The Government announced today (March 28) that the Chief Executive (CE) has reappointed Ms Teresa Ko Yuk-yin as the convenor-cum-member of the Pensions Appeal Panel (PAP) and the Appeal Panel on Government’s Voluntary Contribu… read more
The Labour Department (LD) will hold a briefing on the employment of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) on April 29 (Tuesday), at 7pm at the Lecture Theatre of the Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay. Enrolment is now open.
The briefing will provide an overview of the employment rights and obligations of employers of FDHs. A representative from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data will also speak on the protection of personal data privacy for employers and FDHs. Employers of FDHs, especially first-time employers, are welcome to attend.
The briefing will be conducted in Cantonese, and admission is free. Interested parties may register online at the LD’s dedicated FDH Portal (www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/en/home.html), or download the enrolment form (www.fdh.labour.gov.hk/res/pdf/Enrolment_Form_ER.pdf) for submission by email (fdh-enquiry@labour.gov.hk) or by fax (3101 0604). The deadline for enrolment is April 25 (Friday). The quota will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. For enquiries, please contact the LD at 3582 8995. read more
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 (March 28) that du… read more
The Government today (March 28) gazetted additional forms of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) under the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance (Cap. 570) (the Ordinance) to introduce mobile printing of FPNs to enhance enforcement efficiency and accuracy through the use of technology.
Currently, frontline enforcement officers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) need to manually fill in information of the contravention on printed FPNs, which are then checked and inputted into the backend data system by backend officers.
The new Mobile Printing Fixed Penalty Notice System (Mobile Printing System) enables enforcement officers to scan offenders’ Hong Kong identity cards through an application on department-issued mobile phones to instantly import identity information, along with automatic inputting of the date, time, location and details of enforcement officers. Officers can then print the notice on the spot using portable printers. The relevant data will be automatically uploaded to the backend system, reducing manual errors and improving enforcement efficiency. The mobile application only scans and imports information, but will not keep images of the identity cards. Data collected for enforcement remains unchanged.
To accommodate the printable size of portable printers, the forms of FPNs need to be streamlined. The Secretary for Environment and Ecology, empowered under section 17A of the Ordinance, has specified the forms of the relevant FPNs.
Starting from March 31, the FEHD will launch the trial of the Mobile Printing System in Southern, Wong Tai Sin and Kwai Tsing Districts. read more
Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals: The Marine Department today (March 28) reminded masters, coxswains and persons… read more