[Wuhan Pneumonia] Most of the government's latest office situation, some services will resume next week

Politics

Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2020-02-01 22:16

The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan continued to deteriorate, and government departments earlier announced the implementation of special work arrangements and the suspension of some services. Various departments and public service agencies are updating their arrangements today (1st), and some services will be temporarily suspended or restarted in the future.

Department of Health

The three women's health centres under the Family Health Service of the Department of Health will be suspended from Monday (February 3). The Department will contact women who have booked services to make other arrangements.

The AIDS Hotline 2780 2211 and the Gay Test AIDS Hotline 2117 1069 of the Department of Health will continue to provide telephone counselling services, but telephone and online appointments for AIDS testing services will be suspended until further notice. Those who have made a phone or online test appointment are not affected.

The Department of Health reminds that to reduce the chance of infection, unless there is a special reason, relatives and friends should try to avoid accompanying the patient to the Maternal and Child Health Center or other clinics. , And no more than 1 parent / relative to accompany other service users.

Social Welfare Department

The following measures will be taken from today to February 26:

All aided child care centres, day care centres for the elderly, sheltered workshops, integrated vocational rehabilitation service centres and activity centres will cease to provide services, but the centres will continue to be open to service users in need. If citizens need to go to the center or service unit, they can contact the center or service unit first.

All residential care services, integrated family service centres (case services only), integrated services centres (case services only), short-term food assistance services, integrated home care services (only meals, escorts, nursing and medication management services), Improved home and community care services (only meals, escorts, nursing and drug management services), home care services for severely disabled people (only escort, nursing, and drug management services), comprehensive support services for severely disabled people (only Provision of escorts, nursing and medication management services), residential outreach doctor visits, hotline services, and humanitarian assistance to non-repatriation claimants will remain open / operating. With the exception of residential care services and hotline services, other services only maintain a limited service.

Non-governmental organizations that run other social welfare funded services may decide, according to their own circumstances, whether to continue to provide relevant services in accordance with the Allowance and Service Agreement.

Education Bureau

The following facilities will remain closed until further notice:

The Hong Kong Teachers' Centre, Special Education Resource Centre, Central Resource Centre and Meta-Museum, Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, Arts and Technology Education Centre (including STEM Education Centre), Education Bureau Degree Allocation Section, and Qualifications Framework Secretariat.

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Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency

The Offices of the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (including the Student Financial Assistance Office (SFO), the Working Family Allowance Office and its Care and Sharing Division) will provide limited services starting February 3.

The SFO's service counters at the Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices and Industry and Trade Building will be open from Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 5.45 pm, allowing students who have already booked through the online counter of the SFO to submit loans Application. Successful loan applicants notified by the SFO can also receive loan cheques at the service counter of the Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices.

As for the Working Family Allowance Scheme and the Individual Employment Encouragement Transport Allowance Scheme, applicants can submit their applications by post or online, or submit their applications to the drop-off boxes of the Working Family Allowance Office and the SFO. The service counters of the Working Family Allowance Office in Kwun Tong and the Community Care Division in Mong Kok will continue to close.

Home Affairs Department

Basic and limited public services will be resumed from February 3. Except for the Sham Shui Po Civil Affairs Consultation Center, the civil affairs consultation centers in all districts will be open from 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 9 am to 5 pm, a statement or sworn service for personal use will be provided.

The Heritage Beneficiary Support Team will provide limited services. The hotline (2835 1535) and service counter are open from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm from Monday to Friday.

In addition, the Licensing Office will provide limited services. Applications for hotels, guesthouses and other premises and entertainment licenses should be submitted by mail or electronically.

All community halls and community centres will be closed unless used as a shelter during the cold weather warning.

post Office

The entire Hongkong Post post office will be shortened from February 3, and will be open from 11 am to 3 pm from Monday to Friday and from 9:30 am to 1 pm on Saturday. All counter services will be provided, but the mobile post office will temporarily suspend service.

