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Special arrangements for services of Social Welfare Department

     In view of the latest developments of the epidemic situation, a spokesperson for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) today (August 28) announced the arrangements for the SWD’s public services from August 31 to September 6.
 
     While the departmental hotline service will be in operation as normal, other services such as those of the Social Security Field Units (SSFUs) and the Integrated Family Service Centres (IFSCs) will be provided on a limited scale.
 
     The SSFUs will be open to the public on Tuesday and Friday. Relevant application forms are also provided next to the drop-in boxes of the SSFUs and can be downloaded from the SWD’s website (www.swd.gov.hk). Completed forms can be returned to the relevant SSFUs by post, fax or email, or through the drop-in boxes of the SSFUs at any time. After receiving the applications, the SSFU staff will contact applicants for processing their applications. For enquiries, please call the SSFU staff on duty during office hours.
 
     The IFSCs will continue to be open to the public to provide casework services with extended hours of service suspended.
 
     Service users are advised to call the hotline on 2343 2255 for details of services provision. To reduce the risk of infection arising from gatherings of people, service users are advised to contact the staff of the service units by telephone in advance so that interviews can be scheduled as appropriate. All visitors must put on masks, have their body temperature checked and maintain social distancing.
 
     Meanwhile, the SWD has strengthened infection controls at all service units. Staff will be reminded to follow necessary infection control measures.
 
     The SWD will continue to monitor the situation, with a view to returning the delivery of public services to normal as far as possible, as circumstances permit. read more

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Tender period extended for Free-flow Tolling System in Hong Kong – Development of Backend System

     â€‹The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (August 28) announced that the tender period for the contract for Free-flow Tolling System in Hong Kong – Development of Backend System (Contract No. EDO 4/2019) has been extended to noon on September 18.
      
     The CEDD invited tenders for the contract on July 10 this year. The tender period was originally scheduled to expire at noon September 4.

     The extension of the tender period was gazetted today. Details of the tender notice are available on the CEDD’s website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/index.html). 
           
     The CEDD has appointed Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited as the consultant to design and supervise the project. For enquiries, please call the company at 2268 3540 during office hours.   read more

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Proposed new road in Tsing Yi gazetted

     The Government gazetted today (August 28) the proposed construction of a new road connecting Tsing Yi Road and Tsing Yi Hong Wan Road, which is required to alleviate the traffic load of the southeast road network of Tsing Yi including Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi Hong Wan Road and Tsing Sha Highway, and to cope with the anticipated traffic growth of the future development of port logistics as well as other development projects in Kwai Tsing District.

     Details of the proposal are set out in the Annex. The plan and scheme of the works are available for public inspection at the following government offices during office hours:

Central and Western Home Affairs Enquiry Centre, 
G/F, Harbour Building, 
38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong

Kwai Tsing Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
2/F, Kwai Hing Government Offices Building,
166-174 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories

District Lands Office, Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing,
10/F, Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building,
174-208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories

     The gazette notice, scheme, plan and location plan will be available at
www.thb.gov.hk/eng/psp/publications/transport/gazette/gazette.htm.

     Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address to the Secretary for Transport and Housing an objection in writing, which can be submitted via the following means:
 

  • By post or by hand to the Transport and Housing Bureau’s drop-in box No. 6 located at the entrance on 2/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. The box is available for use between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays);
  • By fax to 2868 4643; or
  • By email to gazettethb@thb.gov.hk.

     A notice of objection should describe the objector’s interest and the manner in which he or she alleges that he or she will be affected by the works or the use. Objectors are requested to provide contact details to facilitate communication. A notice of objection should be delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Housing not later than October 27, 2020. read more

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