Month: September 2025

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) held an official ceremony today (September 3) at the Hong Kong City Hall Memorial Garden to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
    
The Acting Chief Executive, Mr Chan Kwok-ki and senior government officials attended the ceremony this morning. It included the playing and singing of the national anthem, flag raising, Rifle Volley by the Police Rifle Squad, the observation of silence in mourning, wreath laying by the Guard of Honour and bowing in tribute by all those attended.
 
The Secretary General of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, Mr Wang Songmiao, Deputy Head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, Mr Chen Feng; Deputy Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR, Mr Li Yongsheng; Deputy Commander-in-chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison Mr Tan Zhiwei; Acting Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal; members of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council; Hong Kong deputies to the National People’s Congress; HKSAR members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Consuls-General; representatives from the District Councils; representatives of Heung Yee Kuk; representatives from district organisations; veterans and representatives from war veteran groups; representatives from uniformed groups and youth representatives, and secondary school students, etc., were also present at the ceremony.
 
     In 2014, the National People’s Congress designated September 3 as the Victory Day of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in remembrance of the resistance of Chinese people against Japanese aggression and to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the war. The HKSAR Government has been hosting official commemorative activities in Hong Kong correspondingly since then.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

Police today (September 2) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Kwun Tong.

Sit Chi-chung, aged 64, went missing after he was last seen at the junction of Shung Shun Street and Lei Yue Mun Path yesterday (September 1) afternoon. His family made a report to Police today.

He is about 1.6 metres tall, 60 kilograms in weight and of medium build. He has a round face with yellow complexion and short black hair. He was last seen wearing a dark blue jacket, a black top, army green trousers and a pair of black sports shoes.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing man or may have seen him is urged to contact the Regional Missing Persons Unit of Hong Kong Island on 2860 1040 or 9886 0034 or email to rmpu-hki@police.gov.hk, or contact any police station.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Treasury today issued an alert regarding fraudulent emails purportedly sent by it, which seek to obtain recipients’ login credentials by inviting them to open an attachment said to be a remittance advice sent by the Treasury.

 

The Treasury clarified that although the emails showed a sender address identical to its email address (pa@try.gov.hk) used for sending out remittance advices, it did not send out such emails.

 

Apart from stressing that it has no connection with the emails, the Treasury said it has reported the case to Police for further investigation.

 

It also reminded the public not to open suspicious emails and attachments provided in such emails.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Participants in the Young Astronaut Training Camp 2025 shared their learning experiences during the space training programme and were presented with certificates today at the Science Museum.

 

The 30 secondary school students selected for the programme, which ran from July 25 to August 2, were given the opportunity to visit various key astronomy and aerospace facilities.

 

The students made their first visit to the National Astronomical Observatories’ Wuqing Station in Beijing, where they learnt about data reception and deep space communication systems of the Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission. They also met Shenzhou-19 commander Cai Xuzhe.

 

Additionally, the students visited Beijing Aerospace City, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China National Space Administration Space Debris Observation & Data Application Center, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ National Time Service Center.

 

Apart from experiencing the aerospace medicine project and astronaut training activities at the China Astronaut Research & Training Center, they discovered the basic structure of rockets and how to build rocket models during the rocket model workshop.

 

Three students who were honoured with the Best Camper Performance awards for their outstanding efforts today shared their feelings and valuable experiences gained from the training camp.

 

They expressed admiration for the country’s aerospace experts, feeling proud of its remarkable aerospace endeavours and wishing to contribute to the aerospace industry in the future.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

The Treasury today (September 2) alerted members of the public to fraudulent emails purportedly issued by the Treasury. Although the emails showed a sender address identical to the Treasury’s email address (pa@try.gov.hk) used to issue remittance advices, the emails were not sent by the Treasury. The emails seek to obtain recipients’ login credentials by inviting them to open an attachment, which was said to be a remittance advice issued by the Treasury.

The Treasury has no connection with the emails and has reported the case to the Police for further investigation.

The Treasury reminded members of the public not to open suspicious emails and attachments provided in such emails. The Treasury will not send emails to the public to collect their login credentials.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

Hong Kong Customs and the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) conducted a large-scale anti-narcotics operation codenamed “Boldhit” from June 1 to August 31 this year to combat drug trafficking activities exploiting air passengers as drug couriers by drug syndicates. During the operation, Customs, the HKPF, Mainland and overseas law enforcement agencies detected a total of 74 drug cases, seizing around 1 219 kilograms of suspected drugs including cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and MDMA, with an estimated market value of over $479 million. Ninety-six persons suspected to be connected with the cases were arrested.
 
During the operation, Hong Kong Customs and the HKPF collaborated with 12 Mainland and overseas law enforcement agencies to facilitate close and real-time exchange of intelligence, conducting joint assessments to effectively track and intercept air passengers involved in drug trafficking. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Mainland Customs, the Narcotics Control Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Shenzhen General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, German Customs, Canada Border Services Agency and the Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore also successfully detected drug trafficking cases in their respective regions.
 
Customs and the HKPF have long striven to intercept the inflow of drugs to Hong Kong by adopting a risk management and an intelligence-led approach according to the trends of drug markets and smuggling channels. Both sides will continue to make necessary adjustments in strategy and deployment in accordance with changes in the drug trafficking trends and enhance co-operation with overseas enforcement agencies to fight against transnational narcotics trafficking activities.
 
Customs and the HKPF remind members of the public to stay alert and not to participate in drug trafficking activities for monetary return. They must not accept hiring or delegation from another party to carry controlled items into and out of Hong Kong. They are also reminded not to carry unknown items for other people.
 
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.

Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002), or to the HKPF’s drug reporting hotline 2527 1234 or “e-Report Centre” of the HKPF’s mobile application.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Registration & Electoral Office (REO) has mailed polling cards to about 3,600 voters or authorised representatives (ARs) ahead of the 2025 Election Committee Subsector By-elections, due to be contested across six sub-sectors on Sunday.

The mail sent to the voters/ARs also includes a map showing the location of the designated polling station, a guide on voting procedures, an introduction to the candidates and an Independent Commission Against Corruption elections leaflet.

A total of 28 candidates will contest 21 seats in the six subsectors, which are as follows: commercial (third); architectural, surveying, planning and landscape; technology and innovation; labour; representatives of members of the Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon; and representatives of members of the Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories.

In addition, 72 candidates in 22 subsectors have been returned uncontested.

Voters/ARs may use iAM Smart or the voter registration website to log into the Online Voter Information Enquiry System and access all of the information included in the mail.

The REO reminded the voters and ARs that they should cast their votes at the polling station assigned to them, and that they must carry their Hong Kong identity card or specified alternative documents to collect their ballot papers.

Call 2891 1001 for enquiries.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Land Registry logged 6,462 sale and purchase agreements for all building units received for registration in August, down 10.4% compared with July and up 36.6% year-on-year.

 

The total consideration for such agreements in August dropped 12.5% from the previous month to $47.8 billion, representing a 39.2% year-on-year growth.

 

Of the agreements, 5,291 were for residential units, amounting to an 8.2% decrease from July and a 44.8% rise from a year ago.

 

The total consideration for residential units was $42.2 billion, down 8.9% compared with July and 48.2% higher year-on-year.

 

There were 388,762 land register searches last month.