In addition, the mail delivery and mailbox receiving services will be changed to the next day, and the express and postal express mail will maintain the receiving and delivery service from Monday to Saturday.

LCSD (Photo / Credit by Yu Ruijing)

LCSD

The following facilities will be closed until February 27, and events held at the venues will be cancelled:

All stadiums, sports fields, grass courts, artificial grass football pitches, tennis courts, squash courts, bowling greens, golf facilities, public swimming pools, beaches, Tuen Mun Recreation and Sports Centre, water sports centres and holiday camps. Cultural facilities include all museums, performance venues, public libraries and attached study rooms, mobile libraries, and the Music Centre's Music Centre.

During this period, the City Ticketing Network will maintain online and mobile application ticketing and ticketing hotlines. Public libraries will continue to provide online services such as e-books and e-repositories. The LCSD's free on-site recreational venues, including parks, playgrounds, outdoor hard courts, skateparks, extreme sports fields, roller skating rinks and cycling venues, will maintain services.

Inland Revenue Department (Photo / Photo by Luo Junhao)

Tax bureau

The following services are available from February 3, 9 am to 4 pm:

Services provided by the Business Registration Office, services provided by the Stamp Office, tax clearance by departing persons, general enquiries at the Central Enquiry Office and Telephone Enquiry Centre (telephone enquiry hotline 1878088).

In addition, the Inland Revenue Department announced that all deadlines for payment of taxes due from January 29 to February 9, filing of opposition and deferred payment of temporary taxes, submission of tax returns or other information will be automatically extended to February 10.

Rating and Valuation Department

From February 3rd to February 7th, it will be partially open from 8.15am to 1pm to provide limited counter services.

Buildings Department

From February 3 to 9, the Buildings Department will provide the following basic and limited services, with special attention to the public's report on the safety of unbuilt structures and buildings under construction, statutory applications for new development projects, construction professionals and Registration of contractors, provision of consulting services to licensing agencies, and implementation of Building Renewal Initiative 2.0.

Regarding the specified forms and additional documents to be submitted under the minor works supervision system, mandatory building inspection or mandatory window inspection scheme, and documents for registration or renewal of registration as registered building professionals or contractors under the Buildings Ordinance, the public It can be dropped into the delivery box located on the ground floor of the Buildings Department Headquarters, North Block, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon from 10 am to 4 pm from Monday to Friday.

Housing Authority (Information Order / Photo by Zhang Haowei)

Housing Authority

All public housing estate management offices will be open from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1 pm. General housing management services will be provided to a limited extent, including the processing of reserved cases.

All subsidized housing offices (including the Home Ownership Scheme Sales Team and White Form Secondary Market Scheme (White Home II) Team of Lok Fu Customer Service Centre, Kwun Tong Green Form Home Purchase Scheme Sales Team and other related Service offices) will be suspended until further announcement.

The HOS Secondary Market Scheme (Second Market) team in Wong Tai Sin will provide limited services from February 3 to 5 to process applications for nomination letters from the Secondary Market and White House.

All public housing application offices, including the Lok Fu Customer Service Centre Office and the Sham Shui Po Housing Information Office, will be suspended until further announcement. All detailed eligibility interviews and the selection process to ease overcrowding will also be suspended until further notice.

The demolition and resettlement office, the redevelopment area (Pak Tin and Midea) offices and the use of public housing resources will also be closed until further announcement.

All bids that had to be placed on the ground floor of the Housing Authority's headquarters at 33 Foguang Street, Ho Man Tin, and on other Housing Authority offices on or before February 7 will be delayed until further announcement .

The storage unit located on the ground floor of the Housing Authority's headquarters will maintain a limited service to handle services other than rent, including the payment of premiums by the owners of subsidized housing units so that the relevant owners can complete the unit's purchase and sale procedures.

Independent Review Unit and Appeal Board (Housing)

The independent review team under it will continue to suspend the acceptance of plans for approval and other related building supervision applications under the Buildings Ordinance from February 3 to 9.

