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Contract technical assistant employed by contractor of Housing Department tests positive for COVID-19

     The Housing Department today (July 31) learnt that a contract technical assistant employed by one of its contractors has tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
      
     The contract technical assistant works at the department’s District Maintenance Office, North and Shatin South (Maintenance Office) at Wing Sum House, Lung Hang Estate, Tai Wai, Sha Tin. She is responsible for site supervision of building services works, and normally does not have direct contact with the residents. She last worked at the Maintenance Office on July 17. She was identified as a close contact after a family member tested positive for COVID-19. She has been under mandatory quarantine in a quarantine centre since July 28.
      
     She has no recent travel history. She has been wearing facial masks and undergoing temperature screening at work. Her body temperature was normal.
      
     The Housing Department has arranged thorough cleaning and disinfection of the Maintenance Office in accordance with the guidelines of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Staff have been reminded to pay attention to personal hygiene and to stay vigilant, and to seek medical advice immediately if feeling unwell.
            
     The department will continue to maintain close liaison with the CHP and co-operate with its disease prevention measures. read more

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DSD continues to provide emergency and essential public services

     In light of the special work arrangements for government employees, the Drainage Services Department (DSD) announced today (July 31) that it will continue to maintain its emergency and essential public services for members of the public until further notice. These services include the 24-hour DSD Drainage Hotline (2300 1110), the inspection of drainage records and the handling of Sewage Charges/Trade Effluent Surcharge matters. The public are advised to minimise their usage of the above services unless under emergency or necessary situations. The public are also advised that the handling time of the above services would be longer than usual. All enquiry phone lines and reception services will be suspended temporarily.
       
     Starting next week, the service hours for inspection of drainage records, and the offices at the four locations listed below which provide receipt and dispatch services, will only be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10am to 11.30am and from 2.30pm to 4pm.
     

  • 43/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
  • 12/F, Kowloon Government Offices, 405 Nathan Road, Kowloon
  • 23/F, 1063 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
  • G/F, Western Magistracy Building, 2A Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong
(Deposit boxes will be available at the above four locations and at the gate of Shatin Sewage Treatment Works outside the opening hours for receiving documents.)
 
     DSD facilities will also be temporarily closed for public visits and other educational purposes until further notice. read more

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CPG Office on National Security holds co-ordination meeting with HKSAR Committee on National Security (with photo)

     The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (CPG Office on National Security) held a co-ordination meeting with the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Committee on National Security) today (July 31).
 
     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, who chairs the HKSAR Committee on National Security, led all the members of the HKSAR Committee on National Security to attend the meeting. Other attendees included the National Security Adviser to the HKSAR Committee on National Security appointed by the CPG, Mr Luo Huining; the head of the CPG Office on National Security, Mr Zheng Yanxiong; and the deputy heads of the CPG Office on National Security, Mr Li Jiangzhou and Mr Sun Qingye.
 
     The CPG Office on National Security and the HKSAR Committee on National Security were established at the beginning of this month in accordance with Article 48 and Article 12 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (National Security Law) respectively. As stipulated in Article 53 of the National Security Law, the CPG Office on National Security shall establish a mechanism of co-ordination with the HKSAR Committee on National Security and shall establish mechanisms for collaboration with the relevant authorities of the HKSAR responsible for safeguarding national security to enhance information sharing and operations co-ordination. At the meeting today, the two parties discussed the work on the implementation and enforcement of the National Security Law since it has come into effect, and exchanged views on relevant matters.
 
     The HKSAR Committee on National Security shall be responsible for affairs relating to and assume primary responsibility for safeguarding national security in the HKSAR. It shall be under the supervision of and accountable to the CPG. The CPG Office on National Security shall establish a mechanism of co-ordination with the HKSAR Committee on National Security, and oversee and provide guidance on the work of the HKSAR for safeguarding national security.

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