Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:

Please broadcast the following message as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:

     The Central Government Offices (CGO), Tamar will be reopened today (June 24). Staff working in the CGO can enter the workplace via staff entrance on 2/F of the East Wing.

     Government vehicles or vehicles with valid permit may enter West Wing of CGO via Lung Wo Road and Tim Wa Avenue.

     Correctional officers at Tong Fuk Correctional Institution on Lantau Island stopped a person in custody from assaulting another person in custody today (June 23).

     At around 5.40pm today, a 35-year-old male person in custody attacked another 24-year-old male person in custody with a table tennis racket in the activity yard. Officers at the scene immediately stopped the assailant and used OC foam to subdue him after warnings were ignored.
     
     The victim sustained head injury. After examination and treatment by the medical officer of the institution hospital, he was referred to a public hospital for further treatment. The assailant did not sustain any injury.
     
     The case has been reported to the Police for investigation.
     
    The two persons in custody were sentenced to imprisonment for the offences of robbery and detention of a person respectively.

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) spokesperson today (23 June) announced the following incident of software problem in pathological test equipment:

     The HA received notification from Abbott Laboratories Limited (Abbott) on June 18 about a software issue in the pathological test equipment "Alinity ci-series System". The software problem may cause incorrect patient results if the equipment i​s stopped and then restarted under a particular start-up procedure.

     There are a total of 13 Alinity ci-series analysers in the HA, which are installed at Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH), Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH).

     The supplier's engineers and hospitals concerned have reviewed the system logs and testing procedures of all the equipment concerned from June 2018 ​onwards, which was the service period of these equipment.
     
     The spokesperson pointed out that all test results of PWH were unaffected at PWH.

     "In PMH, there are 102 tests involved, which are mainly for hepatitis and HIV serology testing. Among the tests, results of 67 tests have been reconfirmed correct. There are also 35 tests involving 22 patients that require further review on the need of retesting. The hospital will approach the patients to explain the necessary follow-up arrangement in due course."

     "In TMH, there are 92 tumour marker and other tests involving 86 patients that require further review on the need for retesting. The review by clinicians is underway and the patients will be approached for the necessary arrangement accordingly," the spokesperson added.

     Meanwhile, all hospitals will adopt necessary procedural steps in using the equipment as recommended by the supplier to mitigate the issue until the software upgrade is available. The HA has reported the incident to the Department of Health.

     Correctional officers at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre stopped a fight among remand persons in custody yesterday (June 22).

     At 8.14pm yesterday, five male remand persons in custody aged between 22 and 55 were found fighting inside the dormitory. Officers at the scene immediately stopped the fight and called for reinforcement.

     During the incident, one person in custody sustained injury to his head and knee etc. while another person in custody sustained injury to his head and back etc. Both of them were required to be referred to a public hospital for further examination and treatment after the treatment provided by the institution Medical Officer. The other three persons in custody did not sustain any injury.

     The case has been reported to the Police for investigation.

     The five persons in custody were remanded for the offences of trafficking in a dangerous drug, possession of a dangerous drug, loitering and possession of offensive weapons respectively.

     The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Lau Kong-wah, will depart for Guangzhou tomorrow afternoon (June 24) to attend the opening ceremony of the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival.

     The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival is jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (SARG), the Macao SARG and the Guangdong Provincial Government. The first arts festival will be hosted by Guangzhou. The opening ceremony will take place on June 24 at the Guangzhou Opera House with cities in the Greater Bay Area participating. Around 100 activities of various arts forms will be included in the festival in 2019, including programmes of Hong Kong arts groups.

     Mr Lau will return to Hong Kong in the morning on Tuesday (June 25).