The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority: As at 9am today (September 15), 11 COVID-19 confirmed patients were discharged from hospital in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 4 646 patients with confirmed… read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority: The Ministry of Finance will issue Renminbi Sovereign Bonds through the Central Moneymarkets Unit of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (H… read more
​Hong Kong Customs conducted a three-week joint operation with Mainland and Macao Customs from August 24 to September 13 to combat cross-boundary counterfeiting activities among the three places and with goods destined for overseas countries. During the operation, Hong Kong Customs seized about 30 000 items of suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of about $5.5 million.
The three Customs administrations stepped up inspections of goods across the three places and destined for overseas countries during the operation to effectively curb cross-boundary counterfeit goods transshipment activities. The suspected counterfeit goods seized by Hong Kong Customs included leather products, clothes, footwear, mobile phones and accessories.
Hong Kong Customs will continue to work closely with Mainland Customs, Macao Customs and overseas law enforcement agencies to combat cross-boundary counterfeit goods transshipment activities vigorously through intelligence exchanges and joint enforcement action.
Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, any person who imports or exports any goods with any forged trademark commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.
Members of the public may report any suspected counterfeiting activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).
​Hong Kong Customs seized about 610 grams of suspected heroin with an estimated market value of about $900,000 at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) on September 2.
Customs officers on that day inspected an air parcel that had arrived in Hong Kong from Malaysia, declared as carrying letter boards, photo frames and coin banks, at HKIA and found the batch of suspected heroin concealed inside the false compartments of two letter boards.
After a follow-up investigation, Customs officers yesterday (September 14) arrested a 25-year-old man suspected to be in connection with the case in Sha Tin.
The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. He will appear at Shatin Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 16).
Customs will continue to maintain close contact with Hongkong Post and the logistics industries to step up action against drug trafficking through postal parcels or express courier channels.
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 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).
The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
The Judiciary today (September 15) announced that with the recent stabilisation of the public health situation, court business will be fully resumed in an incremental and orderly manner starting from September 15 as far as possible. Appropriate social distancing and crowd management measures will be maintained to ensure that the courts can continue to carry on business as safely as circumstances permit.
Court proceedings will fully resume as far as possible as from September 15, while proceedings involving a large number of court users will continue to be fixed to be heard at appropriate times and intervals for social distancing and crowd management purposes.
New jury proceedings and death inquests involving juries will gradually resume normal as from late September.
To enable an orderly and gradual resumption of registries and accounts offices at various levels of court, the Judiciary will resume the normal number of counters from September 15, and resume normal operating hours of the registries and accounts offices, i.e. from 8.45am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5.30pm (Monday to Friday, except public holidays) from September 28. The expanded area of some of the registries may be maintained on a need basis to help ensure social distancing.
With the normalisation of registry services from September 28, all ticketing arrangements will cease. Court users should go directly to the relevant registries and accounts offices for services before 4.45pm. There will also be crowd control and social distancing requirements at the registries and accounts offices throughout the opening hours.
Operating hours of other offices that provide support services to court users and the public will resume normal by stages as shown below:
| Offices/Public counters |
Normal opening hours (Monday to Friday, except public holidays) |
| From September 15, 2020 | |
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8.45am to 1pm 2pm to 5.30pm |
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8.45am to 1pm 2pm to 5.30pm |
|
9am to 1pm 2pm to 6pm |
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8.45am to 6pm |
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9am to 1pm 2pm to 5pm |
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8.45am to 1pm 2pm to 6pm |
| From September 28, 2020 | |
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8.45am to 1pm 2pm to 6pm |
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8.45am to 1pm 2pm to 5.30pm |