The following is issued on behalf of the Liquor Licensing Board:
 
     The Liquor Licensing Board (LLB) will meet on Tuesday (March 30) to consider five applications for new issue and renewal of liquor licences.
 
     The applications are (not in order of discussion):
 
Hong Kong:
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"Wui Mei Seafood Hot Pot Restaurant" in Sai Ying Pun
Season Plus in Sheung Wan
 
Kowloon:
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"Yum Yum Goose & Co." in Kowloon City
 
New Territories:
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BUM MEI SIN KITCHEN in Yuen Long
Genki Sushi in Sha Tin
 
     The board will also consider revocation of the liquor licence of Sahara in Central.
 
     The meeting will be held at 9.45am in the conference room, Room 102, 1/F, 258 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. In response to the latest developments of COVID-19, to avoid the gathering of people in an enclosed environment and to safeguard the health of all participants, only limited public seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for all open hearings of the LLB in the interim.

Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:

Yellow fire danger warning

     The fire danger situation today (March 28) is yellow and the risk of fire is high. People are urged to prevent fires breaking out and hikers should also be vigilant.

     The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon (LST) worked with the Government to covert the Lok Sin Tong Primary School campus in Kowloon City into transitional housing with affordable rent to help relieve the financial burden for low-income families who have been waiting for public rental housing.
 
     News.gov.hk spoke to some of the tenants to find out how the project has helped improve their lives and to the LST about the project's design concept.
 
     The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature today (March 28) in text and video format.

     Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Sheung Shui in the early hours today (March 28) in which a 27-year-old man died.

     At 0.50am, a private car driven by a 39-year-old man reportedly knocked down the 27-year-old man when it was reversing in a car park in Hung Kiu San Tsuen, Man Kam To Road. After the impact, the private car left the scene.

     Sustaining serious head injuries, the 27-year-old man was rushed to Prince Wales Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 2.30am.

     The private car driver returned to the scene subsequently, and was arrested for drink driving and dangerous driving causing death. He is being detained for further enquiries.

     Investigation will be conducted by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories North.

     Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers at 3661 3819 or 3661 3818.

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 rates in public hospitals. Key service statistics are being issued daily for public information. Details are in the appended table.