Month: September 2025

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The Transport Department (TD) today (September 11) urged members of the public to heighten vigilance against fraudulent SMS messages purported to be issued by the Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme (PTFSS). They contain fraudulent website addresses and seek to deceive the public into providing their credit card account and personal information. Details are set out on the PTFSS website.

     The TD clarifies that the SMS messages were not issued by the department and has referred the case to the Police for follow-up. The TD reiterates that it will not send any SMS messages to the public in relation to the PTFSS, and members of the public are not required to provide credit card and personal information for collecting subsidies under the PTFSS. For details of the subsidy collection, please visit the PTFSS website.
 
     Members of the public should stay alert when receiving any unidentified messages, and should not visit suspicious websites or disclose any personal information. Anyone who has provided his or her personal information to the websites concerned should contact the Police. Should users of Octopus and AlipayHK have any enquiries about the PTFSS, please call 2969 5500 (Octopus) and 3002 0905 (AlipayHK) respectively.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Department of Health today clarified information circulating online alleging that three of its Elderly Health Centres would distribute free travel-sized milk powder samples for joint health was untrue.

It pointed out that the milk powder brand in question and its products have no affiliation with the department, and that the health centres will not distribute any samples on behalf of any brands.

The matter has been reported to Police and to the relevant social platform, while the department reserves the right to pursue legal action.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     Following is the speech by the Acting Secretary for Justice, Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan, at the Reception of 215th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Mexico today (September 11):

Ambassador Macedo (Consul General of Mexico in Hong Kong, Mr Pablo Macedo Riba), Deputy Commissioner Pan (Deputy Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Mr Pan Yundong) , ladies and gentlemen, 

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts today handed down a review decision, accepting the Government’s application for review of an earlier court sentence and increasing the fines imposed on the relevant contractors. The Labour Department welcomes the decision.

The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 14, 2022, at a construction site in Yau Tong. A worker, while dismantling an I-beam, was struck and killed by the suddenly collapsed I-beam.

Aggressive Construction Engineering, High Grade Engineering and a contractor were prosecuted by the department for violations of the Factories & Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, and were fined $36,000, $43,000 and $35,000 respectively at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts on October 31, 2024.

After the sentencing, the Government filed a review application with the court regarding the fines imposed on the relevant contractors.

The review hearing was brought up today before the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts. The fines imposed on Aggressive Construction Engineering, High Grade Engineering and the contractor were increased to $74,000, $79,000 and $74,000 respectively.

The department said that the ruling reflects the severity of occupational safety and health offences, and will disseminate a clear message to all contractors that they have to protect workers’ safety and health at work in accordance with the laws.

The Government will continue to pay attention to court rulings and will file review applications for cases where the sentences are relatively light.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (September 11) released the first batch of gravidtrap indexes and density indexes for Aedes albopictus in September, covering 20 survey areas, as follows:
 

District	Survey Area	September 2025
		First Phase Gravidtrap Index	First Phase Density Index
Eastern	Chai Wan West	0.0%	N/A
	Shau Kei Wan and Sai Wan Ho	9.8%	1.6
Southern	Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau	1.8%	1.0
Islands	Tung Chung	5.9%	1.0
Sham Shui Po	Lai Chi Kok	0.0%	N/A
Kowloon City	Ho Man Tin	5.8%	1.0
	Hung Hom	9.4%	1.4
	Lok Fu West	5.2%	1.0
Kwun Tong	Kwun Tong Central	0.0%	N/A
Sai Kung	Sai Kung Town	5.7%	1.0
	Ngau Liu and Muk Min Shan	4.3%	1.0
Sha Tin	Sha Tin Town Centre and Fo Tan	0.0%	N/A
North	Fanling	3.8%	1.0
Yuen Long	Yuen Kong	0.0%	N/A
	Ki Lun Shan	0.0%	N/A
	Sung Shan	0.0%	N/A
Tuen Mun	Tuen Mun South	0.0%	N/A
Tsuen Wan	Tsuen Wan Town	3.5%	1.0
	Tsuen Wan West	0.0%	N/A
Kwai Tsing	Lai King	3.8%	1.5

Among the first batch of First Phase Gravidtrap Indexes covering 20 survey areas in September, all were below 10 per cent.

Among these 20 survey areas, 13 recorded a decrease or remained unchanged in the individual gravidtrap index as compared to the Area Gravidtrap Index last month, i.e. August 2025, representing that the areas’ mosquito infestation improved or maintained a low level. Seven other areas recorded a slight increase, but the indexes were lower than 10 per cent.

Public participation is crucial to effective control of mosquito problems. The FEHD appeals to members of the public to continue to work together in strengthening personal mosquito control measures, including:

• tidy up their premises and check for any accumulation of water inside their premises;
• remove all unnecessary water collection and eliminate the sources;
• check household items (those placed in outdoor and open areas in particular), such as refuse containers, vases, air conditioner drip trays, and laundry racks to prevent stagnant water;
• change the water in flower vases and saucers of potted plants at least once every seven days;
• properly cover all containers that hold water to prevent mosquitoes from accessing the water; and
• properly dispose of articles that can contain water, such as empty lunch boxes and cans.

Starting in August this year, following the completion of the surveillance of individual survey areas, and once the latest gravidtrap index and the density index are available, the FEHD will disseminate the relevant information through press releases, its website, and social media. It aims to allow members of the public to quickly grasp the mosquito infestation situation and strengthen mosquito control efforts, thereby reducing the risk of chikungunya fever (CF) transmission.

Following the recommendations from the World Health Organization and taking into account the local situation in Hong Kong, the FEHD sets up gravidtraps in districts where mosquito-borne diseases have been recorded in the past, as well as in densely populated places such as housing estates, hospitals and schools to monitor the breeding and distribution of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which can transmit CF and dengue fever. At present, the FEHD has set up gravidtraps in 64 survey areas of the community. During the two weeks of surveillance, the FEHD will collect the gravidtraps once a week. After the first week of surveillance, the FEHD will immediately examine the glue boards inside the retrieved gravidtraps for the presence of adult Aedine mosquitoes, to compile the Gravidtrap Index (First Phase) and Density Index (First Phase). At the end of the second week of surveillance, the FEHD will instantly check the glue boards for the presence of adult Aedine mosquitoes. Data of the two weeks’ surveillance will be combined to obtain the Area Gravidtrap Index and the Area Density Index. The gravidtrap and density indexes for Aedes albopictus in different survey areas as well as information on mosquito prevention and control measures are available on the department’s webpage (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pestcontrol/dengue_fever/Dengue_Fever_Gravidtrap_Index_Update.html#).