March 14, 2022 The Subsidised Housing Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) endorsed today (Mar 14) the Drainage Enhancement Programme (DEP) for public rental housing flats and would launch the DEP in accordance with the new Practice Note relating to the above-ground drainage system issued by the Buildings Department last year, to enhance the original design standards. The HA estimated that the entire DEP will take about 2.5 years to complete. The Drainage Inspe

Mar 13, 2022 Vincent Cheng (right) participated in an activity promoting vaccination The Home Affairs Department launched the Home Support Supplies Delivery Service yesterday (Mar 12) to support persons pending admission to hospitals or community isolation facilities by delivering basic daily necessities and food directly, eliminating referral to the Social Welfare Department. Vincent Cheng, Chairman of the Panel on Home Affairs of the Legislative Council, commented that it

March 12, 2022 Notwithstanding that the vaccination rate in Hong Kong is as high as 90%, the rate amongst ethnic minorities is relatively low. Nixie Lam, DAB Legislative Council Member for Election Committee constituency, learned earlier that female Muslims gave up getting vaccinations due to religious restriction on rolling up their sleeves in public place. After getting the assistance of the Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip Tak-kuen on deploying a team of all-f

Mar 11, 2022 While Hong Kong spares no effort in fighting this epidemic, many national leaders including Vice Premier Mr. Han Zheng and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Aff airs Office of the State Council Mr. Xia Bao Long have repeatedly expressed their concern, sincere care and encouragement for all Hong Kong people through the Hong Kong deputies to National People’s Con

Mar 1, 2022 Considering the severity of the epidemic situation in Hong Kong, the DAB Legislative Council members (Election Committee) support the SAR Government in carrying out Compulsory Universal Testing (CUT) with the assistance of the nation and recommend the following measures: In order to get better results, a lockdown should be imposed during CUT. Residents must stay at home except for going out for testing, or shopping at designated places, or seeking medical attenti

Mar 1, 2022 The government announced that the Compulsory Universal Testing (CUT) will be conducted in March, but the specific details are yet to be announced. In order to collect people’s views on Compulsory Universal Testing, the DAB Legislative Council member (New Territories North) Lau Kwok Fan conducted an online survey and received more than 13,000 responses within two days. Summary of the survey 90% agreed that the CUT should be carried out by district, while 10% agree

Feb 28, 2022 Due to the increasing severity of the epidemic, an accumulation of dead bodies occurred at hospitals and public mortuaries. In addition, the unclear dissemination of government's information gave chance to some troublemakers to spread false information on the Internet and social platforms in an attempt to attack the government and weaken the anti-epidemic effort, causing panic amongst people. In order to properly handle the above problems, the DAB requires the

Feb 28, 2022 A large number of patients including elderly were still waiting outside the Accident & Emergency (A&E) of Caritas Medical Centre in the past two days due to the flow of patients was stymied by the shortage of ambulances or non-emergency service vehicles. Legislative Council member (Kowloon West) Vincent Cheng requested the authority to take decisive measures, such as to increase or allocate manpower, to borrow rehabuses or vehicles adapted for use to transfer in