As the second event of the 114th R.O.C. (Taiwan) Double Tenth celebrations, the highly anticipated and immensely popular 4th Table Tennis Championship kicked off today at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall.
Together with Ku-ring-gai Mayor Christine Kay and Councillor Barbara Ward, Director General David Cheng-Wei Wu, Mrs. Wu, and the TECO team joined the event. We thanked the Taiwanese community for voluntarily organizing such a wonderful series of activities and encouraged everyone to show great sportsmanship and resilience as we celebrate our National Day.
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Hospital Authority service arrangements announced The HA anticipates that a large number of backlogged cases will have to be handled after the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is cancelled. In view of potentially continuing adverse weather conditions, some non-emergency services may still be affected. The HA will announce arrangements for services to be available on Thursday (September 25) in due course.
The HA reminds that non-urgent patients should avoid visiting public hospitals or clinics during the storm or adverse weather conditions for the sake of safety. “Public hospitals will resume all affected non-emergency services as soon as possible after the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is cancelled. Affected patients will be notified gradually in the coming week to reschedule their appointments. Patients do not need to be concerned. All clusters have also set up hotlines for patients’ enquiries (see attached table),” the spokesperson supplemented.
L’important feu de forêt survenu le 21 septembre 2025, sur la commune de Sarraméa, au lieu-dit Plateau de Dogny, est désormais déclaré maîtrisé, grâce à la mobilisation et à l’efficacité des moyens déployés sur le terrain.
En conséquence, le dispositif ORSEC Feux de Forêt de niveau 2, mis en place sur les communes de Sarraméa, Canala et La Foa, est levé ce jour à 17 heures.
Le bilan définitif fait état d’aucune victime. La surface parcourue par les flammes est estimée à 60 hectares de végétation.
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) announced today (September 22) that starting from October 1, nine additional residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) located in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan and Huizhou will join the Residential Care Services Scheme in Guangdong as Recognised Service Providers to provide subsidised residential care places for participating elderly persons.
The information on the additional RCHEs is as follows:
Name
Location
Guangzhou
1.
Guangzhou Chunxuanmao Senior Living Services Co., Ltd
(Operated under the partnership formed by the Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon and a Mainland elderly service operator)
Building G, 18 Kelin Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Azure (Guangdong) Elderly Care Limited
(Operated under the partnership formed by Ganghui Medical Care Company Limited and a Mainland elderly service operator)
Azure (Guangdong) Elderly Care Limited, Shuitangmian Road, Aotou, Daya Bay District, Huizhou
9.
Huizhou Social Welfare Institute (Huizhou Social Welfare Service Center)
Together with the existing 15 RCHEs, the total number of RCHEs under the Scheme will increase to 24, located in eight Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mainland cities, i.e. Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen, Zhuhai and Huizhou, offering Hong Kong elderly persons more choices on cross-boundary elderly care.
Elderly persons who are waitlisted for subsidised residential care services on the Central Waiting List and would like to join the Scheme may contact their responsible workers to file an application. Applicants may also approach elderly centres, Integrated Family Service Centres or Medical Social Services Units in their district to make an application. After their care needs have been ascertained in the Standardised Care Need Assessment, they may apply for residential care services under the Scheme. Details of the Scheme are available on the SWD website: www.swd.gov.hk/en/pubsvc/elderly/cat_residentcare/subrcheplace/guangdong/index.html.
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Hong Kong Customs today (September 21) detected four drug trafficking cases involving air passengers at Hong Kong International Airport and seized a total of about 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine, about 14 kilograms of suspected heroin, about 13 kilograms of suspected ketamine and about six kilograms of suspected cannabis buds with a total estimated market value of about $30 million. Four females were arrested.
In the first case, a 19-year-old female passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Toronto, Canada today. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected cocaine, weighing about 25 kilograms with an estimated market value of about $18 million, in her check-in suitcase. The female was subsequently arrested.
In the second case, a 30-year-old female passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Bangkok, Thailand today. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected heroin, weighing about 14 kilograms with an estimated market value of about $7 million, in her check-in suitcase. The female was subsequently arrested.
In the third case, a 37-year-old female passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Brussels, Belgium today. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected ketamine, weighing about 13 kilograms with an estimated market value of about $4 million concealed in the food packages, in her check-in suitcase. The female was subsequently arrested.
