Twenty-nine new cases of human swine flu have been confirmed, including a nurse from the Buddhist Hospital and a general services assistant at United Christian Hospital.
The Centre for Food Safety found 15 out of 6,000 food samples tested in May to be unsatisfactory, mainly involving excessive or illegal use of food preservatives or colourings or metal contamination. The overall satisfactory rate was 99.7%.
The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer is inviting interested elderly-service providers to submit proposals to develop, manage and operate a dedicated portal for seniors.
The Centre for Food Safety has further relaxed import controls on Canadian beef, launching the second phase of the relaxation exercise, under an agreement with Canadian authorities.
Li San-yuk works irregular hours leaving his wife to care for their three children on her own. However, he tells news.gov.hk he now entrusts his second son to the care of a community nanny in the daytime through the Neighbourhood Support Child Care Project, relieving his family pressure.
Life lessons: Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Thomas Tsang tells the media on June 18 more secondary schools will suspend classes due to the spread of human swine flu among students. Full Story, Video