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The Government is carefully studying the judgment handed down by the Court of First Instance on the judicial review concerning the provisions on segregation of the sexes under the Public Conveniences (Conduct & Behaviour) Regulation, and is seeking legal advice and considering lodging an appeal. The Environment & Ecology Bureau made the statement today, noting that members of the public must continue to use public toilets according to the principle of segregation of the sexes to avoid contravening the relevant laws. In the judicial review, the Court of First Instance ordered that provisions related to segregation of the sexes under the aforesaid regulation shall be struck down, and suspended the execution of the order for 12 months to allow the Government time to address the matter of transgender individuals with gender identity disorder using Food & Environmental Hygiene Department’s public toilets. The bureau said the establishment of sex-segregated public toilets under the regulation aims to protect the privacy and safety of the public when using public toilets and to reflect social norms and expectations, an arrangement that has been widely accepted by society. Currently, public toilets under the department’s purview are categorised into sex-segregated public toilets and gender neutral public toilets. Sex-segregated toilets follow the segregation of the sexes under the regulation. Concurrently, gender-neutral toilets are available near about half of the number of sex-segregated toilets. They include "Accessible Toilets" and "Unisex Toilets", available for use by all members of the public including transgender individuals.
Secretary for Labour & Welfare Chris Sun today announced the official launch of a guide for mandated reporters' reference on child protection. The Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance, which mandates 25 categories of specified professionals from the social welfare, education and healthcare sectors to report serious child abuse cases, will commence on January 20, 2026, to create a wide and effective protection web for children. As such, the Government formed three professional consultative panels in each of these sectors in early 2024 for formulating the guide. Addressing the guide's launch ceremony, Mr Sun said that the three professional consultative panels comprise cross-disciplinary professionals. He noted that their professional exchanges on different cases not only have assisted in establishing a list of key factors that mandated reporters should take into consideration before deciding whether a report is necessary under different scenarios, but also laid an important foundation for the decision trees in the guide, which further helps mandated reporters make reporting decisions and serves as a practical reference for mandated reporters. The welfare chief said that an electronic system of the decision trees has also been specially developed by the Social Welfare Department to assist mandated reporters in making an analysis of the case scenarios in a swift and convenient manner only by answering simple questions. He added that the electronic system will also direct those cases that need mandatory reporting to the reporting page to ensure mandated reporters can make a report as soon as practicable. The features of the guide were introduced at the ceremony. A demonstration of the workflow of the electronic version of the decision trees to be rolled out was also featured. While formulating the guide, the professional consultative panels discussed 650 case scenarios and questions collected from their sectors in 33 focus group meetings. The valuable advice gathered from the 540 frontline professionals participating in these focus group meetings became a helpful and important reference for the professional consultative panels to finalise the details of the guide. The Government will roll out Module 2 of the online learning course for specified professionals in phases starting from next week, covering basic knowledge on the legal and reporting matters related to the ordinance, including the key content of the ordinance, a brief introduction to the guide, analysis of common scenarios, reporting procedures and post-reporting follow-up.
稅務局呼籲市民提防聲稱由該局發出、邀請收件人申請退稅的欺詐電郵。該電郵附有超連結,企圖取得收件人的個人和信用卡資料。 稅務局表示與該電郵並無關係,事件已交由警方進一步調查。市民切勿開啟可疑電郵或登入電郵內的超連結。
The Inland Revenue Department today issued an alert regarding fraudulent emails purportedly issued by the department, which invite recipients to claim tax refunds. Each fraudulent email provides a hyperlink to a website that seeks to obtain the recipient’s personal particulars and credit card information. Apart from stressing that it has no connection with such emails, the department said it reported the case to Police for further investigation. It also reminded the public not to open suspicious emails or visit the attached hyperlinks.
下 午 10 時
天 文 台 錄 得:
氣 溫 : 29 度
相 對 濕 度 : 百 分 之 77
本 港 其 他 地 區 的 氣 溫 :
天 文 台 29 度 ,
京 士 柏 29 度 ,
黃 竹 坑 29 度 ,
打 鼓 嶺 27 度 ,
流 浮 山 27 度 ,
大 埔 28 度 ,
沙 田 28 度 ,
屯 門 27 度 ,
將 軍 澳 26 度 ,
西 貢 29 度 ,
長 洲 27 度 ,
赤 鱲 角 29 度 ,
青 衣 27 度 ,
石 崗 27 度 ,
荃 灣 可 觀 26 度 ,
荃 灣 城 門 谷 27 度 ,
香 港 公 園 28 度 ,
筲 箕 灣 28 度 ,
九 龍 城 29 度 ,
跑 馬 地 29 度 ,
黃 大 仙 29 度 ,
赤 柱 28 度 ,
觀 塘 28 度 ,
深 水 埗 29 度 ,
啟 德 跑 道 公 園 29 度 ,
元 朗 公 園 27 度 。
以 下 是 有 關 熱 帶 風 暴 竹 節 草 在 下 午 9 時 的 消 息 :
位 置 為 北 緯 17.7 度 , 東 經 118.7 度 附 近 。
At
10 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 29 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 77 per cent
The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory29 degrees ;
King's Park29 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang29 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling27 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan27 degrees ;
Tai Po28 degrees ;
Sha Tin28 degrees ;
Tuen Mun27 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O26 degrees ;
Sai Kung29 degrees ;
Cheung Chau27 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok29 degrees ;
Tsing Yi27 degrees ;
Shek Kong27 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon26 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley27 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park28 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan28 degrees ;
Kowloon City29 degrees ;
Happy Valley29 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin29 degrees ;
Stanley28 degrees ;
Kwun Tong28 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po29 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park29 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park27 degrees .
