The Immigration Department will launch new electronic services tomorrow for eligible applicants to complete the entire process of birth or death registrations online, without having to visit a registry in person. According to the Births & Deaths Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2023, which will take effect tomorrow, the statutory time limit for the registration of deaths from natural causes is extended from 24 hours to 14 days. It also removes the requirement for applicants who need to register births or deaths to attend the registries in person, so as to provide a legal basis for the introduction of electronic services for these kinds of registration. Under the new electronic services, if either parent of a newborn baby is a Hong Kong permanent resident, the parents may submit an application for a birth registration online within 42 days after the birth of their legitimate child. They may apply for a birth certificate at the same time and choose to receive it by
The Leisure & Cultural Services Department announced that tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Mainland Olympians delegation sports demonstrations and variety show have sold out.
Around 5,300 tickets for the sports demonstrations and variety show were reserved for sale to the public.
While almost 90% of the tickets were sold from 10am to 11am today via URBTIX, all of them were sold out at around 6pm.
The department explained that despite the heavy traffic, the URBTIX system has been operating smoothly in general and tickets were sold without disruption.
However, names of ticket holders failed to be printed on the tickets in a few transactions. Since their personal particulars have been recorded in the system, it is not necessary for these ticket holders to exchange their tickets.
Venue staff will verify the identity of the ticket holders on-site on the event day and patrons concerned will be notified of the arrangements, the department added.
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