The following is issued on behalf of the Family Council:
      
     The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) and the Family Council held the award presentation ceremony of the Short Video Competition on "Family Values: Our Cherished Legacy" today (February 16). The ceremony aims to commend short videos produced by senior primary and junior secondary school students to illustrate the positive influence of family values and the importance of traditional Chinese values and virtues.

     The competition received an overwhelming response, attracting over 180 entries from 49 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, competing for the championship, first and second runner-up, merit awards, outstanding creativity award, best director award, best performer award, most liked awards online and most actively participating school award. Apart from the award presentation ceremony, a sharing session on family education and family values, and a drama performance were also held today to promote to the participants positive family cultural traits and values, as well as traditional Chinese virtues.
      
     Speaking at the event, the Deputy Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs (Home Affairs), Mr Nick Au Yeung, said that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government attaches great importance to the healthy development of families in Hong Kong and is committed to fostering a pro-family environment and promoting a culture of loving families. The HYAB fully supports the work of the Family Council, and will co-operate with the Family Council to organise the Hong Kong Excellent Family Awards this year, recognising families that exemplify mutual love, respect, care and support, while further promoting good family values to the general public. He encouraged the younger generation to inherit traditional Chinese virtues and pass on family traditions, such that families could be a cohesive community force.
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     The Convenor of the Sub-committee on the Promotion of Family Core Values and Family Education of the Family Council, Mr Eugene Fong, mentioned in his speech that the Council shall adopt the theme of "Love Across Generations" for its publicity campaign in 2025-26, and will continue to organise various promotional activities to foster the culture of loving families and promote family education and family virtues in the community.
      
     Members of the public are welcome to visit the Council's homepage, Facebook page or Instagram page for details of the event and the latest information of the Council.

        

     A large-scale stress test was held again this afternoon (February 16) at the Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP), with over 50 000 participants, to assess the operational readiness of the KTSP and its surrounding facilities in organising variety shows with maximum attendance. The evaluation also covered the entry and exit arrangements, as well as the related public transport facilities.

     Over 50 000 civil servants and members of the public participated in the exercise, which utilised all the three venues at the KTSP. It marked a record high of public participants with a wide range of age groups. The composition will assist in reviewing and optimising future arrangements for entering and leaving the venue, and will provide data with reference value for various stakeholders. The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, inspected the stress test.

     Noting that the KTSP is the largest sports infrastructure in Hong Kong and set to host international and large-scale events in various sizes and types, the "Exercise Team" simulated the arrival of VIPs and visiting guests during the event, with a view to enhancing the co-ordination between the KTSP and other stakeholders, as well as to formulate various contingency plans in a timely manner.

     The exercise also evaluated the performance of the "Easy Leave" platform, which utilises artificial intelligence to analyse real-time data. The platform facilitates the spectators to choose the most suitable route to leave the venue by providing the real-time information on the crowd density and time required of each exit route. This helps alleviate pressure on public transport and crowd flows during the dispersal of large-scale events, as well as ensuring public safety. The Police will collect feedback from users to optimise the platform operation.

     A number of bureaux, departments and organisations, including the Hong Kong Police Force, the Fire Services Department, the Transport Department, the Civil Aid Service, the Auxiliary Medical Service, the MTR Corporation Limited and the KTSP Limited, sent their staff to participate in the exercise.

     With the close collaboration of all parties, the exercise proceeded smoothly, achieving the anticipated results and testing objectives. The public transport system and surrounding facilities were able to divert the large passenger flows within a short period of time, allowing participants to enter and leave the venue in an orderly manner.

     All stakeholders will continue to optimise all the areas of work with a view to achieving excellence in crowd and traffic management, enhancing spectator experience and minimising impacts on the community, and to ensure the smooth operation in organising mega event after the commissioning of KTSP on March 1.

          

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 (February 16) reminded masters, coxswains and persons-in-charge of vessels navigating in Hong Kong waters to proceed at a safe speed and exercise extreme caution because restricted visibility of less than 2 nautical miles has been reported.

     Appropriate sound signals shall be made when underway or at anchor. All vessels must comply with the International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea.

     Also, when radar is used without the benefit of adequate plotting facilities, the information obtained from the equipment is rather limited and should be construed accordingly.

     Visibility reports are broadcast by the Vessel Traffic Centre (VTC) on VHF channels 02, 12, 14, 63 and 67.

     In the event of an accident, a report shall be made immediately to the VTC at Tel: 2233 7801.

     Hong Kong Customs detected a dangerous drugs internal concealment case involving four incoming passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on February 14 and seized about 900 grams of suspected cocaine with an estimated market value of about $730,000.
      
     Three male passengers and one female passenger, aged between 25 and 51, arriving in Hong Kong from Montego Bay, Jamaica via Frankfurt, Germany and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on that day. During Customs clearance, Customs officers suspected that the passengers had dangerous drugs concealed inside their body cavities. They were then escorted to the hospital for examination. Upon examination, doctors confirmed that foreign objects were concealed inside their body cavities, and they were arrested immediately. As at 1pm today (February 16), the arrested persons have discharged a total of 68 pellets of suspected cocaine weighing about 900g in total.
      
     An investigation is ongoing.
      
     Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
      
     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
      
     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002/).

  

     Hong Kong Customs detected a dangerous drugs internal concealment case involving four incoming passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on February 14 and seized about 900 grams of suspected cocaine with an estimated market value of about $730,000.
      
     Three male passengers and one female passenger, aged between 25 and 51, arriving in Hong Kong from Montego Bay, Jamaica via Frankfurt, Germany and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on that day. During Customs clearance, Customs officers suspected that the passengers had dangerous drugs concealed inside their body cavities. They were then escorted to the hospital for examination. Upon examination, doctors confirmed that foreign objects were concealed inside their body cavities, and they were arrested immediately. As at 1pm today (February 16), the arrested persons have discharged a total of 68 pellets of suspected cocaine weighing about 900g in total.
      
     An investigation is ongoing.
      
     Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
      
     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
      
     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002/).