The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) spokesperson announced the following senior appointment today (May 21).
 
     Dr Alexander Law Chun-bon will be appointed as Cluster Chief Executive (Kowloon West) and Hospital Chief Executive (Princess Margaret Hospital and North Lantau Hospital) with effect from January 4, 2021, succeeding Dr Doris Tse Man-wah upon her retirement.
 
     Dr Law is a physician by background and has been the Consultant (Medicine and Geriatrics) of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) since 1996. Dr Law is a seasoned senior clinician with ample hospital management experience by serving as Deputy Hospital Chief Executive and Chief of Service (Medicine and Geriatrics) of PMH, as well as Service Director (Quality and Safety) of Kowloon West Cluster (KWC). Dr Law has been instrumental in launching a series of programmes in KWC to increase service capacity and efficiency, such as the Jockey Club Integrated Neurological Rehabilitation Centre, the In-patient Medication Order Entry System, reform of the Integrated Care Model and promoting advance care planning in clinical practice.
 
     In addition, Dr Law has played an active role in service planning and quality improvement in the HA. He is the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee in Internal Medicine of the HA and the Chairman of the KWC Elderly Community Care Coordinating Committee. 
 
     The HA Chairman, Mr Henry Fan, and the HA Chief Executive, Dr Tony Ko, congratulated Dr Law on his new appointment and wished him every success in taking up the new post. Mr Fan and Dr Ko also expressed deep appreciation to Dr Tse for her dedicated service over the years and wished her a happy retirement.

  

     The "From Dung Basket to Dining Cart: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Wu Guanzhong" and "A Pleasure Shared: Selected Works from the Chih Lo Lou Collection" phase II exhibitions have renewed most of the exhibits from phase I and will open to the public from tomorrow (May 22) at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA). The exhibitions feature two important donations of the museum collection.
 
     Over the years, Chinese painting master Wu Guanzhong and his family have gifted more than 450 items to the HKMoA. A permanent Wu Guanzhong Art Gallery has been set up to showcase the donated works. To mark the centenary of Wu's birth, the exhibition "From Dung Basket to Dining Cart: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Wu Guanzhong" features over 100 pieces from the museum and private collections in two phases. It serves as a retrospective of his artistic journey between the East and the West for over half a century.
 
     Highlighted exhibits in the phase II exhibition include "Nest", one of the last paintings which Wu donated to the museum before he passed away on June 25, 2010, and a dung basket which he used as painting tool in the countryside will also be on display. Excerpts of a six-episode art education documentary "A Journey into Wu Guanzhong's Jiangnan", co-presented by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and the HKMoA, will also be showing at the gallery. Based on Wu's paintings related to the Jiangnan region from the museum collection, the documentary follows his footsteps around the region and discusses the artistic and creative concepts of the art master.
 
     The Chih Lo Lou Collection is one of Hong Kong's foremost collections of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. The collection's founder, Mr Ho Iu-kwong (1907 – 2006), named his collection "Chih Lo Lou". In 2018, the Ho family generously donated over 350 works from the Chih Lo Lou Collection to the HKMoA. The works will be displayed in the dedicated Chih Lo Lou Gallery of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy. The inaugural exhibition is "A Pleasure Shared: Selected Works from the Chih Lo Lou Collection", featuring characteristic artworks from the collection dating between the Ming dynasty and the 20th century in two phases.
 
     Phase II of the exhibition will feature an art education video "A Pleasure in Art: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Appreciation", which is an animation series for the appreciation of the art of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Moreover, a special stamp issue entitled "Hong Kong Museums Collection – Selection from the Chih Lo Lou Collection" launched today (May 21), selected works including Tang Yin's "Peach Blossom Retreat", Lu Zhi's "Gathering fungus", Chen Zi's "Miscellaneous subjects", and Shitao's "Landscapes depicting poems of Huang Yanlü" are also featured in the exhibition.
 
     In view of the latest situation of COVID-19, the HKMoA is partially open and has implemented special arrangements and precautionary measures to help ensure public safety. Visits by sessions are arranged to limit visitor flows. For details, please visit hk.art.museum/en_US/web/ma/home.html.
 
     Both exhibitions will run until July 5. The HKMoA is located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. For details of the exhibitions, please visit the website: hk.art.museum/en_US/web/ma/exhibitions-and-events.html or call 2721 0116 for enquiries.
 

        

     The effective exchange rate index for the Hong Kong dollar on Thursday, May 21, 2020 is 108.7 (down 0.1 against yesterday's index).

     Hong Kong Customs yesterday (May 20) conducted a special operation against the sale of infringing goods in Mong Kok and seized about 5 000 items of suspected infringing goods with an estimated market value of about $500,000.

     Customs earlier conducted a patrol operation and discovered some hawker stalls in Mong Kok were selling suspected infringing goods. After an initial investigation, Customs officers took enforcement action yesterday and raided a number of fixed-pitch hawker stalls located on Tung Choi Street and Fa Yuen Street where the batch of suspected infringing goods, including clothes, handbags and wallets, were seized.

     During the operation, Customs arrested two men and five women, aged between 35 and 61.

     An investigation is ongoing.

     Customs will continue to step up inspections and enforcement to vigorously combat infringing activities.

     Customs reminds consumers to procure goods at reputable shops and to check with the trademark or copyright owners or their authorised agents if the authenticity of a product is in doubt.

     Customs also reminds traders to be cautious and prudent in merchandising since the sale of infringing goods is a serious crime and offenders are liable to criminal sanctions.

     Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, any person who sells or possesses for sale any goods with a forged trademark commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.
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     Under the Copyright Ordinance, any person who sells or possesses for sale any infringing goods commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $50,000 per infringing copy and imprisonment for four years.

     Members of the public may report any suspected infringing activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).

    

     This year's second penumbral lunar eclipse will occur in Hong Kong in the small hours of June 6 (Saturday). If weather permits, the event can be best observed at most places with an unobstructed view towards the southwest. Details of this penumbral lunar eclipse are as follows:
 

 
     A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon only enters the penumbra of the Earth but not the umbra. During the event, the moon will become slightly dimmer. The eclipse will begin at 1.43am and end at 5.07am, with the maximum eclipse occurring at 3.25am.
      
     For the latest weather conditions and the astronomical observation conditions on June 6, please refer to the 9-day Weather Forecast issued by the Hong Kong Observatory (www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/currwx/fnd.htm) and the Weather Information for Astronomical Observation webpage (www.hko.gov.hk/en/gts/astronomy/astro_portal.html).
      
     The next lunar eclipse observable in Hong Kong will occur on November 30 this year. It will also be a penumbral lunar eclipse.