August 24, 2022 DAB LegCo member (New Territories Northwest) Holden Chow, together with the DAB Tuen Mun team including Tuen Mun Branch chairperson Mo Shing Fung, visited the Tuen Mun Yan Oi Dental Clinic during midnight to learn more about dental services from people waiting overnight. The provision of public dental services in Tuen Mun in fact was not sufficient, as the clinic was only open to the public once a week and the consultation quotas was only 21. Holden Chow requ

August 22, 2022 DAB Supermarket Price Watch (The Watch) found out in a survey that the prices of some supermarket goods increased significantly by 40% during the two years of epidemic. In fact, supermarkets which sell many goods of daily necessity were not adversely affected while Hong Kong’s retail industry was hardly hit by the epidemic. Many reports revealed that supermarkets might even have significant increase in revenue. The Watch convenor and DAB LegCo member Frank

August 22, 2022 The Education Bureau announced today entry facilitation measures for Hong Kong students going to study in the mainland. The Guangdong provincial authority had Hong Kong students covered under the compassionate quotas for travelling at land boundary control points between Guangdong and Hong Kong. Following proactive co-ordination by the Central Government, more passenger flights between Hong Kong and various Mainland cities would be arranged with priority giv

August 22, 2022 The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Chan Kwok-ki held a press conference on the Strive and Rise Programme launched by the Task Force to Lift Underprivileged Students out of Intergenerational Poverty. The activities of the programme could be grouped into five aspects, namely an orientation session, basic training, mentor-mentee interactive sessions, diverse group activities, and a graduation ceremony and extended network building. The DAB expressed su

August 17, 2022 The DAB Family Affairs Committee visited the TWGHs Even Centre to shed light on the importance of anti-gambling services and counselling and treatment for gamblers. The DAB Family Affairs Committee chairperson Frankie Ngan briefly introduced Committee’s past work on anti-gambling, including regular surveys, and meetings with representatives from the Ping Wo Fund and the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau to propose enhancement on anti-gambling addiction to curb the

August 16, 2022 The DAB is going to meet with Chief Executive John Lee in September to discuss the 2022 Policy Address. We announced recommendations on how to promote Hong Kong's future economic development, consolidating and enhancing Hong Kong's status as an international financial, I&T and economic and trade center. Key recommendations Promote RMB internationalization Strengthen Hong Kong’s status as a major fundraising center Proactively attract investment and talents Pr

August 16, 2022 The DAB Kowloon Central and Kowloon West teams met with the Director of Fire Services Mr. Andy Yeung to express concerns on the amendments to the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance (Cap. 572). They urged the government to optimize the prosecution mechanism, allow the Fire Services Department to prioritize installation of fire safety equipment; relaunch the Fire Safety Improvement Works Subsidy Scheme to ease the financial burden on owners of old buildings. In

August 14, 2022 The YoungDAB conducted an online questionnaire survey from 24 June, 2022 to 8 August, 2022 on "Knowing the country and Integrating into the Greater Bay Area". It received 465 valid responses and released the survey results and recommendations today. Results Over 60% of the young respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their ethnic identities are Chinese (64.2%) Over 70% of the young respondents visited the mainland at least once a year or more, and nearly