Firing practice will take place at two military sites, namely the San Wai/Tai Ling Firing Range and the Tsing Shan Firing Range, next month (February).
 
     Red flags or red lamps will be hoisted at the firing areas before and during firing practice. For their safety, people are advised not to enter the firing area.
 
     Following are the dates and times for the firing practice sessions in February 2019:
 
San Wai/Tai Ling Firing Range
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Tsing Shan Firing Range
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     The Land Registry (LR) today (January 28) announced that with immediate effect, the e-Alert service for property owners has been renamed as Property Alert, with enhanced services.

     A spokesman for the LR said the Property Alert service is a smart tool which gives property owners an easy way to remain vigilant of their properties. During the subscription period, subscribers will receive notifications by email from the LR when instruments affecting their properties have been lodged for registration, as well as when the instruments have been registered. The Property Alert service helps property owners detect unexpected or suspicious instruments delivered for registration against their properties early to enable them to take prompt follow-up actions and/or seek legal advice.

     In addition to the existing two-year subscription period of $250, the LR has introduced a new one-off subscription option at $580, which remains valid until a change of property ownership. This subscription option will obviate the need for property owners to renew subscription. Apart from submitting applications in person at the LR offices, from now on property owners may also send them in by post. These service enhancements give assistance to property owners, particularly those staying outside Hong Kong for extended periods of time.

     Members of the public who wish to subscribe to the Property Alert service can download the application form from the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk) or obtain the application form at following LR's offices. The completed form should be mailed or submitted to any one of the offices.

* The LR's Customer Centre (19/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong)
* Tai Po Search Office (4/F, Tai Po Complex, 8 Heung Sze Wui Street, Tai Po)
* Tsuen Wan Search Office (11/F, Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174-208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan)
* Yuen Long Search Office (7/F, Yuen Long Government Offices and Tai Kiu Market, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long)

     For details of the Property Alert service, please visit the LR's website or call the Customer Service Hotline at 3105 0000.

Attention TV/radio announcers:

Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:

Here is an item of interest to swimmers.

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (January 28) that due to big waves, red flags have been hoisted at Silverstrand Beach and Clear Water Bay Second Beach in Sai Kung District.  Beach-goers are advised not to swim at these beaches.

     Hongkong Post today (January 28) is pleased to announce the extension of the iPostal Station service to Tin Ching Estate. With this extension, there are 19 iPostal Station suites serving the public for mail collection. 

     Detailed information is as follows:

     In order to enhance the mail collection experience for the public, the service will be further extended to more locations in the near future.   

     To enjoy the mail collection service at a selected iPostal Station or Post Office, users must first register for a Mail Collection Number (MCN) at the EC-Ship online portal (ec-ship.hongkongpost.hk). Registration is easy, and users can select an iPostal Station and/or a post office for mail collection, and then a unique MCN and sub-code of the selected collection office and/or iPostal Station will be provided. Users should then inform senders to put the MCN and sub-code onto mail items. Users will then receive an SMS notification with a passcode upon the arrival of the mail items.
     
     Details of MCNs and iPostal Stations are available at ec-ship.hongkongpost.hk/platform/en/iPostalStation.jsp. For enquiries, call the Hongkong Post General Enquiry Hotline at 2921 2222.

     The Government announced today (January 28) that the eligibility criteria of ownership period and licensed period of an old private car (Old PC) under the "One-for-One Replacement" Scheme (the Scheme) for electric private cars (e-PCs) are relaxed with effect from today until the end of the Scheme (i.e. March 31, 2021). Relevant criteria are revised as follows:

(a) Ownership period: The PC owner must have been the registered owner of the Old PC for "18 months or more", instead of "three years or more", without interruption, immediately prior to its de-registration; and

(b) Licensed period: The Old PC, with or without interruption, must have been licensed for "at least 10 months (i.e. 304 days or more) within the 12 months immediately before its de-registration", instead of "at least 20 months (i.e. 608 days or more) within the 24 months immediately before its de-registration".

     A Government spokesman said, "Since the launch of the Scheme, the Government has received views for review and relaxation of the eligibility criteria of Old PC, so that more PC owners could fulfil the eligibility criteria for the Scheme. The Government examined these views and decided to relax the above eligibility criteria."

     The spokesman added, "Except for the above criteria on ownership period and licensed period, all other eligibility criteria and application procedures will remain unchanged". The revised eligibility criteria for the Scheme are listed in the Annex.

     The spokesman also reminded PC owners to check the details of the Scheme before scrapping their Old PC. Details of the revised Scheme have been uploaded to the Transport Department (TD)’s website (www.td.gov.hk). 

     For enquiries, please contact the TD's Hong Kong Licensing Office at 2804 2270.