In the fourth case, a 42-year-old female passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Bangkok, Thailand today. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected cannabis buds, weighing about six kilograms with an estimated market value of about $1.3 million concealed in the food packages, in her carry-on luggage. The female was subsequently arrested.
Investigations of these four cases are ongoing.
Customs will continue to step up enforcement against drug trafficking activities through intelligence analysis. The department also reminds 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.
Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
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).
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
SFST to visit Slovenia and Poland Mr Hui is going to Slovenia on the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr Klemen Boštjančič, to attend a high-level event which will gather members of the European Commission and the Eurogroup, as well as ministers of finance or senior financial officials from various countries and financial experts. He will also join a panel discussion at the event. In addition to meeting government officials, Mr Hui will attend an event hosted by the largest chamber of commerce there to promote the advantages of Hong Kong’s financial markets with a view to attracting European enterprises and investors to come to Hong Kong and utilise the city as the perfect platform to enter the Asian and Chinese markets.
He will then proceed to Poland where he will visit the Warsaw Stock Exchange, and meet with government officials and the business sector. He will also visit two Chinese enterprises which have set up a presence in Poland to learn more about how Hong Kong can better leverage its professional services and advantages as one of the top three international financial centres to help more companies expand overseas.
Mr Hui will return to Hong Kong on September 27. During his absence, the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Joseph Chan, will be the Acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. Issued at HKT 14:00
Following the discovery of a wartime bomb in Quarry Bay yesterday, an evacuation and bomb disposal operation was conducted to resolve the crisis in a safe and orderly manner.
In a roundup report tonight on the incident, the Government said the departments involved swiftly activated their emergency mechanisms, worked closely together and demonstrated a high level of professionalism and teamwork.
Throughout the entire process, various sectors of society actively provided support and assistance. Citizens displayed exemplary orderliness, complete understanding and full co-operation, reflecting the outstanding qualities of Hong Kong people and resulting in a successful resolution.
Police received a report at noon yesterday that a suspected bomb was discovered at a construction site at 16-94 Pan Hoi Street, North Point. Officers were deployed to the scene to carry out the investigation and handling arrangements.
Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau (EODB) officers confirmed that the bomb was a cylindrical American aerial bomb from World War II, approximately 150cm in length, weighing about 1,000 pounds and containing 500 pounds of high explosives, posing a significant danger.
The Security Bureau swiftly mobilised nearly 500 personnel from Police, the Fire Services Department (FSD), the Civil Aid Service and the Auxiliary Medical Service (AMS) to participate in the emergency response operation.
The Emergency Monitoring & Support Centre was immediately activated to fully co-ordinate and support the Government’s cross-departmental emergency work.
In preparation for the disposal operation, Police conducted a comprehensive impact assessment, and evacuated occupants from 18 residential or commercial buildings nearby, to ensure public safety and minimise the impact on the public.
EODB officers started the bomb disposal operation last night and successfully completed it at 11.48am today. The cordon was lifted immediately after that.
The FSD deployed a total of 58 fire and ambulance vehicles, and mobilised 224 fire and ambulance personnel during the incident. Co-ordinating with Police, the FSD ultimately evacuated a total of 2,887 residents.
In addition, the FSD collaborated with the AMS and Hong Kong St John Ambulance to assist residents with special needs, transporting five residents who were feeling unwell to the hospital, and another six people to other suitable accommodations.
After the disposal operation was completed, the FSD dispatched the newly introduced mass conveyance ambulance to take eight people in need and with limited mobility back home.
Around 450 residents stayed in the 19 temporary shelters set up by the Home Affairs Department last night in response to the evacuation. The District Office arranged coaches to take those in need to the shelters. Similar arrangements were made today to take them home.
District Council members, together with District Services & Community Care Teams members and volunteers assisted residents in need at the affected buildings and temporary shelters.
In addition, the Transport Department’s Emergency Transport Co-ordination Centre operated round the clock to oversee the orderly implementation of various special traffic and transport arrangements.
The Government said the swift, safe and smooth resolution of the bomb disposal situation hinged on the close co-operation of various government departments and their dedication to duty, and the active co-operation and support of Care Teams, community service organisations as well as the affected citizens.
It thanks the public and the participating organisations and institutions for their support and collaboration.