The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a three-year tenancy of Shop No. 6 outside the Arrival Hall on the second floor of the Passenger Terminal Building, Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, New Territories.

     The premises should be used for the purpose of currency exchange only.

     The tender notice was uploaded today (June 28) to the Agency's website: www.gpa.gov.hk. Tender documents are available for collection at the Government Property Agency, 31/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, during office hours (8.30am to 5.45pm from Mondays to Fridays). The documents can also be downloaded from the Agency's website.

     Interested tenderers who wish to inspect the site should make prior appointment with the Government Property Agency by calling 2594 7697 on or before July 16 this year.

     Tenderers must submit their tenders by placing them in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box situated on the Ground Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, before noon on July 30 this year. Late tenders will not be accepted.

     â€‹The Home Affairs Bureau today (June 28) announced the results of applications for the eighth-round funding exercise of the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme. A total of 16 successful applications for Project Grants will be funded to a total amount of around $30.64 million.
 
     A total of 50 applications were received for the eighth-round funding exercise. The successful applications are of a high standard and with diverse representation across genres covering music, dance, theatre, visual arts, media arts, arts education, appreciation and promotion and multi-disciplinary arts.
 
     The successful applicants (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
 

 
Note: The award of grants is subject to the successful applicants' signing of funding agreements with the Government.
 
     Introduced in 2011, the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Home Affairs Bureau is administered on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development. Members of the Committee take part in the assessment of applications together with the Expert Advisers. The funding scheme aims to provide funding support for innovative and impactful proposals that contribute to the objectives of capacity development, programme/content development, audience building and arts education, appreciation and promotion. It also seeks to provide an avenue of support for large-scale and cross-year arts and cultural initiatives/activities so as to enhance capacity development for promising arts groups and arts practitioners as well as to encourage the community and the private sector to support and sponsor the arts.

     The Government gazetted today (June 28) the proposed construction of the Braemar Hill Pedestrian Link. The proposed works serve to provide a safe, comfortable and convenient pedestrian link for travelling to and from the Fortress Hill area and the Braemar Hill area.

​     Details of the proposal are set out in the Annex. The plans and scheme of the works are available for public inspection at the following government offices during office hours:

Central and Western Home Affairs Enquiry Centre, 
G/F, Harbour Building, 
38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong

Eastern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre, 
G/F, Eastern Law Courts Building, 
29 Tai On Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong

District Lands Office, Hong Kong East,
19/F, Southorn Centre,
130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

     The gazette notice, scheme, plans and location plan will be available at www.thb.gov.hk/eng/psp/publications/transport/gazette/gazette.htm.

​     Any person who wishes to object to the works or the use, or both, is required to address to the Secretary for Transport and Housing an objection in writing, which can be submitted via the following means:
 

• By post or by hand to the Transport and Housing Bureau's drop-in box No. 6 located at the entrance on 2/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. The box is available for use between 8am and 7pm from Monday to Friday (except public holidays);
• By fax to 2868 4643; or
• By email to gazettethb@thb.gov.hk.

​     A notice of objection should describe the objector's interest and the manner in which he or she alleges that he or she will be affected by the works or the use. Objectors are requested to provide contact details to facilitate communication. A notice of objection should be delivered to the Secretary for Transport and Housing not later than August 27, 2019.

     The Financial Secretary, with the authority delegated by the Chief Executive, has re-appointed Professor Michael Hui King-man as the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board and appointed three persons as members of the Board. All appointments will take effect for a term of three years from July 1, 2019.
 
     Ms Anita Gidumal, an incumbent member, is re-appointed, while Professor Chan Koon-hung and Professor Lee Kwok-on are newly appointed as board members.
 
     Announcing the appointments, a government spokesman said, "We are confident that the Board will continue to contribute to the maintenance of an effective deposit protection scheme in Hong Kong under the stewardship of Professor Hui and other members.
 
     "We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the outgoing members, Mr Mat Ng, Ms Barbara Shiu and Professor Tam Kar-yan, for their valuable contributions over the past years."
 
     The Board is a statutory body established in 2004 under the Deposit Protection Scheme Ordinance. Its primary function is to maintain and manage the effective and efficient operation of the deposit protection scheme, for protecting depositors and contributing to the stability of the banking system.
 
     The above appointments under the Deposit Protection Scheme Ordinance were gazetted today (June 28).

     The Transport Department (TD) today (June 28) reminded members of the public that the Yau Tong Driving Test Centre will be relocated to Shop G60 and G61, Ka Fat Arcade, 3 Ka Wing Street, Yau Tong next Tuesday (July 2) (please refer to the attached map for details).  All driving test arrangements will not be affected by the relocation.
 
     For enquiries, please call TD's Driving Test Appointment Office at 2771 7723.