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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (June 21) that due to an insufficient number of lifeguards on duty, the lifesaving services at Golden Beach in Tuen Mun District have been suspended until further notice.

     First aid service will be maintained at the beach.

     The Transport Department (TD) announced today (June 21) that the application numbers of the 1 500 personalised vehicle registration mark (PVRM) applications selected by lot for the 39th exercise have been published on its website (www.td.gov.hk) and posted on the notice boards of the department's licensing offices.
 
     "The applicants have already been sent an acknowledgement of receipt bearing an application number. They may check the list to see whether their applications have been selected. Applicants will also be notified of the ballot results by post in batches," a department spokesman said.
 
     The department will later check the proposed PVRMs selected against the basic combination requirements. If, among the selected applications, more than one applicant proposes the same PVRM, only the one on which the lot falls first out of those applications will be further processed.
 
     If the selected PVRMs meet the basic requirements, the department will send notices by registered mail to the applicants in batches, requiring them to pay a deposit of $5,000 within the period specified in the notice. If an applicant fails to pay the deposit within that period, his or her application will be cancelled automatically and will not be further processed.
 
     Upon receipt of the deposit, the Commissioner for Transport will determine, with the assistance of a vetting committee, whether an application should be approved or rejected. PVRMs approved in the 39th exercise will be put up for auction in batches. Auction details will be published in newspapers and on the department's website in due course.
 
     For enquiries, applicants can call TD Hotline at 2804 2600.
 

     The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for a three-year licence of the advertising areas at Tsim Sha Tsui Interchange Subways and the Middle Road Subway, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

     The advertising areas should be used for the purpose of displaying advertisements only.

     The tender notice was uploaded today (June 21) 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 7654 on or before July 3 this year.

     Tenderers must submit their tenders by placing them in the Government Logistics Department Tender Box situate on the G/F, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, before noon on July 12 this year. Late tenders will not be accepted.

     The Government today (June 21) announced the appointment of Dr Dennis Ng Wang-pun to succeed Professor Eric Yim Chi-ming as Chairman of the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation (HKECIC) Advisory Board for a term of two years from July 1, 2019 until June 30, 2021.

     Commenting on the appointment, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, said, "With his rich commercial experience and active participation in public services, I am confident that Dr Ng will ably lead the HKECIC in the continued provision of professional export credit insurance services to Hong Kong exporters under the current challenging business environment."

     Mr Yau expressed his gratitude to Professor Yim for his tremendous contribution in leading the HKECIC. 

     "Under the leadership of Professor Yim, the HKECIC has introduced various new services and different special enhanced measures to assist Hong Kong exporters, especially SMEs, to sustain their businesses and develop new markets amidst the uncertain global economy," he said.

     Dr Ng is currently the President of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, and in this capacity is an ex-officio member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

     The names of the three validly nominated candidates for the 2019 Yuen Long District Council by-election were gazetted today (June 21). As there is only one validly nominated candidate, Leung Fuk-yuen, for the Shap Pat Heung West Constituency, the candidate is declared by the Returning Officer as being duly elected as an elected member for the above constituency at the by-election in accordance with section 39(1) of the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547).
 
     The order of appearance of names of the two validly nominated candidates for the San Tin Constituency on the ballot papers, which was determined by drawing of lots, is listed below:
 

 
     "Registered electors in the Shap Pat Heung West Constituency do not have to vote because the candidate for the constituency has been returned uncontested. Polling for the San Tin Constituency by-election will take place on July 14. Two polling stations for the constituency, located at Tun Yu School, San Tin, Yuen Long, New Territories and St. Gavriel Kindergarten, 1 San Wai Tsuen, San Tin, Yuen Long, New Territories will be open on the polling day for around 9 200 electors of the San Tin Constituency listed on the 2018 Final Register to cast their votes. The polling hours will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm," a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said.
 
    If any electors of the San Tin Constituency who are remanded or detained by law enforcement agencies other than the Correctional Services Department (CSD) on the polling day wish to vote in this by-election, arrangements will be made for them to cast their votes at the dedicated polling station located at Yuen Long Police Station, 246 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, New Territories. The polling hours will be from 7.30am to 10.30pm.
 
     Should there be any electors of the San Tin Constituency imprisoned or remanded in the CSD's custody on the polling day, arrangements will be made for them to vote at dedicated polling stations set up at their respective penal institutions. For security reasons, polling hours for the dedicated polling stations at penal institutions will be from 9am to 4pm.
 
     The gazette notices are available on the Electoral Affairs Commission website (www.eac.hk).