Author: MIL-OSI Publisher

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

The nomination period for the 2025 Election Committee (EC) Subsector By-elections runs from today (July 22) until August 4. A total of 12 nomination forms for candidates and three nomination forms from designated bodies were received by the Returning Officers for various subsectors today.

If there is a contested election for an EC subsector, a poll will be held on September 7.

The By-elections will fill a total of 93 vacancies in the membership of the EC to be returned by election involving 28 subsectors. The breakdown of nominations by subsectors received today is set out below: 
 

First Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today
Catering	0
Commercial (first)	0
Commercial (second)	0
Commercial (third)	0
Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong	0
Hotel	1
Import and export	0
Industrial (first)	0
Industrial (second)	0
Real estate and construction	0
Small and medium enterprises	0
Tourism	0
Transport	0
Second Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today
Architectural, surveying, planning and landscape	0
Chinese medicine	0
Education	0
Legal	0
Medical and health services	0
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication	0
Technology and innovation	0
Third Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today
Agriculture and fisheries	0
Associations of Chinese fellow townsmen	1
Grassroots associations	1
Labour	1
Fourth Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today
Heung Yee Kuk	0
Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon	0
Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories	0
Fifth Sector
Subsector	No. of nomination forms for candidates received today
Representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations	8
Total:	12

Besides, 10 vacancies involving five subsectors to be returned by nomination will be filled through supplementary nominations by designated bodies. Today, three nomination forms for the relevant subsectors are received, with breakdown as below: 
 

Accountancy
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today
Association of Hong Kong Accounting Advisors Limited	0
Sports, performing arts, culture and publication
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today
Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China	0
Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited	0
Technology and innovation
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today
The Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians	0
Religious
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong	0
Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association	1 (1 nominee in total)
The Hong Kong Taoist Association	1 (2 nominees in total)
Representatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland
Designated body	No. of nomination forms received from designated bodies today
Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in China—Guangdong	1 (1 nominee in total)
Total:	3 (4 nominees in total)

Particulars of the nominated persons received today will be uploaded to the election website (www.elections.gov.hk).

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

     The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, met and shared experiences with over 50 tertiary students participating in the Administrative Service Summer Internship Programme today (July 22). She encouraged them to apply for civil service positions such as the Administrative Officer (AO) post, and to use their professional knowledge to serve the community, benefit people’s livelihood and contribute to the development of Hong Kong.
 
     This year, the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) has arranged for the interns to discuss and submit policy proposals in various areas including transport, planning and development, social enterprises, district affairs, the silver economy, etc, based on their observations and insights gained after working in different bureaux or departments. The CSB will submit these proposals to the bureaux or departments where the interns were assigned to for their reference.

     At the gathering, Mrs Yeung listened to the sharing by interns on both their work experiences and proposed policy initiatives during their internships. Drawing on her nearly 40 years of service in the civil service, she shared valuable insights as an AO and encouraged students to actively enrich themselves, plan ahead for their future and contribute to the development of the country and Hong Kong.
 
     She said, “I am aware that this round of the Programme has received a record number of applications, attracting more than 300 applications from tertiary students in Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas. From your sharing, I can genuinely feel your passion for public service. I would like to take this opportunity to call on young people who are dedicated to serve the community and willing to take on responsibilities to join the civil service.

     “I look forward to interns becoming AOs in the near future, serving the public and contributing to the country and Hong Kong with your own strengths and talents.”

     The Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Leung, and Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service Ms Eureka Cheung also joined the sharing session and spoke with interns to learn about their internship experiences and views on Hong Kong’s development.

     AOs are professional public administrators who play a pivotal role in the Government. They are responsible for assisting in the formulation of government policies, co-ordinating and supervising various initiatives, managing the use of public resources, promoting district work and publicising Hong Kong externally, etc. To enable AOs to accumulate experience and unleash their full potential in different public policy areas, they are posted to various bureaux and departments at regular intervals, broadening their horizons and gaining a fuller grasp of the challenges and opportunities in public administration.

     The CSB organises the Administrative Service Internship Programme every summer and winter, offering students who aspire to become AOs opportunities to work alongside serving AOs for around eight weeks to gain early practical experiences in public service and lay a solid foundation for their future career development. Statistics from the past five years show that around one in every five newly recruited AOs had participated in the Programme. 

     The Government will launch a new round of recruitment for the posts of Administrative Officer, Executive Officer II, Assistant Labour Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II and Management Services Officer II in September this year. Prospective applicants must first take the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) and the Basic Law and National Security Law Test to attain the requisite scores. The new round of the CRE is currently open for application. Interested candidates are required to apply online by August 1. For details, please refer to the CSB website (www.csb.gov.hk/english/index.html).

