Gov’t House to hold open day

The Centre for Health Protection has received notification of three additional H7N9 cases in Meizhou, Chaozhou and Fujian.

Handfuls of sand are the latest tool in the Government’s promotional repertoire. Sand painting artist Hoi Chiu expertly scoops, tosses, sweeps, smears and pushes the grains across a lightbox, and moves his fingers through them, in a live-art performance that showcases Hong Kong, Asia’s world city.

The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has ordered a Yuen Long restaurant to suspend business for two weeks for illegally extending its food business area.

The Centre for Health Protection has been informed of another H7N9 case in Guangzhou.

The Hong Kong Flower Show 2014 has opened in Victoria Park, showcasing more than 350,000 flowers, including 40,000 pots of theme plant kalanchoe.

The Department of Health's Tobacco Control Office says enforcement action for no-smoking areas continues to be effective, having recently completed a two-week campaign.

The Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2014 has been gazetted to give effect to the 2014-15 Budget proposal to increase tobacco duty by 11.72%, or 20 cents a cigarette.

The Centre for Health Protection has learned of another avian influenza A (H7N9) case, in Foshan.

The Centre for Health Protection has been notified of three additional H7N9 cases in Guangzhou, Jiangsu and Shandong.

Centre for Health Protection is investigating a Legionnaires' disease case affecting a man aged 64.

The Centre for Health Protection is investigating an imported H7N9 case affecting an 18-month-old girl.

The Centre for Health Protection has learned of a fatal human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Zhuhai.

A Dengue fever outbreak drill has been held to test the Government's preparedness plan for any spike in the illness, the Centre for Health Protection says.

The Centre for Food Safety has banned poultry and poultry product imports from Dronten, Flevoland in the Netherlands, following an H5N1 outbreak on a poultry farm.

The Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau has commissioned a study on discrimination against sexual minorities in Hong Kong.

The Community Care Fund will start receiving new applications from low-income, three- or more person households for a one-off $10,000 subsidy.

The Centre for Health Protection has been informed of another H7N9 case, in Hunan.

Food quantity and nutrition provided to refugee non-refoulement claimants is sufficient in general according to medical experts, the Social Welfare Department says.

The Centre for Health Protection has been informed of two additional H7N9 cases in Zhejiang.