Attention TV and radio duty announcers:

     Please broadcast the following special announcement by the Education Bureau concerning schools, and repeat it at suitable intervals:

     As the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal no. 3 is now in force, classes of AM and whole-day kindergartens, schools for children with physical disability and schools for children with intellectual disability are suspended today.

     If the Hong Kong Observatory cancels the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal no. 3 before 10.30am, classes of PM kindergartens will resume today.

     Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Kwai Chung this afternoon (June 13) in which a 67-year-old man died.

     At 3.47pm, a public light bus (PLB) driven by a 72-year-old man was travelling along Hing Fong Road towards Tsuen Wan. While turning left to Kwai Hing Road, it reportedly knocked down the 67-year-old man who was crossing the road.

     The man was trapped under the PLB and was rescued by firemen. Sustaining serious injuries, the man was rushed to Yan Chai Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 4.31pm.

     The PLB driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and is being detained for further enquiries.

     Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories South is underway.

     Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 1300 or 3661 1346.

     Hong Kong Customs seized about 17.2 kilograms of suspected heroin with an estimated market value of about $14.9 million at Lok Ma Chau Control Point on June 11. This is the largest drug trafficking case detected by Customs at land boundary control points this year.

     Customs officers at Lok Ma Chau Control Point on that day inspected four express parcels, which arrived in Hong Kong from Malaysia via Shenzhen, declared as containing range hoods and found the batch of suspected heroin concealing inside four range hoods.

     Upon follow-up investigation, Customs officers yesterday (June 12) arrested a 15-year-old man suspected to be in connection with the case in Tsuen Wan.  

     The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of willfully obstructing a member of the Customs and Excise Department in the due execution of his duty. He will appear at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts next Monday (June 15). 

     Customs will continue to step up enforcement actions against drug trafficking activities through air cargo, postal parcel and express courier channels, as well as maintain close contact with Hongkong Post and the logistics industries, with a view to intercepting the inflow of drugs to Hong Kong.

     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.

     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).

  

Attention TV/radio announcers:

Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at regular intervals:

     Here is an item of interest to swimmers.

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (June 13) that due to an insufficient number of lifeguards on duty, Tung Chung Swimming Pool in Islands District has been temporarily closed until further notice to ensure the safety of swimmers.

     A man who went missing in Tsing Yi has been located.

     Man Kim-lam, aged 41, went missing after he was last seen in Cheung On Estate on May 26 afternoon. His friend made a report to Police on June 1.

     The man was located on Nathan Road, Mong Kok yesterday (June 12) afternoon. He sustained no injuries and no suspicious circumstances were detected.