Thirty-six local museums and institutes taking part in the International Museum Day 2012, Hong Kong (IMD 2012 HK) to be held on Saturday and Sunday (May 19 and 20) will present more than 100 educational activities and programmes to the public. In addition, 34 participating museums, including all the museums under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and other local museums, will organise open days this Saturday and Sunday, allowing the public free visits to their permanent exhibitions.

The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health is today (May 17) investigating two suspected food poisoning outbreaks involving six persons and reminded people to maintain personal, food and environmental hygiene to prevent food-borne diseases.

The Fire Services Department (FSD) has completed its staff opinion survey to obtain staff views on the proposal to reduce the conditioned working hours of the Fire Stream members from 54 to 51 hours per week (the "51 Proposal"). The survey results were announced at the Fire Services Departmental Consultative Committee (FSDCC) meeting held today (May 17).

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating a confirmed case of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection.

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, will depart for Shenzhen tomorrow morning (May 18) to co-chair the fifth meeting of the Steering Group on Shenzhen/Hong Kong Co-operation in Innovation and Technology with the Vice Mayor of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, Mr Tang Jie.

Hong Kong Customs officers effected a case of drug trafficking by means of internal concealment at the Hong Kong International Airport on May 12.A foreign male aged 36 was arrested and approximately 1,320 grammes of cocaine with street value of about HK$1.5 million were seized.

Following is the transcript of remarks by the Chief Executive-elect (CE-elect), Mr C Y Leung, after visiting the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin this afternoon (May 17):

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HCL Infosystems Ltd., India’s Premier hardware, services and ICT Systems Integration and Distribution Company has been chosen as a strategic technology partner by Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) Hospitals.

According to a new Microsoft study in five geographies, including India, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are gaining significant IT security benefits from using the cloud.

Anagha, the Handloom Boutique Store’s first franchise is inaugurated here in city today at Himayatnagar. The new store is inaugurated by Ms.

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Zevrix Solutions announces InPreflight Pro 2.10, a compatibility update to its document preparation solution for Adobe InDesign.

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