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Kowloon Park arts fair to open

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will launch a new phase of its Arts Fun Fair at Kowloon Park this Sunday.   It will have 16 stalls displaying and selling craftworks that feature fabric crafts, floral artworks and ornaments. Park-goers can also participate in art services such as painting and portrait sketching.   The fair will be open from 1pm to 7pm on Sundays and public holidays at the park's loggia until May 26 next year.   Visitors can enjoy the park’s beautiful scenery while appreciating a wide range of handicrafts and artworks.   The Arts Corner at Hong Kong Park is being held from noon to 6pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays until December 31.   The Arts Corner at Victoria Park welcomes applications from today until June 23 for operating stalls in the coming round of the fair.   For enquiries about the fair in Kowloon Park, call 2724 3344. For questions about Hong Kong Park and Victoria Park, call 2521 5041 or 2890 5824 respectively. http:
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CE visits Contact Tracing Offices

Chief Executive Carrie Lam visited the Contact Tracing Offices in Kai Tak and Mong Kok today, the first day of the Lunar New Year, to get an update of contact-tracing of COVID-19 cases and to extend New Year greetings to the office staff.   Mrs Lam first visited the Contact Tracing Office at Kai Tak Community Hall which was set up in January last year and was briefed on its work since the outbreak of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong.   During that wave of the epidemic, the office tracked down the 200 customers related to the cluster from Moon Palace, a restaurant in Festival Walk, which stopped the further spread of the virus.   Mrs Lam thanked staff at the office for their hard work and expressed hope that the community can soon be back to normal after the pandemic is tackled.   The Chief Executive then inspected the Contact Tracing Office in Mong Kok, which was launched in January this year. Commissioner of Correctional Services Woo Ying-ming and Commissioner of Customs & Excise Louise Ho were also there to cheer on their colleagues and extended to them their festival greetings.   Noting that the Correctional Services Department gave its support as early as pandemic began, Mrs Lam thanked the department for providing masks and other supplies which were essential in the early stage of combatting the virus.   The two offices are manned by more than 400 staff members who are mainly deployed from the disciplinary services. They have so far assisted in tracing more than 31,000 contacts of the infection cases, thereby reducing the spread of the virus in the community.   Additionally, over 10,000 serving officers or retirees of the disciplinary services have received training, enabling the Government to deploy more manpower to assist in contact-tracing when needed.   Mrs Lam concluded the visit by expressing thanks to the people for their co-operation.   “I appeal to members of the public again to continue to support the Government's anti-epidemic efforts by staying home and reducing cross-family gatherings as far as possible during the Lunar New Year."
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