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Government responds to court verdict on conducting death inquest for vessel collision incident near Lamma Island ******************************************************************************************      In relation to the appeal for conducting a death inquest lodged by the deceased’s family members of the vessel collision incident near Lamma Island on October 1, 2012, the Court of Appeal handed down its verdict today (July 26) with an order to conduct a death inquest.       A spokesman for the Transport and Logistics Bureau said, “We noted the Court’s verdict and will render full co-operation to the death inquest.”      As the case is sub judice, it ... Read more

ACE responds to media report on EIA report on partial development of Fanling Golf Course site ****************************************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Advisory Council on the Environment:        In response to the media report today (May 5) on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on Technical Study on Partial Development of Fanling Golf Course Site – Feasibility Study, the Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE) Secretariat has the following response:             At the ACE meeting on May 3, 2023, the presentation slide of the Environmental Protection Department, showing “The ACE already voted on the acceptance of EIA ... Read more

EPD responds to media enquiries on food waste collection trial scheme in public rental housing estates ******************************************************************************************      ​In response to media enquiries on allegations made by a local company in relation to odour problem and exceedance of air quality level caused by the smart recycling bins installed under the food waste collection trial scheme in public rental housing (PRH) estates, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (April 20) responded as follows:      The EPD launched the trial scheme last October to install smart recycling bins in the participating PRH estates to collect food waste. Currently, six PRH estates ... Read more

WEBWIRE – Monday, April 17, 2023 Efforts to fight extreme poverty are being dangerously undermined as record levels of overseas aid is being spent within its country of origin, according to The ONE Campaign. The warning comes as OECD DACs release of provisional Official Development Assistance (ODA) data for last year shows that ODA often called overseas aid reached record levels of $204 billion in 2022, but this was mostly down to an increase in the amount that donor countries spent within their own borders. As a result, the data shows that bilateral ODA going to countries in Africa declined ... Read more

FEHD responds to Ombudsman’s direct investigation report (with photos) **********************************************************************      The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) expressed gratitude to the direct investigation report on Government’s regulation of illegal occupation or obstruction of streets by goods and miscellaneous articles made by the Office of The Ombudsman. The FEHD accepted and is actively following up all the six recommendations made by the Ombudsman, and has achieved certain results in combating shop front extensions.      A spokesman for the FEHD said today (February 16), “Combating illegal occupation or obstruction of streets by goods and miscellaneous articles requires inter-departmental collaboration ... Read more