Category: MIL-OSI

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Ballot applications will open on July 16 for free use of leisure facilities on Sport For All Day 2026.

Sport For All Day 2026 will be held on August 2, and the Leisure & Cultural Services Department will for the first time open leisure facilities for free public use on August 1 and 2.

The free-of-charge facilities are both indoor and outdoor, and include badminton courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, golf facilities, bowling greens and batting cages.

Those who possess the requisite qualification certificates can also use crafts at water sports centres. 

For use of free facilities on August 1, applications will run from July 16 to 19; for August 2, they will run from July 17 to 20.

Members of the public can apply via the SmartPLAY system as individual users. Each user can only make one application for each date, with each application covering a maximum of three choices. Each application will be processed independently.

Successful applicants will only be allocated one free session per day. They will be notified via the SmartPLAY system.

Public swimming pools, excluding Wan Chai Swimming Pool, will also be open for free, with no prior application required. Members of the public can line up at the entrances of swimming pools before the start of each session. Free admission is offered on a first-come, first-served basis, until capacity is full.

In addition, a series of free leisure activities will be launched on August 2 at designated sports centres across the city. The arrangements for distributing activity coupons will be announced this month.

A number of supporting organisations will also open their facilities or roll out leisure programmes for the public free of charge on August 1 and 2.

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

     The Registered Contractors’ Disciplinary Board has completed four disciplinary inquiries under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) and decided that two of the registered minor works contractors (RMWC) and their authorized signatories (AS) should be disciplined for having been negligent or having misconducted themselves in building works; one of the RMWC appointed as a qualified person (QP) under the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (MWIS) and its AS should be disciplined for failing to discharge the duties or abide by the requirements imposed on a QP under the BO, and the other RMWC should be disciplined for having been convicted by a court of offences related to building works.

     The Board’s written decisions and orders issued on June 24 were published in the Gazette today (July 10). Details are available at the following link:
      
     Case 1: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28&notice_no=4135&extra=0     Case 2: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28&notice_no=4136&extra=0     Case 3: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28&notice_no=4134&extra=0     Case 4: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2026&volume=30&gno=28&notice_no=4133&extra=0     ​
     Moreover, in order to ensure building safety, the BD attaches great importance to the quality of the prescribed window inspection and repairs by a QP under the MWIS. Any QP who contravenes the relevant provisions of the BO in carrying out the prescribed inspection and repair of windows under the MWIS is not only liable to criminal prosecution but also to disciplinary action under the BO. The BD will continue to conduct audit inspections to ensure the quality of prescribed inspections and repairs under the MWIS, the spokesperson added.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     The Housing Bureau (HB) today (July 10) awarded the operation and management contract of the Light Public Housing (LPH) at Tsing Fat Street, Tuen Mun (Contract No. LPH20250010), to China Overseas Property Services Limited – Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Joint Venture, at tender sums of about $180.67 million.

     Located at Tsing Fat Street, Tuen Mun, the LPH project will provide about 4 200 units with tenant intake anticipated in the third quarter of this year. In order to ensure that the facilities and services of LPH meet the needs of residents and the community, this project provides a wide range of social services and retail facilities, including a supermarket, convenience stores, catering facilities, launderettes, a fresh provision shop, a hair salon and an activity room. Notably, in addition to a public transport terminus which can serve residents in the neighbourhood by providing public transport services to/from Tuen Mun town centre, Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange and other destinations, there is also a promenade for public use within the project. Under the steer and supervision of the HB, the operating organisation will work at full capacity to carry out the pre-management works effectively in the coming months to ensure the smooth handling of LPH applications and intake matters, and to provide various services and ancillary facilities for the residents and local community immediately upon intake.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

Two incoming air passengers were each sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment by the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts today (July 10) for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO) (Cap. 109). 

Hong Kong Customs has been mounting a special enforcement operation to combat illicit cigarette smuggling activities involving air passengers. Two Mainland male passengers aged 30 and 33, arriving in Hong Kong from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, were arrested at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday (July 9). A total of about 130 000 duty-not-paid cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $590,000 and a duty potential of about $433,000, were seized from their personal baggage. 

Customs welcomes the sentences. The custodial sentences have imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflect the seriousness of the offences.

Customs reminds members of the public and travellers that under the DCO, anyone involved in importing, dealing with, possession of, selling or buying illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.

Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 182 8080, its dedicated crime-reporting email account ​​(crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region