Art by Architecture – Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Hong Kong 2019 opened at High Speed Rail Futian Station in Shenzhen today (December 21). The exhibition uses different art forms to re-interpret the unique stories of Hong Kong's daily life and shows the distinctive charms of Hong Kong to visitors from Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
 
     The theme of the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Hong Kong 2019 is "2×2: Imagine to Innovate". It aims to break away from traditional thinking and explore ways to build an ideal city by developing and improving both the city and society through three elements: imagination, creativity and technology.
 
     The exhibition at Futian Station will run until March 8, 2020. Under the theme "Art by Architecture", the Hong Kong part of the exhibition includes works by artists working solo or in groups. Through different perspectives and viewpoints, the artists have used their works to reflect the daily life, culture and social network of Hong Kong. The participating Hong Kong artists are Allan Au and Wyan Yeung, Dylan Kwok, and Wai Tang and Keith Lam.
 
     Art by Architecture – Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Hong Kong 2019 is hosted by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation, with partners including the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institute of Planners and the Hong Kong Designers Association, in collaboration with the Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Organising Committee and with the Art Promotion Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department as the strategic partner.
 
     The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Hong Kong is held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong simultaneously every two years with a theme of architecture and urbanism. It aims to create a platform to exchange ideas on place making between the public and artists, architects and designers.
 
     For details of the Biennale, please visit the website of the Art Promotion Office at www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/APO/en_US/web/apo/2019_bi-city_biennale_of_urbanism_architecture.html.

  

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     Here is an item of interest to swimmers.

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (December 21) that Sha Tin Jockey Club Swimming Pool in Sha Tin District has been temporarily closed for cleaning and superchlorination following the discovery of a small amount of faeces in the pool.

     It will be reopened at 6.30am tomorrow (December 22).

     The department appeals to swimmers to be considerate and to keep the swimming pools clean. They are advised not to swim after a full meal and should use the toilet facilities if necessary before swimming.

     A man who went missing in Tin Sum has been located.

     Ng Yau-fung, aged 53, went missing after he left his residence on Fung Shek Street on July 13 morning. His family made a report to Police on July 15.

     Police located the man on Shantung Street this afternoon (December 21). He sustained no injuries and no suspicious circumstances were detected.

     Police today (December 21) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Tin Sum.

     Lam Chi-wang, aged 29, went missing after he left his residence in Sha Kok Estate in the small hours of December 15. His guardian made a report to Police on December 19.

     He is about 1.7 metres tall, 56 kilograms in weight and of thin build. He has a long face with yellow complexion and short straight black hair. He was last seen wearing grey trousers and black sports shoes.

     Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing man or may have seen him is urged to contact the Regional Missing Person Unit of New Territories South on 3661 1173 or 5962 7223 or email to rmpu-nts-2@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.

  

     The Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan, will depart for Beijing tomorrow (December 22) to meet the relevant Mainland authorities.
 
     Professor Chan will call on the National Health Commission, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM) and the National Medical Products Administration on December 23. She will brief the relevant Mainland authorities on various healthcare aspects in Hong Kong including the development of Chinese medicine and the latest development of the first Chinese medicine hospital. She will also sign a co-operation agreement with NATCM on the training of Hong Kong's Chinese medicine practitioners in the Mainland.
 
     The following day, Professor Chan will visit the General Administration of Customs (GAC) to witness the signing of the collaboration arrangement on e-certificates between the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and the GAC with an aim of building an effective transfer mechanism for e-certificates, fostering collaboration on data exchange of quarantine certificates between both sides as well as stepping up gate-keeping work on food safety.
 
     Professor Chan said, "The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) will continue to strengthen exchanges and collaboration with the relevant Mainland authorities to improve the public health system and enhance the arrangement of verifying health certificates by food regulating authorities of the two sides with a view to further enhancing the safety of the food supply to Hong Kong."
 
     Officials accompanying Professor Chan on the visit include the Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health), Ms Elizabeth Tse; the Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food), Mr Philip Yung; the Director of Health, Dr Constance Chan; the Acting Controller of the Centre for Food Safety of the FEHD, Dr Edwin Tsui; and the Project Director of the Chinese Medicine Hospital Project Office of the FHB, Dr Cheung Wai-lun. The Chairman of the Hospital Authority (HA), Mr Henry Fan, and the Chief Executive of the HA, Dr Tony Ko, will also join the visit.
 
     Professor Chan will return to Hong Kong on December 24. The Under Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Chui Tak-yi, will be the Acting Secretary for Food and Health during her absence.