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 Government today completed joint enforcement operations at three buildings in Chai Wan, Sheung Shui and Ap Lei Chau, which were earlier included in compulsory testing notices.
At Block 2 of Cheerful Garden in Chai Wan, staff deployed by the Social Welfare Department, Police and the Department of Health checked 349 people’s test records and found that 16 of them violated the compulsory testing notice.
For the operation carried out by the Lands Department, Police and the Department of Health at Block 6 of Tsui Lai Garden in Sheung Shui, 30 out of 310 people failed to comply with the notice.
Meanwhile, the Southern District Office, Police and the Department of Health examined 300 people’s test records at Grosvenor Court of South Horizons. Four of them did not get tested according to the notice.
As a result, 50 people in total were issued with a compulsory testing order.
A fixed penalty notice of $10,000 was issued to 27 of them.
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