Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:
The fire danger situation today (February 8) 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
Christian Family Service Centre has been issued a Public Subscription Permit to hold a territory-wide flag sale from 7am to 12.30pm today (February 8), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities, including any updated information, covered by the issued Public Subscription Permits have been published on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search). Permits for flag days containing information on contact methods of the flag-selling organisations and the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/ngo/controlofc/flagdays) for reference. For enquiries, please call the SWD’s hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678.
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police, the spokesman added. read more
A spokesman of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) said that a male worker of a sub-contractor felt unwell yesterday (February 7) while working at a work site under Site Formation and Infrastructure Works for Public Housing Developments at Tuen Mun Central Phase 2. He was sent to hospital and passed away in the afternoon.
About 11am yesterday, the man and four other workers were carrying out tree removal works. He suddenly felt unwell and was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital by the sub-contractor. At around 4pm, he passed away. The CEDD expressed its deepest condolences to the deceased’s family, and has requested the contractor to provide appropriate assistance to the deceased’s family.
The CEDD and the contractor will render assistance to the Labour Department in the investigation of the incident. read more
The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested a 26-year-old man yesterday (February 6) for “perverting the course of justice” and today (February 7) laid a holding charge against the man with one count of “doing an act or a series of acts tending and intended to pervert the course of public justice”.
The case will be mentioned at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow morning (February 8). read more
​The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, and his wife, Mrs Janet Lee, began their visit to Harbin today (February 7). They attended a welcome banquet hosted by President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan for international di… read more