Month: June 2023

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its sales, production, and export results for May 2023 as well as the cumulative total from January to May, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. Highlights: Sales and production were both up year-on-year as a result of a recovery from the impact of semiconductor shortages, in addition to a rebound from the impact of the spread of COVID-19 and semiconductor shortages in the previous year. Global and overseas production both reached record highs as a result of increased production capacity in each region in response to solid demand. We ... Read more

2023 Honours List and Justices of the Peace appointments ********************************************************      The 2023 Honours List and Justices of the Peace (JPs) appointments are published in the Government Gazette today (July 1).      For the Honours List, a total of 403 persons have been awarded by the Chief Executive this year, including:        Award Number (a) Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) 5 (b) Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) 10 (c) Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) 28 (d) Medal for Bravery (Silver) (MBS) 2 (e) Distinguished Service Medals for the disciplined services and the ICAC 15 (f) Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) ... Read more

HKSAR Government strongly disapproves of and firmly rejects US and UK politicians’ skewed remarks about Hong Kong situation upon third anniversary of Hong Kong National Security Law implementation ******************************************************************************************      ​The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) today (June 30) strongly disapproved of and firmly rejected the wanton slanders and smears concerning the implementation of “one country, two systems” and the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong by certain members of the United States (US) Senate through a statement on the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland and the third anniversary of ... Read more

Update on cluster of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci cases in Kwong Wah Hospital ********************************************************************************* The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      ​Regarding an earlier announcement on Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) carrier cases, the spokesperson for Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH) gave the following update today (June 30):      Following a contact tracing investigation, one more 62-year-old male patient in a medical ward of KWH was identified as a carrier of VRE without signs of infection. The patient is in critical condition due to his underlying diseases and now being treated in isolation.      The ward concerned has adopted the following enhanced ... Read more

Caritas Medical Centre appeals to public for missing patient ************************************************************ The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesman for Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) made the following appeal today (June 30) regarding a patient leaving the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) without prior notification:      A 24-year-old female patient with chronic disease was sent to the A&E by ambulance yesterday morning (June 29) at around 7am. The patient was found leaving the hospital without prior notification at around 8.45am. CMC is very concerned about the incident. Hospital security guards were mobilised to conduct local and hospital-wide search but ... Read more