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衞生署今日連同警方突擊搜查尖沙咀兩間涉嫌向市民供應未經註冊針劑療程的處所，暫時檢獲逾5,900件懷疑未經註冊的藥劑製品和第1部毒藥，案件仍在調查，不排除有人被捕。署方提醒非法供應或管有有關產品屬刑事罪行，一經定罪最高罰款十萬元和監禁兩年。
Why read this: 交代搜查地點、檢獲數字與法定罰則，讀者可對照非法供應未經註冊藥劑製品的罪行後果。
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宏福苑業主特設銷售計劃今日正式展開選樓，首批約35戶申請者獲安排，全部程序預計11月底完成。房屋局按電腦隨機抽籤的優先次序分批發出邀請信，約1,700戶業主參與，政府已預留房委會和房協十個發展項目合共逾4,400個單位供選購。
Why read this: 文章列出預留單位的數量、實用面積和選樓完成時限，讀者可核對供應量與約1,700戶參加者之間的關係。
The Government said recruitment by public healthcare institutions has always adhered to the principle of giving priority to hiring locally trained personnel, and issued an explanation amid recent discussions on nurse manpower planning and employment. The Hospital Authority's nurse attrition rate has fallen from a peak of 10.9% to 5.4%, but there are still about 3,200 nursing vacancies. About 50 registered nurses at the Hospital Authority were trained outside Hong Kong, accounting for less than 0.2% of the Hospital Authority's total nursing workforce.
Why read this: The release lists figures including about 3,200 nursing vacancies at the Hospital Authority, a 99% hiring rate and non-locally trained nurses accounting for less than 0.2%, allowing readers to check the ratio between locally trained nurses and public-sector demand.
The Department of Health will amend the Code of Practice for Licensed Private Healthcare Institutions, requiring injectable and infusion products used in institutions to fall into three categories: registered or exempted medicinal products, human organ or tissue products, and medical devices listed by MDACS. The code is planned to be gazetted in the fourth quarter of this year and take effect one month after gazettal, while the MDACS-related requirements will take effect on 1 March next year.
Why read this: The content sets out three permitted categories of products, phased effective dates and licensing requirements for beauty parlours providing medical services, allowing licensees and the industry to check their own arrangements.
Kai Tak Hospital will begin providing services in phases from next Monday, with the first phase covering the specialist outpatient building, oncology building and family medicine integrated centre, offering about 250 consultation slots per day initially. Specialist outpatient clinics in internal medicine, surgery, neurosurgery and clinical oncology at Queen Mary Hospital will transfer in batches from late October. Inpatient, surgical and accident and emergency services form the second phase and are expected to come into service in 2028. Kai Tak Hospital is Hong Kong's largest public hospital, with 2,400 beds and a service coverage of 1.8 million people.
Why read this: The announcement sets out the scope of first-phase services and the transfer timetable, and includes figures on Kai Tak Hospital's bed capacity and population covered, allowing readers to verify when related services at Queen Mary Hospital will move.