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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:      Exchange Fund Bills Tender Results:   Tender date : August 18, 2020 Paper on offer : EF Bills Issue… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesperson for Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) announced today (August 18) that a 95-year-old male patient confirmed with COVID-19 infection (case numb… read more

     The effective exchange rate index for the Hong Kong dollar on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 is 105.5 (down 0.2 against yesterday’s index). read more

     Everford Property Management and Agency Limited and Answer Consultants Limited were fined $70,000 and $40,000 respectively at Fanling Magistrates’ Courts today (August 18) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.
 
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on August 10, 2019, at a shopping mart in Yuen Long. While a security guard was manually closing a metal horizontal sliding gate at the entrance of the shopping mart, a leaf of the gate suddenly toppled and pressed onto her. She was sent to hospital and died on the same day. read more

Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations, Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:      The Tourism Commission announces that due to the issuing of Tropical Cyclone W… read more