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Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Police’s National Security Department yesterday arrested one man and four women, aged 24 to 38, for conspiracy to commit terrorist activities.

Investigations revealed that the arrested individuals were allegedly involved in sending messages to Police via telephone, email and instant messaging applications on multiple occasions between April 29 and May 13, the content of which included claims to detonate bombs planted within various offices of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong and Kai Tak Sports Park, as well as seditious messages inciting Taiwan independence and Hong Kong independence.

With court warrants, Police conducted searches at the five people’s residences and seized electronic communication devices suspected to be involved in the case.

The arrested man is being detained for further enquiries, while the four arrested women were released on bail pending further investigations.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Hospital Authority (HA) today said it is proactively following up with medical device supplier Abbott Laboratories about the product recall of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reagent.

Two affected batches of the reagent were delivered to Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) and Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH) respectively.

CMC started to use the affected batch of reagent to test 406 patient blood samples since April 28, while the reagent delivered to TMH has not been used yet.

On May 27, the HA received notification from the supplier about complaints received in different places, revealing quality issues with certain batches of a PSA reagent.

These issues have led to deviations in test results, with some readings exhibiting a positive bias greater than 10%, which could potentially lead to a misdiagnosis of prostate cancer, causing doctors to erroneously consider unnecessary treatments.

For prudence sake, CMC has reviewed the test results of the 406 affected patient blood samples. It will contact approximately 70 patients this week and rearrange blood tests based on the patients’ clinical needs.

The remaining patients have also been scheduled for follow-up appointments in the coming weeks, during which doctors will explain the event and arrange appropriate management to ensure their treatment unaffected.

The HA said a PSA test is not a standalone diagnostic indicator and doctors will make a comprehensive clinical judgment based on patient’s clinical condition and other examinations to diagnose whether the patient has prostate cancer.

It also pointed out that the CMC has confirmed that no patients have undergone unnecessary clinical procedures nor experienced delays in treatment.

CMC has set up a hotline, 5334 0388 for patient enquiries.

As the reagent delivered to TMH has not yet been put into use, no patients have been affected.

Both CMC and TMH have stopped using the affected batches of reagent and replaced them with alternatives. The HA has also reviewed the reagent used in other public hospitals and confirmed that none have used the affected batches.

The PSA testing service in all public hospitals remains unaffected.

The HA is stringently following up on this event and has notified the Department of Health (DH).

The HA has demanded the supplier concerned to thoroughly investigate its quality control and testing records, provide an explanation, and implement remedial measures.

The authority also does not rule out taking further action to hold the supplier accountable, and will continue to closely follow up with the DH and the supplier.

The supplier will be required to provide quality control records and testing certifications in the future to prove that their testing supplies meet with the stringent requirements, so as to ascertain patient safety and testing accuracy.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Registration & Electoral Office (REO) announced today that the publication date of the provisional register for the 2025 Election Committee subsectors (ECSSs) will be advanced to June 24.

The provisional register and omissions list for the ECSSs will be available for inspection until June 30 by specified persons under the law.

The final register for the 2025 ECSSs will be published on July 21.

The REO explained that the arrangement was made to tie in with the ECSS By-elections to be held on September 7, as well as the subsequent eighth-term Legislative Council general election to be held on December 7 this year.

It elaborated that the Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2025 empowers the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) to suitably advance the publication of the registers for ECSSs in the year of the LegCo general election, so that the ECSS By‑elections of the year can be conducted in accordance with the most updated information included in the register without having to adopt the register published in late September in the year earlier. To enable the ECSS By‑elections to be conducted on the basis of the latest voter situation, the ERO will advance the compilation and publication of the 2025 provisional/final registers for ECSSs.

Voters/new applicants of ECSSs who received requests from the REO for supplementary information should reply by June 9.

Separately, voters who have been included in the omissions list for ECSSs will receive reminder letters from the REO to confirm their eligibility. These individuals must reply or provide supplementary information by June 30 so that they may, upon the Revising Officer’s approval, keep their voter status and be included in the final register of ECSSs. They may also raise claims or objections on or before June 30.

