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     In response to the Japanese Government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene issued a Food Safety Order which prohibits all aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds originating from the 10 metropolis/prefectures, namely Tokyo, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama, from being imported into and supplied in Hong Kong.
 
     For other Japanese aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds that are not prohibited from being imported into Hong Kong, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will conduct comprehensive radiological tests to verify that the radiation levels of these products do not exceed the guideline levels before they are allowed to be supplied in the market.
 
     As the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water is unprecedented and will continue for 30 years or more, the Government will closely monitor and step up the testing arrangements. Should anomalies be detected, the Government does not preclude further tightening the scope of the import ban.
 
     From noon on January 22 to noon today (January 23), the CFS conducted tests on the radiological levels of 143 food samples imported from Japan, which were of the “aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt” category. No sample was found to have exceeded the safety limit. Details can be found on the CFS’s thematic website titled “Control Measures on Foods Imported from Japan” (www.cfs.gov.hk/english/programme/programme_rafs/programme_rafs_fc_01_30_Nuclear_Event_and_Food_Safety.html).

     In parallel, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has also tested 50 samples of local catch for radiological levels. All the samples passed the tests. Details can be found on the AFCD’s website (www.afcd.gov.hk/english/fisheries/Radiological_testing/Radiological_Test.html).
 
     The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has also enhanced the environmental monitoring of the local waters. No anomaly has been detected so far. For details, please refer to the HKO’s website
(www.hko.gov.hk/en/radiation/monitoring/seawater.html).
 
     From August 24, 2023, to noon today, the CFS and the AFCD have conducted tests on the radiological levels of 111 818 samples of food imported from Japan (including 72 933 samples of aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt) and 25 820 samples of local catch respectively. All the samples passed the tests. read more

      The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) is presenting the Lunar New Year Lantern Display "Chinese Lanterns: An Enduring Heritage" at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza from today (January 23) until February … read more

     Hong Kong Customs officers today (January 23) distributed pamphlets to stall operators at various Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs to remind them not to sell infringing goods.      The Divisional Comm… read more

     More than 400 young musicians from the band, orchestras and choirs of the Music Office under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will come together at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall at 3pm on February 23 (Sunday) to showcase their talents at the 2025 Music Office Annual Gala.

     A wide variety of delightful music pieces will be brought to the audience by the Music Office Youth and Children’s Choirs, the Hong Kong Youth Strings, the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra, the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band under the batons of the Music Office instructors Lai Wing-yan, Dr Joseph Kam, Kwok Kin-ming and Kevin Ling. 

     Concert programme includes two vibrant choral works “Enter with Song” and “We are the Voices”; a touching and haunting adagietto from Mahler’s “Symphony No. 5”; “The World Takes on a New Look for Spring”, selected from the modern Peking opera “Taking Tiger Mountain by Stratagem”; “National Spirit”, inspired by the traditional Guqin classic; an adagio from the “Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27”, demonstrating Russian maestro Rachmaninoff’s mastery of music compositions; “March on Eight Folk Tunes (It happened one day in May)”, based on the traditional British folk melodies; and a wind ensemble piece “Crescent Moon Dance”, composed for the Japanese animation “Sound! Euphonium”.

     Awards of the year will be presented to the most outstanding trainees and members of the Music Office’s band, orchestras and choirs at the concert.

     Tickets priced at $90, $115 and $135 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2796 1003 or 3842 7784 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/mo/activities/traineesevents/musicnconcert/2025moag.html. read more

     The electronic map “e-HongKongGuide” 2025 edition produced by the Lands Department (LandsD) is available for free download today (January 23).
      
     This year’s edition features cycling in Hong Kong. Through the use of spatial data and statistics, the new interactive storytelling map promotes cycling and cycling safety, and introduces the ongoing development of the cycling network to showcase the use of open spatial data from the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure Portal.
      
     The “e-HongKongGuide” provides 119 detailed maps of Hong Kong in A3/A4 sizes, gazetteers of street and place names, and indexes of estates and buildings. The maps cover the whole territory of Hong Kong, with urban areas and other built-up areas represented on a larger scale. This year’s edition also includes information about tram stations.  
      
     The maps, in GeoPDF format, can be used offline on desktop computers and mobile device applications, and can be printed in A3/A4 sizes. Users can easily locate their positions on the “e-HongKongGuide” maps with satellite positioning functions. In addition, link buttons to relevant maps have been extended to the mobile device application this year for easy browsing.
      
     The new “e-HongKongGuide” is available for browsing and free download on the LandsD’s website (www.landsd.gov.hk/mapping/en/download/ehkg.htm). For enquiries, please call 2231 3187.