Police advise motorists that special traffic arrangements will be implemented in Sha Tin to facilitate the race meeting tomorrow (February 2).

     The arrangements will come into effect two hours before the start of the first race and will last until the crowds have dispersed after the race meeting.

     Appropriate traffic signs will be put up and police will be on hand to guide motorists.

     The Police also appeal to people going to Sha Tin Racecourse for the race meeting and to Happy Valley Racecourse for cross betting to make maximum use of public transport.

     Parking spaces at the two racecourses are available only to holders of appropriate permits issued by Hong Kong Jockey Club and any vehicles illegally parked will be towed away.

     The Government Property Agency is inviting tenders for the government canteen situated at a portion of the ground floor, block A, Pik Uk Prison, 397 Clear Water Bay Road, Sai Kung, for canteen purposes only.

     The tender notice was uploaded today (February 1) 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 February 13 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 February 26 this year. Late tenders will not be accepted.

     The Government gazetted today (February 1) the proposed road works for the construction of Road L54B Extension and improvement works at Lam Tei Interchange, which will serve the anticipated traffic demand caused by future housing development in Tuen Mun Area 54.

     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

Tuen Mun Home Affairs Enquiry Centre,
2/F, Tuen Mun Government Offices,
1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories

District Lands Office, Tuen Mun,
6/F, Tuen Mun Government Offices,
1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories

     The gazette notice, scheme, plans, resumption plan and location plans 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 April 2, 2019.

     Young musicians from Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou will jointly give two concerts entitled "Cantonese Music Assembly – Together We Make New Sounds" in March.
 
     They will be joined by Yu Lefu, Chan Pik-sum, Zhang Yueru, Wong Lok-ting, Ricky Yeung Wai-kit, Sha Jingshan, Bryan Lai, Yanki Ma, Guo Peili, Tong Shaomin, Chen Zhiwei, Tan Cong and Liang Jia. The concerts are being presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department as part of its Guangdong Music Series.
 
     Two highly popular pieces, "Stepping High" and "Thunder in a Drought", have been arranged for gaohu ensemble and will be performed jointly by musicians from Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao. Several classics and adapted Cantonese music, like "Streaks of Tears and Threefold Sorrows" for yehu and ensemble, will be included in the programme as well. Cantonese music composed during the Cultural Revolution years in the 1960s up to more recent times by composers from Guangdong and Hong Kong, such as "Weaving a Rainbow Miles Long", "Reflection of the Moon on White Swan Lake", "Playing Qin in Liwan", "An Inebriated Tune", "The Girl from Lai Village", "Desolate Petals on the Guileless Water" and "Speeding Across the Sky", will also be performed.
 
     Apart from upholding the spirit of traditional Cantonese music, many of the performers will premiere their original compositions. They include "Day Lilies", "Cantonese Bamboo", "Bright Moonlight of the Seventeenth", "Che Gong Fan Liu", "Barra Song", "Sunset Clouds in Autumn", "Endless Longing" and "The Tanka Boat Song".
 
     The first performance will be staged at 8pm on March 29 (Friday) at the Theatre of the Yau Ma Tei Theatre. The second performance will be staged at 8pm on March 30 (Saturday) at the Theatre of Sheung Wan Civic Centre. Tickets for the two concerts are priced at $180 and $300. Tickets are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_699.html.

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     During the winter surge, the Hospital Authority is closely monitoring the service demand of Accident and Emergency Departments and the occupancy rate in public hospitals. Key service statistics are being issued daily for public information. Details are in the appended table.