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Hongkong Post said today that Police have initiated investigation into an incident involving an unauthorised party cyberattacking the EC-Ship system with countless attempts at midnight on July 20 and the following day to access and retrieve information through the system’s address book function.

Hongkong Post has notified all affected account holders by email, reminding them to remain vigilant and immediately inform people in their address books of the incident.

The services concerned have resumed normal and account holders can continue to use the services, it added.

For enquiries, call 2921 2222.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Correctional Services Department said that in accordance with the law, it declined a visitor who is not on the declared visitors list of a person in custody (PIC) for a visit this morning.

According to the established mechanism, visitors must be declared on the PIC’s declared visitors list.

The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2025 came into effect last Friday. The department has not invoked Rule 48 of the Prison Rules to prohibit any person from conducting visits, nor has it imposed restrictions or conditions on any visits.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung today met more than 50 tertiary students participating in the Administrative Service Summer Internship Programme and encouraged them to join the civil service upon graduation.

At the gathering, Mrs Yeung listened to interns sharing their experiences and proposed policy initiatives during the programme.

She said: “This round of the programme has received a record number of applications, attracting more than 300 applications from tertiary students in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas.

“From your sharing, I can genuinely feel your passion for public service. I would like to take this opportunity to call on young people who are dedicated to serve the community and willing to take on responsibilities to join the civil service.”

Mrs Yeung also looks forward to the interns becoming Administrative Officers (AOs) in the near future, serving the public and contributing to the country and Hong Kong.

A new round of recruitment for the posts of AO, Executive Officer II, Assistant Labour Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II and Management Services Officer II will begin in September. The Common Recruitment Examination is open for applications until August 1.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Task Force on Promoting Elderly-friendly Building Design has formulated the proposals on elderly-friendly building design for implementation in phases starting from the middle of this year, the Government announced today.

 

It explained that with an ageing population in Hong Kong and to encourage ageing in place, the Chief Executive’s 2023 Policy Address announced that the Deputy Financial Secretary would co-ordinate with relevant bureaus to put forward proposals to promote elderly-friendly building design.

 

The task force unveiled in November last year a series of specific proposals for elderly-friendly building design and consulted the stakeholders.

 

The proposals to be implemented cover four categories – promoting spatial accessibility to enhance the mobility of the elderly, encouraging the adoption of adaptive design in residential units to facilitate subsequent modifications, enhancing elderly well-being, and facilitating the adoption of gerontechnology and Internet of Things.

 

Apart from new private residential buildings, composite buildings and commercial premises frequently patronised by the elderly, such as shopping complexes and clinics, the above proposals are also applicable to alterations and additions to existing buildings of these building types.

 

As for public housing developments and government buildings, the Government will also endeavor to adhere to the proposals.

 

The proposals, comprising encouraged features and mandatory requirements, will be implemented in two phases.

 

The Buildings Department has updated the practice notes and the “Design Manual: Barrier Free Access” for implementation of the encouraged features in the proposals.   

 

As for the mandatory design requirements, the Government will implement them through making amendments to the Building (Planning) Regulations in the first half of 2026.

 

Additionally, the Development Bureau, in collaboration with the Green Building Council and the BEAM Society, has launched a voluntary accreditation scheme to encourage the industry to adopt the recommended best practices for elderly-friendly building design.

 

The accreditation scheme is open for application from today. Click here or call 3610 5700 for more details.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Thirty secondary students selected for the Young Astronaut Training Camp 2025 will visit Beijing, Jiuquan and Xi’an during a nine-day training programme from July 25 to August 2.

 

Addressing the send-off ceremony, Deputy Chief Secretary Cheuk Wing-hing encouraged the young astronauts to seize this precious training opportunity to immerse themselves in the country’s remarkable aerospace endeavours, look up to aerospace heroes as their role models, and become a valuable new force in promoting the nation’s space development.

 

A total of 30 students from Secondary 2 to 6 were selected out of 120 applicants from more than 80 secondary schools.

 

During the nine-day training camp, they will visit various key astronomy and aerospace facilities, including Beijing Aerospace City and the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

 

This year’s programme also marks the first visit to the Wuqing Station of the National Astronomical Observatories where the students will learn about data reception and deep space communication systems of the Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission.

 

At the China Astronaut Research & Training Center, they will experience the aerospace medicine project and astronaut training activities, including the donning and doffing of spacesuits and savouring space food.

 

The training camp is one of the programmes under the Chinese Culture Promotion Series.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region