong Kong Symposium and its gala dinner organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council on September 20. He will also meet with representatives of the business sector of Vietnam.
      
     Mr Chan will return to Hong Kong in the afternoon on September 21. During his absence, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr James Lau, will act as the Financial Secretary.     

     Police today (September 14) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Tseung Kwan O.

     Tam Ching-kwok, aged 41, went missing after he left his residence on Tong Tak Street on September 8 morning. His family made a report to Police on the same day.

     He is about 1.68 metres tall, 45 kilograms in weight and of thin build. He has a square face with yellow complexion and short straight black hair. He was last seen wearing a short-sleeved blue shirt, blue jeans, pink shoes and a pair of black-framed glasses.

     Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing man or may have seen him is urged to contact the Regional Missing Person Unit of Kowloon East on 3661 0316 or 9020 2746, or email to rmpu-ke-2@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.

  

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced today (September 14) that "Violin and Piano Duo Concert by Janine Jansen and Alexander Gavrylyuk", scheduled for September 23 (Sunday) at the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall, has been cancelled due to violinist Janine Jansen's health reasons.
 
     Ticket holders should produce the original tickets intact for refund. Details will be announced later on the website of the Cultural Presentations Section of the LCSD at www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp.
 
     For enquiries, please call 2268 7321 during office hours.

     The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (September 14) that two residential sites in the 2018-19 Land Sale Programme will be disposed of by public tender.

     The two sites are Lot No. 2883 in Demarcation District No. 130 at Fuk Hang Tsuen Lane, Lam Tei, Tuen Mun, New Territories, and New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6574 at Kai Tak Area 4B Site 3, Kai Tak, Kowloon. The tender invitation for Lot No. 2883 in Demarcation District No. 130 will commence on September 21 and close on October 19. The tender invitation for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6574 will commence on September 21 and close on November 2.

     Lot No. 2883 in Demarcation District No. 130 has a site area of about 1,748 square metres and is designated for private residential purposes. The minimum gross floor area and the maximum gross floor area are 566.4 sq m and 943.9 sq m respectively.

     New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6574 has a site area of about 9,706 sq m and is designated for private residential purposes. The minimum gross floor area and the maximum gross floor area are 32,030 sq m and 53,383 sq m respectively.

     Land sale documents including the Forms of Tender, the Tender Notices, the Conditions of Sale and the sale plans of the two lots will be available for downloading from the LandsD website (www.landsd.gov.hk), and the sale plans will be available for distribution and inspection by the public from September 21, when the particulars of the tenders will also be gazetted.

     Hong Kong Customs today (September 14) arrested a male director of an education centre suspected of having applied a false trade description to the service supplied, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).

     Customs earlier received information alleging that an education centre arranged a travel tour bound for Thailand and claimed that it would be undertaken by a designated travel agent.

     After investigation, it was found that the tour was not undertaken by the travel agent. Customs officers today arrested a 39-year-old man.

     Investigation is ongoing and the arrested man has been released on bail pending further investigation.

     Customs reminds traders to comply with the requirements of the TDO and consumers to procure services at reputable shops.

     Under the TDO, any trader who applies a false trade description to a service supplied to a customer commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

     Members of the public may report any suspected violations of the TDO to Customs' 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).