Immigration Department repatriates Vietnamese illegal immigrants to Vietnam

Immigration department sends vietnamese illegal immigrants back to vietnam

The Immigration Department (ImmD) carried out a repatriation operation today (April 30). A total of 26 Vietnamese illegal immigrants were repatriated to Vietnam. The persons removed comprised 12 men and 14 women, all of whom were unsubstantiated non-refoulement claimants. Among them were discharged prisoners who had committed criminal offences and had been sentenced to imprisonment.

â The ImmD will remain committed to expediting the removal process to repatriate illegal immigrants and overstayers from Hong Kong as soon as practicable according to the actual situation through appropriate measures as necessary.

Ha staff achieve excellence: recognized for outstanding performance

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

The Hospital Authority (HA) today (May 17) announced the results of the HA Outstanding Staff and Teams Award and Young Achievers Award for 2024. This year, nine outstanding staff, seven outstanding teams and 13 young achievers (the list of awardees is appended) from 17 hospitals in all seven clusters and the Head Office have been awarded for their outstanding performances, provision of quality patient-centred care, enhancing team spirit and improving the overall operational effectiveness of the organisation. The awardees are from different grades, including medical, nursing, allied health, administration and supporting staff groups.

Since 1993, the HA has been organising this staff reward and recognition programme annually to commend outstanding staff members and teams. To encourage the young generation, the HA added a new category, Young Achievers Award, since 2018 to recognise the good performance of the new generation of the workforce.

The 2024 Outstanding Staff and Teams and Young Achievers Award Selection Panel was chaired by HA Board Member Ms Margaret Cheng, who said, "Healthcare staff play an important role as health issues attract more attention in the time of returning to normalcy in the aftermath of the pandemic. The professionalism, dedication and perseverance of all awardees to protect the health of citizens in respective dimensions are truly commendable."

Other members of the Selection Panel included HA Board Member Prof Agnes Tiwari; the HA Chief Executive, Dr Tony Ko; the New Territories West Cluster Chief Executive, Dr Wong Yiu-chung; awardee of the HA Outstanding Staff Award 2023 Mr Lee Kwok-hung and the Head of Human Resources, Mr David Mak.

The awards received an overwhelming number of nominations this year, with a total of 89 submissions received. Contributions of participants to the following core values of the HA were adopted as the selection criteria for the Outstanding Staff and Teams by the selection panel:

People-centred Care

Professional Service

Committed Staff

Teamwork

As for the Young Achievers Award, awardees were able to demonstrate the HA core values, possess the attributes of being an advocate for his/her profession and could always energise the team, think out of the box and be a good communicator.