Here is the information on Tropical Storm Co-may at 9 p.m.:
Location: 17.7 degrees north, 118.7 degrees east.
下 午 7 時
天 文 台 錄 得:
氣 溫 : 30 度
相 對 濕 度 : 百 分 之 76
本 港 其 他 地 區 的 氣 溫 :
天 文 台 30 度 ,
京 士 柏 29 度 ,
黃 竹 坑 30 度 ,
打 鼓 嶺 29 度 ,
流 浮 山 28 度 ,
大 埔 29 度 ,
沙 田 29 度 ,
屯 門 29 度 ,
將 軍 澳 28 度 ,
西 貢 29 度 ,
長 洲 27 度 ,
赤 鱲 角 30 度 ,
青 衣 30 度 ,
石 崗 30 度 ,
荃 灣 可 觀 27 度 ,
荃 灣 城 門 谷 28 度 ,
香 港 公 園 29 度 ,
筲 箕 灣 28 度 ,
九 龍 城 29 度 ,
跑 馬 地 30 度 ,
黃 大 仙 29 度 ,
赤 柱 28 度 ,
觀 塘 29 度 ,
深 水 埗 29 度 ,
啟 德 跑 道 公 園 29 度 ,
元 朗 公 園 29 度 。
熱 帶 低 氣 壓 已 增 強 為 熱 帶 風 暴 。
以 下 是 有 關 熱 帶 風 暴 在 下 午 8 時 的 消 息 :
位 置 為 北 緯 17.7 度 , 東 經 118.9 度 附 近 。
At
7 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 30 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 76 per cent
The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory30 degrees ;
King's Park29 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang30 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling29 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan28 degrees ;
Tai Po29 degrees ;
Sha Tin29 degrees ;
Tuen Mun29 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O28 degrees ;
Sai Kung29 degrees ;
Cheung Chau27 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok30 degrees ;
Tsing Yi30 degrees ;
Shek Kong30 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon27 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley28 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park29 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan28 degrees ;
Kowloon City29 degrees ;
Happy Valley30 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin29 degrees ;
Stanley28 degrees ;
Kwun Tong29 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po29 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park29 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park29 degrees .
The tropical depression has intensified into a tropical storm.
Here is the information on Tropical Storm at 8 p.m.:
Location: 17.7 degrees north, 118.9 degrees east.
下 午 4 時
天 文 台 錄 得:
氣 溫 : 32 度
相 對 濕 度 : 百 分 之 62
過 去 一 小 時 ,
京 士 柏 錄 得 的 平 均 紫 外 線 指 數 : 5
紫 外 線 強 度 : 中 等
請注意:酷熱天氣警告現正生效,市民應慎防中暑,多補充水分。
本 港 其 他 地 區 的 氣 溫 :
天 文 台 32 度 ,
京 士 柏 31 度 ,
黃 竹 坑 32 度 ,
打 鼓 嶺 33 度 ,
流 浮 山 33 度 ,
大 埔 32 度 ,
沙 田 32 度 ,
屯 門 31 度 ,
將 軍 澳 32 度 ,
西 貢 31 度 ,
長 洲 28 度 ,
赤 鱲 角 32 度 ,
青 衣 33 度 ,
石 崗 33 度 ,
荃 灣 可 觀 31 度 ,
荃 灣 城 門 谷 33 度 ,
香 港 公 園 31 度 ,
筲 箕 灣 30 度 ,
九 龍 城 32 度 ,
跑 馬 地 33 度 ,
黃 大 仙 32 度 ,
赤 柱 33 度 ,
觀 塘 31 度 ,
深 水 埗 32 度 ,
啟 德 跑 道 公 園 30 度 ,
元 朗 公 園 34 度 。
以 下 是 有 關 熱 帶 低 氣 壓 在 下 午 4 時 的 消 息 :
位 置 為 北 緯 18.3 度 , 東 經 119.3 度 附 近 。
At
4 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 32 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 62 per cent
During the past hour
the mean UV Index recorded at King's Park : 5
Intensity of UV radiation : moderate Please be reminded that:The Very Hot Weather Warning is now in force. The public should beware of heat stroke and drink more water. The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory32 degrees ;
King's Park31 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang32 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling33 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan33 degrees ;
Tai Po32 degrees ;
Sha Tin32 degrees ;
Tuen Mun31 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O32 degrees ;
Sai Kung31 degrees ;
Cheung Chau28 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok32 degrees ;
Tsing Yi33 degrees ;
Shek Kong33 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon31 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley33 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park31 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan30 degrees ;
Kowloon City32 degrees ;
Happy Valley33 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin32 degrees ;
Stanley33 degrees ;
Kwun Tong31 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po32 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park30 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park34 degrees .
Here is the information on Tropical Depression at 4 p.m.:
Location: 18.3 degrees north, 119.3 degrees east.