Public invited to Hospital Authority Board Meeting
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
Members of the public are invited to attend the Hospital Authority (HA) Board Meeting to be held on December 18 (Thursday) at 4pm.
The HA Board Meeting has been open to members of the public since 1998 to demonstrate the continuous effort of the Authority to enhance its transparency and public accountability. The HA Board holds meetings at regular intervals to discuss major health policy issues that have an impact on the public. Through these open meetings, the community is able to understand more about the role and functions of the HA Board, as well as the operation and services of the HA and its hospitals.
The HA Board will discuss the following agenda items in the coming meeting:
- Progress Report on Strategic Priorities
- Cluster Presentation Programme - Hong Kong East Cluster - Visionary Geriatric Day Hospital
- Cluster Presentation Programme - Kowloon West Cluster - Striving towards Carbon Neutrality - Developing Low Carbon Hospitals in Kowloon West Cluster of Hospital Authority
The meeting agenda and papers will be made available to the public at the meeting. Members of the public are reminded that they can attend the Board Meeting only as observers and will not be participating in the meeting discussions.
Members of the public who are interested in attending the coming Board Meeting have to make an advance booking by contacting the Secretariat of the HA Board at 2300 6797 before noon on December 18. To facilitate booking arrangements, members of the public are advised to provide their names and contact telephone numbers. In view of the limited seating available in the public gallery of the meeting venue, seating will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Hospital Authority, Photo source: reference image
CSD fully launches Video Visit e-Booking Service
The Correctional Services Department (CSD) today (December 16) announced the full implementation of the Video Visit e-Booking Service, providing visitors with an additional way of paying visits to persons in custody (PICs).
Starting from today, declared visitors of PICs can make bookings for general visits to them online through the General Visit e-Services Platform (e-Services Platform). Visitors can make bookings for video visits for the next seven days at one of the five Multi-purpose Family and Rehabilitation Service Centres in Mong Kok, Shau Kei Wan, Sheung Shui, Tuen Mun and Sha Tin, or at the Lai Chi Kok Video Visit Centre. Also, visitors can use the Approved Hand-in Articles e-Ordering Service to enjoy the convenience and efficiency of e-services, saving time from shopping for approved hand-in articles on the market and bringing these articles for physical visits.
The CSD has been providing a video visit service for PICs' relatives and friends who have difficulties visiting correctional institutions due to old age, pregnancy, disabilities or other reasons. The CSD has introduced a trial run of this video visit service to declared visitors of PICs at different correctional institutions in phases since November 11 this year. Positive responses have been received since then as the service offers visitors a more convenient and people-oriented visiting experience.
The CSD emphasised that the video visit service aims to bring convenience to the public by providing them with an additional option. Visitors can still pay physical visits to correctional institutions according to their actual needs.
In order to enjoy the Video Visit e-Booking Service, visitors must be declared visitors of PICs and register for the e-Services Platform in advance. Visitors can also make bookings for physical visits and use the Approved Hand-in Articles e-Ordering Service through the e-Services Platform. Detailed information about the e-Services Platform is available on the CSD's website (www.csd.gov.hk/english/socialvisit/ins_vis_guide.html).
The Correctional Services Department, Photo source: reference image
