Prospective applicants for civil service posts at degree or professional level can apply from tomorrow (March 29) to sit the Common Recruitment Examination and Basic Law Test (CRE and BLT) scheduled to be held on June 1 and 8 i… read more
​The Transport Department (TD) today (March 28) announced that eligible operators are invited to apply for the regular quota for Guangdong/Hong Kong cross-boundary coach services, and the regular quota for Guangdong/Hong Kong cross-boundary hire car services, using the Heung Yuen Wai Control Point. The deadline for application is April 18.
A regular quota of 70 for Guangdong/Hong Kong cross-boundary coach services will be jointly issued by the Governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong. Moreover, the Governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong are also accepting applications from eligible operators under the existing cross-boundary coach regular quota using the Man Kam To Control Point or the Sha Tau Kok Control Point to switch and use the Heung Yuen Wai Control Point. The cross-boundary coach quota for switching is set at 30.
At the same time, the Governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong are accepting applications from eligible operators under the existing cross-boundary hire car regular quota using the Lok Ma Chau Control Point, the Sha Tau Kok Control Point or the Shenzhen Bay Port to switch and use the Heung Yuen Wai Control Point. The cross-boundary hire car quota for switching is set at 25.
Applicants shall be in the name of a Guangdong/Hong Kong joint venture and submit their application forms to the TD and the Land and Air Ports Administration Division of the Office of Port Administration of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province before the deadline. If an applicant fails to submit the application form with identical content to the two governments concurrently, the application may not be considered.
The deadline for the above quota applications is 5pm on April 18 (Thursday). The application form can be downloaded from the website of the TD (www.td.gov.hk). read more
Hailed by the New York Times as “the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years”, Brad Mehldau will collaborate with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard for a jazz concert in May.
Brad Mehldau has performed and recorded around the world since the early 1990s, in the trio format and as a solo pianist, conveying a wide range of expressions. He has worked with a number of great jazz musicians, including Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, and Charles Lloyd. He composed new works commissioned by Carnegie Hall for voice and piano, “The Blue Estuaries” and “The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God”, which were performed in 2005 by Soprano Renee Fleming. In 2018, the Brad Mehldau Trio’s recording “Seymour Reads the Constitution!” received a Grammy Award nomination.
Bassist Larry Grenadier has built an expansive body of work that encompasses a variety of significant projects with many of the genre’s most inventive and influential musicians. Over a career spanning three decades, he has earned a reputation for his instrumental talent and instantly recognisable tone.
Jeff Ballard began playing drums at the age of 14 and toured with significant artists including Ray Charles, Chick Corea and Mike Stern, all the time absorbing influences and developing his own approach to drumming.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the concert will be held at 8pm on May 28 (Tuesday) at the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $180, $250, $350 and $480 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk).
For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme and workshops enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_783.html.
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Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible: Here is an item of interest to swimmers. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (March 28) that due to big w… read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
During the winter surge, the Hospital Authority (HA) is closely monitoring the service demand of Accident and Emergency Departments and the occupancy rate in public hospitals. Key service statistics are being issued daily for public information. Details are in the appended table.
In addition, the weekly bulletin “Surge in Brief” (appended) will be issued every Thursday to illustrate the past month’s trends of key service statistics in public hospitals. “Surge in Brief” can be accessed in the HA Winter Surge designated webpage (www.ha.org.hk/goto/wintersurge/en). read more