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Breast milk donations save lives

     The Hong Kong Breast Milk Bank, which has recruited over 100 eligible donors and collected more than 300 litres of milk since launching in January, has begun a second phase, offering donated milk to newborns in need at all nine of the Hospital Authority’s Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
 
     News.gov.hk spoke to a representative from the milk bank to find out about its operations, while a young mother reflected on how her experience of breastfeeding her own son inspired her to become a donor.

     The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature from today (March 23) in text and video format. read more

Red fire danger warning

Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:

     The fire danger situation today (March 23) is red and fire risk is extreme. The countryside is extremely vulnerable to fire. If you are planning to spend the day in the countryside, please take pre-cooked food for a picnic and take all measures to prevent hill fires. The penalty for lighting fires illegally in the countryside is $25,000 and a year’s imprisonment. read more