Immigration
The Immigration Department controls the movement of people into and out of Hong Kong. It also issues HKSAR passports and other travel documents, visas and identity cards, and handles nationality matters and the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department
The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department is responsible for the secure, orderly and efficient production and marketing of agricultural and fishery produce; enforcing regulations on plants, pesticides and animal controls; and conserving our natural environment and safeguarding the ecological integrity.
Observatory
The Hong Kong Observatory's mission is to deliver useful and effective meteorological services; to provide quality services in climate, radiation, time standard, seismology, oceanography and astronomy; and to strengthen public preparedness for natural disasters.
Water Supplies Department
The Water Supplies Department provides a reliable and adequate supply of wholesome potable water and sea water in the most cost-effective way.
Security Bureau
The Security Bureau maintains law and order, exercises immigration and customs control, rehabilitates offenders and drug abusers, and provides emergency fire and rescue services.
Japanese products safe
March 31, 2011
The Security Bureau said the radiation level of fresh water in Hong Kong has remained normal for the last 24 hours up to noon today, while food and products imported from Japan have also passed radiation tests.
The radioactivity level of all samples taken by the Water Supplies Department showed no change. The radiological quality of fresh water remains normal and safe.
The Hong Kong Observatory said the radiation level in Hong Kong's atmosphere also remains normal. A very minute amount of artificial radionuclide Iodine-131 was detected in air samples collected from noon March 29 to noon March 30 but it will not affect public health and no precautionary measures are required.
Customs officers have checked 10,605 air consignments and 48 sea containers, including three consignments of pharmaceutical products and 15 of cosmetics. No irregularities have been detected.
The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department has continued to collect samples from local fish culture zones and fish wholesale markets for radiological testing. All results are satisfactory.
Twenty-four food samples imported from Japan have been tested by the Centre for Food Safety. All were satisfactory.
The Immigration Department is still looking for two Hong Kong people missing in Japan since the earthquake and tsunami in the country earlier this month. The department said it will continue to monitor the two cases and take whatever action is appropriate.