The REO will publish notices in the Gazette on July 4 to announce the number of Election Committee (EC) members to be returned for the relevant subsectors at the ECSS By-elections, the designated bodies of subsectors that need to fill vacancies of EC members and the number of EC members that they can nominate, and the details for the submission of nomination forms.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak today visited Qianhai to learn about the entrepreneurial experiences of Hong Kong youth there and to exchange views on youth development work.

On arriving in Qianhai, Miss Mak visited the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (Ehub) to learn about its facilities and its work in supporting youth entrepreneurship.

She also toured the HKU Techno-Entrepreneurship Academy, the Hong Kong Youth Short-Term Apartments and the Hong Kong Cultural Experience Space, all of which form part of the Ehub, and engaged in discussions with Hong Kong youth to learn more about their entrepreneurial experiences and life in Qianhai.

The Ehub is a member of the Alliance of Hong Kong Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurial Bases in the Greater Bay Area, which was jointly established by the Home & Youth Affairs Bureau, Guangdong’s Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office and its Human Resources & Social Security Department.

Miss Mak later met CPC Shenzhen Standing Committee Member and Director General of the Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen Municipality Wang Shourui to discuss Shenzhen-Hong Kong co-operation on Hong Kong’s youth development.

Miss Mak thanked the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Qianhai authority for their staunch support for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s youth development work, especially in encouraging young people to integrate into China’s overall national development and seize the enormous opportunities brought about by the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Miss Mak stressed that the Hong Kong SAR Government attaches great importance to youth development.

Since its establishment in December 2023, the alliance has brought together nearly 60 member organisations in Hong Kong and the GBA, including the EHub. It provides a one-stop information, publicity and exchange platform offering comprehensive support to Hong Kong’s young entrepreneurs. Alliance members have organised nearly 220 events to date.

In the afternoon, the youth chief visited the Qianhai Exhibition Hall to learn about developments in Qianhai.

She also visited the SmartMore Corporation, which was founded by a Hong Kong entrepreneur, to learn about its experiences in establishing a unicorn company and about development opportunities in the GBA more broadly.

Miss Mak said that the Hong Kong SAR Government will sustain its efforts in promoting youth development and will continue to implement and enhance its Youth Development Blueprint.

She added that she hopes the two places will further strengthen co-operation and exchanges that allow young people to explore entrepreneurial opportunities in the Mainland’s enormous market.

The youth chief concluded her visit and returned to Hong Kong this afternoon.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today hosted the Forging a National High-calibre Talent Hub Symposium, gathering about 150 representatives from the Mainland, Macau and Hong Kong.

At the symposium themed “Regional Collaboration, Empowerment through Science & Education, Global Talent Attraction”, participants exchanged views on promoting regional collaborative ties on talent work and the strategic development of a national high-calibre talent hub.

The participants were from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong Province, the nine Mainland cities and four major co-operation platforms of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Macao Special Administrative Region, as well as 23 renowned universities on the Mainland and five of the world’s top 100 universities in Hong Kong.

In his welcome remarks, Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki said education, technology and talent form the critical foundation for developing new quality productive forces and enhancing high-quality development.

He added that the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Committee on Education, Technology & Talents is targeting the manpower demand of Hong Kong’s strategic positioning of the “eight centres” and co-ordinating the promotion of integrated development of education, technology and talent to build Hong Kong as an international hub for high-calibre talent.

The symposium featured keynote speeches and two thematic panel discussions.

Secretary for Labour & Welfare Chris Sun, together with government officials from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong Province joined the first discussion to explore ways to synergise regional strengths in building the talent hub. 

Mr Sun also witnessed Hong Kong Talent Engage Director Anthony Lau sign a Memorandum of Understanding with representatives from the Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone and Guangzhou Nansha District respectively, deepening collaboration in talent recruitment, services, employment and development between Hong Kong and the two regions.

In his closing remarks, the labour chief highlighted Hong Kong’s various advantages in attracting global talent and the need to collaborate with different regions across the country through interdependence and mutual reinforcement, thereby accelerating the development of the national high-calibre talent hub.

