A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau (FHB) announced today (May 28) that service of the mobile specimen collection station at Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan is temporarily suspended as the station was burnt do… read more
The Hong Kong Police Museum at 27 Coombe Road, The Peak, Hong Kong will be closed from May 31, 2021 for renovation. The renovation aims to enhance exhibition contents with additional intera… read more
As part of the “Regional Music of China Series”, a concert, “Tuneful Music of South China”, will take place in June.
Two generations of local musicians will perform the song artistry and traditional music of the Lingnan region over different periods. There will also be a guided musical journey to help the audience appreciate the beauty of nanyin and Cantonese instrumental music.
Performing at the concert will be To Wing, Ching May-bo, Chan Pik-sum, Jason Lau, Chass Wong, Yu Wing-ka, Cass Lam, Bryan Lai, Yanki Ma, Kwok Ka-ying, Sou Si-tai, Jessica Fung, Chung Siu-sun, Kwok Shing-cho, Chak Yuet-man, and Li Chun-wai.
To and Ching will sing the nanyin piece, “A Wanderer’s Autumn Grief (Part I)”, and the yue’ou piece, “My Heart Is So Bitter”, respectively. Several Cantonese music classics including “The Toll of the Temple Bell”, “The Beauty Yonder”, “Autumn Moon over a Placid Lake”, “Gui-Zhi-Xiang”, “Orioles Singing among the Billowing Willows”, “Moonlight over the Spring River”, “Bright Is the Moon” and “Stepping High” will also be performed.
“Regional Music of China Series: Tuneful Music of South China” is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The performance will be staged at 8pm on June 19 (Saturday) at the Theatre of Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre. Tickets priced at $240 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1123.html. read more
The Government today (May 28) announced the appointment of Ms Priscilla Wong Pui-sze as the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) for a term of two years with effect from June 1, 2021.
The appointment is made by the Chief Executive according to section 5 of the IPCC Ordinance (Cap. 604).
Ms Wong is a practising barrister with extensive experience in public services. She is currently the Chairperson of the Minimum Wage Commission and a member of various committees. Ms Wong was a member of the IPCC from 2005 to 2010, and assisted in the smooth transition of the IPCC to an independent statutory body in June 2009. Ms Wong will succeed the incumbent IPCC Chairman Dr Anthony Francis Neoh, whose term of appointment will end on May 31.
The Secretary for Security, Mr John Lee, said, “Dr Neoh has been the Chairman of the IPCC since June 2018. Under Dr Neoh’s leadership, the IPCC has overcome various challenges and fully performed its statutory functions under the IPCC Ordinance when our society experienced the most difficult time from 2019 to 2020. I am most grateful for the IPCC’s enormous amount of work devoted and contributions made to the existing police complaints system. I believe that the IPCC will continue to actively and effectively discharge its independent statutory monitoring functions under the leadership of Ms Wong, the new Chairman, further strengthening the effectiveness of and public confidence in the police complaints system.”
Mr Lee said that the Government will continue to give full support to the IPCC in discharging its statutory monitoring functions with a view to ensuring that complaints from the public will be handled fairly and impartially.
The IPCC, established under the IPCC Ordinance, is an independent statutory body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the investigation of complaints against members of the Police Force. The IPCC Ordinance provides a statutory basis for the IPCC’s role and power as well as the two-tier police complaints system. It also imposes a statutory duty on the Police to comply with the IPCC’s requirements. The IPCC comprises a Chairman, three Vice-chairmen and 20 non-official members. read more
The Government announced today (May 28) that the Secretary for Food and Health has appointed the new term of membership of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries (ACAF). The appointments are for a term of two years from… read more