The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (September 9) that the Hong Kong Railway Museum in Tai Po will be temporarily closed from next Saturday (September 16) for exhibition enhancement work and is expected to reopen in early October.
For enquiries, please call 2653 3455.
The Water Supplies Department (WSD) announced that the H2OPE Centre (Water Resources Public Education Centre) will be reopened from 10am today (September 9).
​The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced that its facilities will reopen today (September 9). The following facilities, however, will continue to be temporarily closed until further notice for clearance and urgent repair works.
– Hong Kong Island
1. Southern District:
– Pao Yue Kong Swimming Pool (to be reopened at 10am)
2. Eastern District
– Chai Wan Swimming Pool (to be reopened at 10am)
– Quarry Bay Sports Centre
3. Central and Western District :
– Hong Kong Park Sports Centre (to be reopened at noon)
– Hong Kong Squash Centre (to be reopened at noon)
4. Wan Chai District :
– Causeway Bay Sports Ground
– Kowloon
1. Kwun Tong District:
– Kowloon Bay Sports Centre
– Jordan Valley Swimming Pool
– On Sau Road Park
– Wai Lok Street Temporary Soccer Pitch
2. Kowloon City District:
– Fat Kwong Street Sports Centre
– Kowloon City Sports Centre
– New Territories
1. Tai Po Distict :
– Tai Po Waterfront Park (Outdoor Bowling Greens)
– All gazetted beaches
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced that its facilities will reopen today (September 9). The following facilities, however, will continue to be temporarily closed until further notice for clearance and urgent repair works.
– Hong Kong Island
1. Southern District:
– Pao Yue Kong Swimming Pool (to be reopened at 10am)
2. Eastern District
– Chai Wan Swimming Pool (to be reopened at 10am)
– Quarry Bay Sports Centre
– Kowloon
1. Kwun Tong District:
– Kowloon Bay Sports Centre
– Jordan Valley Swimming Pool
– On Sau Road Park
– Wai Lok Street Temporary Soccer Pitch
2. Kowloon City District:
– Fat Kwong Street Sports Centre
– Kowloon City Sports Centre
– All gazetted beaches
Three charities have been issued Public Subscription Permits to hold flag sales from 7am to 12.30pm today (September 9). They are, on Hong Kong Island, Heep Hong Society; in Kowloon, Kwun Tong Methodist Social Service; and in the New Territories, Cheung Chau Island Women's Association Limited, a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said.
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish among the three flag-selling activities.
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on September 9 is as follows:
| Region | Name of Organisation | Colour of Collection Bag | Colour of Flag |
| Hong Kong Island | Heep Hong Society | Yellow | Light Blue |
| Kowloon | Kwun Tong Methodist Social Service | Green | Green |
| New Territories | Cheung Chau Island Women's Association Limited | Dark Magenta | Pink |
Details of the charitable fund-raising activities, including any updated information, covered by the issued Public Subscription Permit have been published on the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/en/theme/fundraising/search/). Permits for flag days containing information on contact methods of the flag-selling organisations and the approved flag-selling activities have also been uploaded to the SWD's website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_flagdays/) for reference. For enquiries, please call the SWD's hotline at 2343 2255, or the designated hotline of the 1823 Call Centre at 3142 2678.
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the Police, the spokesman added.