He expects the symposium, together with the second Global Talent Summit · Hong Kong scheduled for early next year, would bring together valuable experiences from various regions in talent attraction, retention, nurturing and recruitment, to inject new impetus into high-quality development and achieve the vision of developing a national quality workforce.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, today (June 3) visited Qianhai to learn about the entrepreneurial experiences of Hong Kong youth in Qianhai and to exchange views on youth development work.
 
Miss Mak first visited the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (Ehub), where she was briefed by the person in charge on the facilities and measures supporting youth entrepreneurship. She also toured the HKU Techno-Entrepreneurship Academy, the Hong Kong Youth Short-Term Apartments, and the Hong Kong Cultural Experience Space at the Ehub, engaging in discussions with Hong Kong youth to learn more about their entrepreneurial experiences and life in Qianhai. The Ehub is a member of the Alliance of Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurial Bases in the Greater Bay Area, which is jointly established by the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, and the Human Resources and Social Security Department of Guangdong Province.
 
Miss Mak later met with Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Director General of the Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen Municipality (Qianhai Authority), Mr Wang Shourui, to discuss promoting Shenzhen-Hong Kong co-operation in supporting the development of Hong Kong youth.
 
Miss Mak thanked the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government and the Qianhai Authority for their staunch support towards the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG)’s youth development work, especially in encouraging young people to integrate into the overall national development and seize the enormous opportunities brought about by the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). Miss Mak said that the HKSARG attaches great importance to youth development. Since its establishment in December 2023, the Alliance has brought together nearly 60 member organisations in Hong Kong and the GBA, including the EHub. With the resources and networks of the Alliance members, it provides a one-stop information, publicity and exchange platform to provide more comprehensive support to Hong Kong’s young entrepreneurs. The Alliance members have organised nearly 220 events to date.
 
In the afternoon, Miss Mak visited the Qianhai Exhibition Hall to learn about the planning and latest developments of Qianhai. She also visited the SmartMore Corporation Limited, which was founded by a Hong Kong entrepreneur. Representatives of the company shared their experiences in successfully establishing a unicorn company and the development opportunities in the GBA.
 
Miss Mak said that the HKSARG will sustain its efforts in promoting youth development and will continue to implement and enhance the Youth Development Blueprint. Some of the measures covered in the Blueprint encourage and support Hong Kong youth in pursuing innovation and entrepreneurship. Through the visit, she hoped that the two places will further strengthen their co-operation and exchanges on encouraging young people to explore entrepreneurial opportunities in the Mainland’s enormous market and offering comprehensive support for youth innovation and entrepreneurship.

Miss Mak concluded her visit and returned to Hong Kong in the afternoon.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) announced today (June 3) that the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), in accordance with the new section 14(1AB) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) (the Ordinance), has specified June 24, 2025, as the publication date of the provisional register; and July 21, 2025, as the publication date of the final register for the 2025 Election Committee subsectors (ECSSs).

The Chief Executive has specified December 7, 2025, as the date for holding the general election for the eighth term Legislative Council (LegCo). As regards the ECSS By-elections to be held before the LegCo General Election, the date will be September 7, 2025.

A spokesman for the REO said, “The Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2025 introduced a provision that empowers the ERO to suitably advance the publication of the registers for ECSSs in the year of the LegCo general election (including this year) through accelerating part of the working procedures, so that the ECSS By‑elections of the year can be conducted in accordance with the most updated information included in the register without having to adopt the register published in late September in the year earlier. To enable the ECSS By‑elections, to be held on September 7 this year, to be conducted on the basis of the latest voter situation, the ERO will advance the compilation and publication of the 2025 provisional/final registers for ECSSs. The relevant notice was gazetted today.

“In case voters/new applicants of ECSSs received requests from the REO for supplementary information, please reply by June 9, 2025,” the spokesman added.

Arrangements for inspection of provisional register and omissions list for ECSSs

The 2025 provisional register and omissions list for the ECSSs will be published on June 24 for inspection by specified persons under the law until June 30. For details of the inspection arrangements, please visit the REO webpage reo.gov.hk/en/voter/checkvrstatus/registers.html.

All ECSS voters may also check their registration status and particulars, including whether they have been entered into the omissions lists for ECSSs, through “iAM Smart” or the Voter Registration website (vr.gov.hk).