Transport Department

The Transport Department will provide limited services from February 3. The Licensing Offices of Admiralty, Cheung Sha Wan, Kwun Tong and Sha Tin, and the Cheung Sha Wan Driving Test Schedule Office will be from 10 am to 3 pm from Monday to Friday. It is open at all times and provides counter services (except for the issuance of a Hong Kong full driving licence without trial). Applicants who have renewed their official driver's license / vehicle license or applied for an international driving permit during the online appointment period, please apply at the relevant license office during the opening hours of the license office on the day of the appointment.

Admiralty's public vehicle group will open from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 3 pm to provide counter services.

The Sheung Wan Transit Service Sub-section will open from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 3 pm to provide counter services.

The Vehicle Inspection Centre of the Transport Department will resume normal services.

Highways Department

From February 3 to February 9, basic and limited public services will be provided to the public, including the processing of excavation permit applications for road works and some non-emergency road maintenance.

The Highways Department will continue to provide necessary and emergency maintenance services for public roads, including routine road inspections and emergency road maintenance of expressways, and will arrange for contractors to continue to strengthen the cleaning of footbridges, tunnels and handrails of elevators, as well as the maintenance of lifts. button.

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Water department

From February 3, the Wan Chai Customer Service Centre will be open as usual, while the customer service centres in Tai Kok Tsui, Sha Tin, Tai Po and Tuen Mun will continue to suspend service.

The Document Management Centre, located on the 43rd floor of the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai, resumed receiving submissions, including documents such as water supply applications, plumbing works proposals, etc. The Water Supplies Department will formulate the order of processing documents according to the type of documents and their urgency.

The 24-hour customer service hotline 2824 5000 provides various emergency and general inquiry services as usual. Inquiries about the account will be diverted to the message mailbox, and the WSD will respond to urgent account inquiries as soon as possible.

Routine reading of water meters is suspended. For accounts whose water use period expires, the Water Supplies Department will issue water bills to the users for estimated water consumption.

Legal Aid Agency

From 3 to 7 February, the Advisory and Application Section of the Legal Aid Department (located on the 25th floor of Queensway Government Offices, telephone 2537 7717) and the Criminal Section (located on the 25th floor of Queensway Government Offices, telephone 2867 3139 ), Civil Litigation Group 1 (located on the 26th floor of Queensway Government Offices, telephone 2867 3123), Civil Litigation Group 2 (located on the 30th floor of Wan Chai Tax Building, telephone 2594 7884), the Cost Accounting Team and the Implementation Team (both teams Located on the 27th floor of Queensway Government Offices, phone 2867 3152) will provide basic and limited civil and criminal legal aid applications and litigation services. For enquiries, please call the office during office hours.

Registration and Electoral Office

The enquiry hotline 2891 1001 will be maintained from next Monday (February 3) to Monday to Friday (8:45 am to 6:00 pm).

Land Registry

All offices will reopen on February 3 to provide basic and limited public services.

Civil Engineering and Development Department

The Civil Engineering Library under it will provide basic and limited public services from February 3, and office hours are Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm until further notice.

Judiciary

All hearings originally scheduled in the court / tribunal from February 3 to February 9 were postponed to the date of further notice.

Civil Aviation Department

The Aviation Personnel Licensing Office and Payment Office will resume service on February 3, with office hours from Monday to Friday, 8.45 am to 12.45 pm and 1.45 pm to 5 pm.

AFCD

Starting from February 3, the service counters at the Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices and the Marine Park Office of Zhongran Building, 388 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan will provide basic and limited public services. Relevant services will be available on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9.30 am to 12 noon, and from 2 pm to 5 pm until further notice.

Marine Department

In addition to the Central Marine Sub-office, the license and customs clearance of the Yau Ma Tei Marine Sub-office, Tuen Mun Marine Sub-office, Sai Kung Marine Sub-Office, Tai Po Marine Sub-Office, Aberdeen Marine Sub-Office, Cheung Chau Marine Sub-Office and Shau Kei Wan Marine Sub-Office Administrative services, as well as crew examination certification, merchant marine crew management services, local vessel surveys and consulting services, will continue to be suspended until further notice.

