The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (May 15) that due to maintenance works, Jockey Club Yan Oi Tong Swimming Pool in Tuen Mun District will be temporarily closed from May 19 until further notice. read more
The effective exchange rate index for the Hong Kong dollar on Thursday, May 15, 2025 is 104.6 (down 0.2 against yesterday’s index). read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Electoral Affairs Commission:
The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) will hold a public forum on May 19 (Monday) on the provisional recommendations on the boundaries and names of geographical constituencies for the 2025 Legislative Council General Election. Members of the public are welcome to express their views.
The forum will be held from 7pm to 9pm at Multi-purpose Hall, 3/F, City Gallery, 3 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong. The public consultation for the provisional recommendations commenced on May 2 and will last for 30 days to end on May 31.
Written representations can be submitted to the EAC Secretariat by post at 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, by fax (2511 1682) or email (eacenq@eac.hk) on or before May 31. For written representations submitted by post, the postmark date will be taken as the submission date. Late representations will not be considered.
Maps showing the proposed boundaries and names of geographical constituencies can be viewed on the EAC’s website (www.eac.hk/en/elections/legco/2025lc_boundaries.html), or inspected at the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of all district offices, the Registration and Electoral Office (REO), philatelic offices of Hongkong Post, management offices of public housing estates, and major and district public libraries.
For enquiries, please call the REO hotline at 2891 1001. read more
In response to the Japanese Government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene issued a Food Safety Order which prohibits all aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds originating from the 10 metropolis/prefectures, namely Tokyo, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama, from being imported into and supplied in Hong Kong.
For other Japanese aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds that are not prohibited from being imported into Hong Kong, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department is conducting comprehensive radiological tests to verify that the radiation levels of these products do not exceed the guideline levels before they are allowed to be supplied in the market.
As the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water is unprecedented and will continue for 30 years or more, the Government will closely monitor the situation and continue to implement the enhanced testing arrangements. Should anomalies be detected, the Government does not preclude further tightening the scope of the import ban.
From noon on May 14 to noon today (May 15), the CFS conducted tests on the radiological levels of 99 food samples imported from Japan, which were of the “aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt” category. No sample was found to have exceeded the safety limit. Details can be found on the CFS’s thematic website titled “Control Measures on Foods Imported from Japan” (www.cfs.gov.hk/english/programme/programme_rafs/programme_rafs_fc_01_30_Nuclear_Event_and_Food_Safety.html).
In parallel, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has also tested 50 samples of local catch for radiological levels. All the samples passed the tests. Details can be found on the AFCD’s website (www.afcd.gov.hk/english/fisheries/Radiological_testing/Radiological_Test.html).
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has also enhanced the environmental monitoring of the local waters. No anomaly has been detected so far. For details, please refer to the HKO’s website
(www.hko.gov.hk/en/radiation/monitoring/seawater.html).
From August 24, 2023, to noon today, the CFS and the AFCD have conducted tests on the radiological levels of 136 137 samples of food imported from Japan (including 89 594 samples of aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt) and 31 336 samples of local catch respectively. All the samples passed the tests. read more
Police today (May 15) appealed to the public for information on a woman who went missing in Aberdeen. Yiu Wai-lam, aged 74, went missing after she left her residence on Chengtu Road yesterday (M… read more