     Voters who have been included in the omissions list for ECSSs will receive reminding letters from the REO to confirm their eligibility. The envelopes of the reminding letters are beige in colour with a message, “Immediate action required. Your voting right is at stake” printed in red. Recipients must reply or provide supplementary information on or before the statutory deadline of June 30 by post, fax or email; or by using a mobile device to scan the QR code on the reply slip and upload the required information to the REO e-Form Upload Platform so that they may, upon the Revising Officer’s approval, keep their voter status and be included in the final register of ECSSs. Any claims or objections with regard to the provisional register and omissions list of ECSSs should be lodged in person with the REO by the statutory deadline of June 30. The Revising Officer will consider the evidence provided by the applicant and make a ruling according to law.

The REO will publish the 2025 final register for ECSSs on July 21.

Register for the Election Committee

In addition, pursuant to section 4 of the Schedule to the Ordinance, the ERO will publish the provisional register and omissions list of the Election Committee (EC) on June 9, 2025. The related period for lodging claims and objections is from June 9 to 16. In accordance with section 5 of the Schedule to the Ordinance, the Electoral Affairs Commission will take into account the provisional register for the EC and the ruling of cases of claims and objections (if any) by the Revising Officer, to determine the numbers of vacancies of elected members in each of the subsectors to be filled at the ECSS By-elections this year; and the numbers of vacancies of nominated members to be filled through supplementary nomination.

Upon completion of the above procedures, the REO will publish notices in the Gazette on July 4 to announce the number of EC members to be returned for the relevant subsectors at the ECSS By-elections, the designated bodies of subsectors that need to fill vacancies of EC members and the number of EC members that they can nominate, and the details for the submission of nomination forms, including the period and addresses for submission.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     The Hong Kong Police Force, in collaboration with the police forces of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), Malaysia, the Maldives, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand, conducted the first joint operation of the Cross-border Anti-Scam Collaboration Platform “FRONTIER+” from April 28 to May 28. The operation achieved significant results in combating cross-border scam activities.

     During the month-long operation, over 2 700 law enforcement officers from seven countries and regions were deployed, successfully identifying and dismantling multiple cross-border scam syndicates. In total, 1 858 individuals (aged between 14 and 81) were arrested, involving 9 268 scam cases, including online shopping scams, telephone deceptions (such as government official impersonation scams and impersonating customer service scams), investment scams, rental scams, and employment scams, etc, with a total loss amounting to US$225 million. A total of 32 607 bank accounts were frozen, and approximately US$20 million fraudulent funds were intercepted, effectively disrupting criminal cash flows. Enforcement details of the countries and regions are set out in the Annex.

     Investigation revealed that scam trends show notable similarities across different jurisdictions. For instance, the impersonation of customer service representatives emerged as a widespread scam tactic in Hong Kong in 2024 and the trend started to drop in 2025 after police intervention. However, similar fraudulent schemes employing identical scripts and excuses to deceive citizens into monetary losses began to appear in Singapore and Macao SAR in 2025. This underscores the critical need for cross-jurisdictional collaboration and intelligence sharing to combat scam syndicates effectively.

     The Cross-border Anti-Scam Collaboration Platform “FRONTIER+” was jointly established by various anti-scam centres in October 2024. As of now, the platform includes anti-scam centres from 10 countries and regions, namely Australia, Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Macao SAR, Malaysia, the Maldives, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. By strengthening intelligence exchange and coordinated actions, the platform aims to combat scams, cyber-related crimes and money laundering. The platform will continue to conduct real-time intelligence analysis and sharing, carry out cross-border joint operations from time to time, and expand its network by inviting more countries and regions to join in order to enhance enforcement efficiency.

     Members of the public are urged to remain vigilant against scams at all times and to exercise caution in their financial transactions. Avoid hastily clicking on hyperlinks, downloading mobile applications, or logging into suspicious websites. If in doubt, the public is advised to verify suspicious information or websites using “Scameter” on CyberDefender’s website (cyberdefender.hk/en-us/scameter/), or the mobile app “Scameter+”; or to call the “Anti-Scam Helpline 18222” for enquiries