Red flag hoisted at Clear Water Bay First Beach

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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (July 21) that due to big waves, the red flag has been hoisted at Clear Water Bay First Beach in Sai Kung District. Beach-goers are advised not to swim at the beach.

Red flag hoisted at Clear Water Bay Second Beach

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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (July 21) that due to inclement weather, the red flag has been hoisted at Clear Water Bay Second Beach in Sai Kung District. Beach-goers are advised not to swim at the beach.

Gov’t bolsters storm defence

     To better prepare for future typhoons and extreme weather conditions, the Civil Engineering and Development Department has introduced new survey technologies and is carrying out improvement works to marine facilities.

     News.gov.hk spoke to the department's land surveyor and two engineers for an insight into the new technologies deployed and the works being carried out to protect Hong Kong's coastal areas from storm surges.

     The story appears on news.gov.hk today (July 21) in text and video format.

Red flag hoisted at Lower Cheung Sha Beach

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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (July 21) that due to big waves, red flag has been hoisted at Lower Cheung Sha Beach in Islands District. Beach-goers are advised not to swim at the beach.

Government clarifies security arrangements at Central Government Offices

In response to media enquires arising from a news article on security arrangements at the Central Government Offices (CGO) today (July 20), a Government spokesman said that maintenance works were carried out at CGO to repair the security equipment (including CCTV) which was damaged on July 1. Such works had been carried out in accordance with established procedures. The CCTV cameras in question have no face recognition function. Neither do they have any audio function, whether built-in or externally intalled.

As regards the face detection function, it is a common function for CCTV systems. Such face detection function has however not been activated in the CCTV cameras in question.