Drainage Services Department (Information Order / Photo by Zhang Haowei)

Drainage Services Department

Continue to maintain emergency and necessary public services, and provide basic and limited public services from February 3, including 24-hour drainage hotline, inspection of drainage records plans, and disposal of sewage charges / industrial sewage surcharges.

The opening hours for checking drainage plan plans will be shortened to Monday to Friday from 10 am to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm.

The following five DSD offices will maintain a limited number of document sending and receiving services, open from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm:
43 / F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, 12 / F, Kowloon Government Offices, 405 Nathan Road, 23 / F, 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay, G / F, Western District Magistracy, 2A Pokfulam Road, 1 Ma Liu Shui Waterworks Street, Sha Tin Underground of Administration Building of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Plant.

Government Logistics Service

The Collection Office at the Government Logistics Department, 10th floor, North Point Government Offices will provide services for collecting the fees required for gazette publication on February 3 and February 4, from 8.30 am to 1 pm and 2 pm Hours to 5:00.

Companies Registry

From February 3rd, a small number of collection counters will be opened on the 14th floor of the Queensway Government Offices to accept applications for registration of new local companies delivered in hard copy form. The information desk on the 14th floor will be open to answer general inquiries.

All other printed documents delivered to the Registry can be delivered by mail to the 14th floor of Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, or the documents can be placed in the office's documents located on the 14th floor of Queensway Government Offices. Drop-off box, or a drop-off box for documents located near the inquiry counter in the High Block of Queensway Government Offices.

The registered office of the Trust and Company Service Provider in Kowloon Bay "No. 1 Kowloon" will be open to provide counter enquiry services and to receive licence applications delivered in hard copy form.

The office hours of the two offices will be adjusted from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm from Monday to Friday, and from 2 to 4 pm.

Environmental Protection Agency

From February 3 to 9 am to 5 pm, the public can submit applications for compliance / exemption of vehicle exhaust and noise emission standards with supporting documents to the Environmental Protection Agency's 34 Revenue Tower, Wan Chai House office delivery box. After the approval is completed, the applicant will be notified to obtain approval documents for approval.

Public Works Tender Committee

Tenders that were originally required to be placed in the Public Works Tender Box on the 41st floor of Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, before 12 noon on February 7, the deadline for bidding will be delayed until further announcement.

Independent Commission Against Corruption (Profile picture / Photo by Lu Yiming)

ICAC

Effective February 3, providing essential, essential, and limited public services.

The 24-hour ICAC Reporting Centre and the Corruption Reporting Hotline (25 266 366) located in the ICAC Building (www.icac.org.hk) will continue to operate to accept public reports or inquiries.

The Anti-Corruption Advisory Service Hotline (25 266 363) and email cpas@cpd.icac.org.hk will continue to operate, and the Business Ethics Development Center Hotline (28 263 288) will continue to provide services.

In addition, ICAC employees who do not provide the above public services will continue to work from home. All ICAC regional offices will also be closed.

Town Planning Board

From Monday to Friday, February 3, 9 am to 5 pm, documents submitted under the Urban Planning Ordinance can be dropped into the drop-off box located at the reception counter of the Urban Planning Committee Secretariat on the 15th floor of the North Point Government Offices . Other counter services will continue to be suspended.

Planning Department

From 3 to 7 February, the Planning Information Enquiry Offices located on the 17th floor of the North Point Government Offices and the 14th floor of the Sha Tin Government Offices will maintain basic and limited public services, including counters and telephone inquiries on planning information, and inspection Submitted planning applications and plans displayed in accordance with legal requirements.

The reception desk on the 18th floor of the North Point Government Offices will also maintain basic services during office hours.

Official Receiver's Office

Basic and limited public services will be available from February 3rd, and office hours are from Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4pm.

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