The rebuilt Huanggang Port officially opened at 6:30am, implementing the "one-stop inspection" arrangement and adopting the brand-new customs clearance mode of "joint inspection, single clearance". Original: https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1873536-20261012.htm
Why read this: The short passage sets out the opening time and two new customs clearance modes, allowing verification of the specific differences in customs arrangements at the rebuilt Huanggang Port.
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The Highways Department responded to questions about rebar in the Central Kowloon Bypass Yau Ma Tei section, saying the contractor proposed an alternative design during construction in November 2024 due to the narrow site environment, including omitting stirrups, which met structural safety requirements. Before the scheme was implemented, it was checked and approved by the independent checking engineer and approved by the resident site engineer. The relevant tunnel road surface works were completed in early 2025, and the Yau Ma Tei section opened at the end of the same year, with normal structural conditions to date.
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Lam Man-kin said the Department of Health had deployed sufficient manpower to ensure smooth and orderly health quarantine procedures when the rebuilt Huanggang Port opens. The passenger inspection hall is equipped with a "collective-type infrared thermal imaging temperature detection system", while vehicles use "joint one-stop" lanes with an "information collection all-in-one machine" to complete temperature, document, facial and fingerprint collection in one go, shortening clearance time.
A hill fire broke out near Cheung Ngau Shan and Tseng Hang Shan on Kam Sheung Road in Yuen Long, with no casualties reported so far. Firefighters received multiple reports at around 11am, with the fire line stretching 30 metres. The Government Flying Service dispatched a helicopter to drop water bombs overhead, while firefighters are investigating the cause of the hill fire.
HKU chair professor Hung Fan-yee said that receiving the flu vaccine can reduce the risk of severe illness and death among the elderly, and is also an important part of chronic disease management. He cited studies showing that cardiovascular disease patients face a 6 to 17 times higher risk of acute myocardial infarction within one week of being diagnosed with influenza, and an approximately 8 to 10 times higher risk of stroke. So Yiu-wah, president of the Hong Kong Association of Hospital Pharmacists, reminded the elderly to get vaccinated every year, noting that the live attenuated intranasal vaccine is not suitable for the elderly.
The opening ceremony for the reconstructed Huanggang Port was held this morning in the Shenzhen-side port area. Chief Executive John Lee attended and thanked the central government for its attention and support for the reconstruction project. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the State Council made an authorisation decision and an approval in June and July this year respectively, authorising the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to exercise jurisdiction over the Hong Kong-side port area of Huanggang Port from midnight on 31 July, laying the legal foundation for 'single destination, two inspections'.
Why read this: The authorisation decision and approval were made in June and July this year, with the Shenzhen municipal government bearing the design and construction costs, allowing readers to understand the legal and financial arrangements for the port reconstruction.
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The Anita Mui International Fan Club reposted a notice signed by "Anita Mui's family", stating that when fans went to Po Lin Monastery's Hai Hui Pagoda on Lantau Island to pay respects on 18 July this year, they found the ashes urn missing, and it has not been recovered to date. Police said they received a report on 18 July, classified the case as a request for police assistance, and handed it to the Lantau District serious crime unit for follow-up. No one has been arrested so far.
The rebuilt Huanggang Port will officially open at 6:30am tomorrow. Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the new port will handle 200,000 passengers daily, five times that of the old port, and will maintain 24-hour clearance. Under the model of "joint inspection and single release", completing entry and exit formalities at both places will take about 5 minutes, a significant reduction from about 30 minutes at the old port. He also mentioned that the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting will be held in Hong Kong for the first time in over a week's time.
Why read this: The new port will handle 200,000 passenger trips daily, with clearance time cut from about 30 minutes to about 5 minutes; the figures are specific and can be checked item by item.
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The Department of Justice welcomed the Ministry of Justice's publication and implementation, from the 5th of this month, of the Administrative Measures for the Practice Examination and Practice Activities of Lawyers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which regulate examination registration requirements, procedures for applying to practise and the scope of practice, and stipulate that the examination will be held once every two years. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam said the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress had passed amendments to the Lawyers Law, regularising the Greater Bay Area lawyers system, and that the pilot scheme, which ran for several years, expired on the 4th of this month.
The Fire Services Department intercepted a private car suspected of being used for illegal refuelling at a car park in Shek Kip Mei Estate, finding large containers capable of storing about 1,000 litres of fuel as well as refuelling equipment, and is tracing the persons involved. After receiving a public report, the department searched the scene and, together with the Sham Shui Po District Office, the Housing Department and others, held an emergency meeting to step up patrols of car parks in estates in the district.
A residential unit at 81 Waterloo Road, Ho Man Tin, was suspected of being burgled at nearly 5pm this afternoon. The 57-year-old female occupant lost 1 necklace and 6 rings, worth about $250,000. No one has been arrested so far, and the case has been handed over to the Kowloon City District Crime Squad for follow-up.
Police busted a transnational illegal prostitution syndicate suspected of trafficking in persons, arresting 16 men and women, seizing about $18 million in cash and freezing about $5 million in suspected criminal proceeds in bank accounts, with 12 of them already charged and appearing in Kowloon City Magistrates' Court on Monday. Police launched a two-day operation starting Thursday targeting organised prostitution in Tsim Sha Tsui and Tuen Mun districts. The syndicate was suspected of trafficking a number of foreign women to Hong Kong to work in prostitution in hotels and using 4 bank accounts to process criminal proceeds.
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The Fire Services Department responded to a report today, breaking into a vacant shop on Shanghai Street in Yau Ma Tei and rescuing 3 kittens trapped deep inside the lightwell. The kittens were found to be physically unharmed after examination and have been handed over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for care and rehoming. The Fire Services Department urged members of the public not to take risks when discovering animals trapped in dangerous places, and to contact the Fire Services Department or relevant departments as soon as possible for handling.
On the fourth day of the nomination period for the general election of Election Committee subsectors, returning officers of the various subsectors received a further 72 nomination forms today, comprising 71 candidate nomination forms and 1 nomination form from a specified organisation. To date, the Electoral Office has received a total of 756 candidate nomination forms and 12 nomination forms from specified organisations, with the largest number of candidate nomination forms, 34, received by the "Representatives of Hong Kong Members of National-level Organisations" subsector. The nomination period began on Wednesday and will end on 20 October.
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yiu attended the opening ceremony of the Thalassaemia Children's Fund ceramic exhibition and charity sale, saying that thalassaemia patients require long-term treatment and follow-up, and hoping that the exhibition would not only allow the public to appreciate ceramic artworks but also deepen their understanding of the disease. He also said that the fund has been raising public awareness through various forms and charity activities, and providing support to sick children and their parents.
Chief Secretary Chris Ip chaired a cross-departmental meeting at Huanggang Port to make final coordination for the opening the day after tomorrow, requiring all departments to make proper transition arrangements for Lok Ma Chau Control Point and Huanggang Port, and saying there must be no slackening in the final stage. He called for final tests of the clearance systems, inspection procedures, facilities and equipment, and emergency plans, the deployment of sufficient manpower during the initial opening period, and continued communication with relevant departments in Shenzhen. Chris Ip said the initial opening period was expected to be busier, and urged members of the public with no actual need to cross the border to refrain from turning up, avoiding a rush to visit and take photographs.
Why read this: Sets out the timing of the port's opening the day after tomorrow and the authorities' required transition arrangements, and explains that the initial opening period will be busier, urging members of the public to avoid turning up without reason.