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     To align with the special work arrangements announced by the Government to reduce social contacts and the risk of the spread of disease in the community, the Highways Department announced today (March 22) the provision of limited basic public services from March 23 until further notice, including processing of excavation permit applications for excavation works on public roads and parts of the non-emergency road repair works.

     The Highways Department will continue to provide essential and emergency public road repair services including daily inspections of expressways and emergency road repairs. It will also arrange for its contractors to continue to enhance the cleansing work for the handrails of footbridges, subways and escalators, as well as the buttons of lifts, under the department’s purview.

     The Reporting Centre of the Highways Department will maintain operation to handle road repair matters. For any suggestions, enquiries or complaints on the services, members of the public may continue to call the 24-hour hotline 2926 4111 or call 1823. Public may also contact Highways Department by email or by fax. Details are as follows:

Email addresses :
enquiry@hyd.gov.hk (for enquiries)
complaint@hyd.gov.hk (for complaints)

Fax numbers :
2714 5216 (for enquiries)
2187 2243 (for complaints) read more

     In response to the Government’s adjustment of public services and special work arrangements for civil servants in accordance with the latest situation of novel coronavirus infection,  the Immigration Department (ImmD) announced today (March 22) the provision of services to members of the public from March 23 as follows:
 

Types of Services	Sections/Offices	Addresses	Services Available
Travel Documents	Travel Documents and Nationality (Application) Section and Travel Documents (Issue) Section	4/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai	Urgent application and collection of Hong Kong travel documents only.   (Those who have successfully applied for their Hong Kong travel documents, which are due for collection at other Immigration branch offices, may call 2852 3045 during working hours for enquiries.)
	West Kowloon Branch Office	G/F, 28 Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui
	Yuen Long Branch Office	1/F, Yuen Long Government Offices
Identity Cards	Hong Kong Registration of Persons Office	8/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai	Replacement of identity cards and first registration of identity cards for new arrivals to Hong Kong only. (Identity card application/replacement service for those aged 11 to 18 and other identity card-related services are temporarily suspended.)             (For enquiries regarding identity cards, please call 3521 6565 during working hours.)
	Kowloon Registration of Persons Office	3/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices
	Yuen Long Registration of Persons Office	1/F, Yuen Long Government Offices
Visa and Extension of Stay	Foreign Domestic Helpers Section	3/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai	All existing services.
	Extension Section	5/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai
	Quality Migrants and Mainland Residents Section	6/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai	Application for extension of stay only.
	Other Visas and Permits Section	7/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai
Right of Abode	Right of Abode Section	25/F, Immigration Tower, Wan Chai	All existing services.
Marriage Registration	All Marriage Registries	Admiralty City Hall Cotton Tree Drive Tsim Sha Tsui Sha Tin Tuen Mun	Giving a Notice of Intended Marriage and conducting marriage ceremonies at Marriage Registries only.
Births Registration	Births and Deaths General Register Office	3/F, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices	Birth registration only. (For those who have made appointments at other Birth Registries, the ImmD will contact them for further arrangements.)
	Kowloon Births Registry	LG/F, 28 Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui
Deaths Registration	Births and Deaths General Register Office	3/F, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices	Registration of death only.
	Hong Kong Island Deaths Registry	18/F, Wu Chung House, Wan Chai
	Kowloon Deaths Registry	1/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices

 
     The above-mentioned offices will provide services during normal opening hours. For detailed opening hours of individual offices, please refer to the ImmD’s official website or mobile application. Meanwhile, other ImmD offices, including all Smart Identity Card Replacement Centres, and other public services will be temporarily closed and suspended.
 
     In addition, according to the existing arrangements by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, except for the Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Shenzhen Bay Control Points, passenger immigration clearance services in other immigration control points will remain suspended until further notice. The hotline of the Assistance to Hong Kong Residents Unit on (852) 1868 will continue to operate as normal to provide practicable assistance for Hong Kong residents in distress outside Hong Kong.
     
     Any changes to the above arrangements will be announced in due course. Those who have made appointments for immigration services may proceed to the respective offices afterwards for relevant applications without the need for making new appointments.
 
     For enquiries, please contact the ImmD by calling the enquiry hotline at 2824 6111 or by email to enquiry@immd.gov.hk.  read more

     To align with the special work arrangements announced by the Government to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 in the community, the Department of Justice announced today (March 22) that the department will provide the fo… read more

     In light of the latest developments of COVID-19 and to reduce the risk of a large-scale outbreak in the community, the Information Services Department today (March 22) announced that the sales counter services of the department’s Publications Sales Unit and Photo Library at North Point Government Offices will be temporarily suspended from tomorrow (March 23) until further notice.
 
     The public can continue to buy government publications through the Online Government Bookstore (www.bookstore.gov.hk) and by:
 

• calling the Publications Sales Unit on 2537 1910;
• downloading an order form from the ISD website (www.isd.gov.hk) and submitting the form online or by fax to 2523 7195; or
• emailing puborder@isd.gov.hk.

 
     Government photos can be purchased from the online Government Photo Store (www.photostore.gov.hk). read more

     To align with the announcement by the Government yesterday (March 21) to provide essential, emergency and limited public services only starting from March 23 (Monday) in order to reduce the risk of a large-scale outbreak of COV… read more