69-598: The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is a resort built and owned by Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited, a joint venture of the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company in Hong Kong on reclaimed land beside Penny's Bay , at the northeastern tip of Lantau Island , approximately two kilometres (1.2 mi) from Discovery Bay . It is the second Disney Resort in Asia. Officially opened on 12 September 2005,
138-614: A combination of China's slowdown, political unrest, and a weak yuan relative to the Hong Kong dollar, as well as the upcoming opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort . On 2 May 2017, The Walt Disney Company 's proposal to invest HK$ 5.45 billion alongside the Hong Kong Government was passed by the finance committee of the Legislative Council , after a total of more than 20 hours of debate in
207-611: A key role in ensuring harmony in policy formulation and implementation. The current Secretary is Chan Kwok-ki . The Financial Secretary is responsible for preparing the Government Budget in accordance with the Chief Executive's agenda in the policy address, ensuring fiscal policies are in accordance to the Public Finance Ordinance. The secretary has to estimate of revenue and expenditure before
276-616: A mini-tram system. In June 2012, the Hong Kong Economic Times reports that the Government of Hong Kong is hoping to start discussion with Hong Kong Disneyland about building a second Disney theme park for the resort. On 6 January 2015, the third hotel broke ground. It was known as Disney Explorers Lodge , financed jointly by The Walt Disney Company (HK$ 1.7 billion), Hong Kong Government (HK$ 1.7 billion) and Hong Kong Disneyland (HK$ 600 million) itself,
345-523: A new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non-staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including
414-634: A park for eight years. Government Secretary for Economic Service Stephan Ip Shu-kwan and Walt Disney Attractions Chairman Judson Green signed the master project agreement in November 2000. The government began dredging for the park resort in July 2000. Fish around Ma Wan died as a result of land reclamation . Reclamation of land started in 2000. The SARS outbreak of 2003 did slow but not stop building and saved HK$ 1 billion as construction cost dropped. Inspiration Lake , an artificial lake of some 12 hectares,
483-752: A pedestrian walkway which links the Disneyland Resort station , Disneyland park, Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel, and Disneyland Resort Pier . It is expected that a second Disney theme park will be built on that site. A Phase Three Extension is also being considered by the Walt Disney Company and the Hong Kong Government. On 10 January 2012, The Standard reported that Hong Kong Disneyland plans to build 4 more hotels. Disneyland's proposal includes building one large hotel and three smaller vacation-style hotels to be connected by
552-675: A profit. It was unprofitable again in 2015, running a HK$ 148 million loss that year. This increased to a loss of HK$ 171 million in 2016 and HK$ 345 million in 2017. 22°18′48″N 114°02′36″E / 22.31333°N 114.04333°E / 22.31333; 114.04333 Government of Hong Kong High Court District Court Magistrates' Court Special courts and tribunals: Chief Executive Elections Legislative elections District council elections Consular missions in Hong Kong Hong Kong–China relations Hong Kong–Taiwan relations The Government of
621-537: A thorough review process, we were not able to identify an environmentally sustainable fishing source, leaving us no alternative except to remove shark's fin soup from our wedding banquet menu." Health inspectors were asked to remove their caps and badges when coming to inspect the facility after several reports of food poisoning. Although two of the officers did so, the department took offence. On 12 September 2005, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and its theme park, Hong Kong Disneyland, officially grand opening ceremonies by
690-610: A total workforce of about 13,500 to keep the city clean and provide cleansing services, including street sweeping and waste collection. Currently, FEHD is responsible for cleaning about 11,500 litter containers and about 1,900 dog excreta collection bins at least once a day. Since public toilets are provided mainly at tourist spots and busy areas, FEHD pledges to ensure public toilets are kept clean at all times. FEHD employs attendants to station at those with high usage or located in tourist spots to provide immediate cleansing services, in addition to regular deep cleansing operations. To enhance
759-593: A webpage ( https://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine_bubble_FP.html ) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re-organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau . Organization The FEHD consists of four branches including
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#1732776031746828-778: Is a department of the Hong Kong Government , reporting to the Environment and Ecology Bureau . It is responsible for food hygiene and environmental hygiene. It replaced part of the role of the Urban Council and the Urban Services Department , and the Regional Council and the Regional Services Department . Establishment Pursuant to the passing of the Provision of Municipal Services (Reorganisation) Bill in 1999,
897-434: Is a useful indicator for the general situation of rodent infestation in individual survey locations and forms the basis for devising anti-rodent measures. The results also serve as reference for assessing the overall efficacy of rodent prevention and disinfestation work. The overall Rodent Infestation Rate for the first half of 2021 was 2.8%, falling under Level 1, indicating that rodent infestation in public areas in Hong Kong
966-791: Is elected by an Election Committee , a 1500-member electoral college consisting of individuals and bodies (i.e. special interest groups) elected within 40 functional constituencies defined in the Basic Law. The winner is then appointed to the position by the Premier of the People's Republic of China . The Chief Executive is responsible for implementing the Basic Law, signing bills and budgets, promulgating laws, making decisions on government policies, and issuing Executive Orders. Then Chief Executive, Carrie Lam , began exercise of her unfettered residual powers of law-making by decree on 4 October 2019, under
1035-588: Is headed by the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong , who is the most senior principal official of the Government. The Chief Secretary and the other secretaries jointly oversee the administration of Hong Kong, give advice to the Chief Executive as members of the Executive Council , and are accountable for their actions and policies to the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council . Under the " one country, two systems " constitutional principle,
1104-533: Is led by the Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong) ( Legal Department and Attorney General before the transfer of sovereignty). The Secretary for Justice (SJ) is responsible for all prosecutions in Hong Kong, drafting all government legislation, and advising other policy bureaux and departments of the government on a vast array of legal issues. The department consists of the Prosecutions Division,
1173-868: Is safe and fit for consumer's consumption through tripartite collaborations among the government, food trade, and consumers. Licensing Licensing is an environmental hygiene service provided by the Environmental Hygiene Branch. Licences that process through the FEHD include Restaurant (Full Licence), Restaurant (Provisional Licence), Liquor Licence, Non-restaurant Food Business Licence, Trade Licences, Outside Seating Accommodation (OSA) and Transfer of Food Licence. Cleansing Services Cleansing services provided by FEHD includes street cleansing, waste collection, gully cleansing conservancy services, poster removal, public refuse collection points, public toilets and public bathhouse vehicles. Regarding street cleaning, FEHD and its cleansing contractors have
1242-471: Is set to rise by 6.7 percent to HK$ 776.9 billion (US$ 99.23 billion). The Chief Executive is the head of the Region and head of government of Hong Kong. The Basic Law designates a system of governance led by a Chief Executive and an Executive Council , under the principles of separation of powers , with a two-tiered system of semi-representative government and an independent judiciary. The Chief Executive
1311-546: The Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 During
1380-822: The Emergency Regulations Ordinance , Chapter 241 of the Laws of Hong Kong, bypassing the legislature. As of 1 July 1997, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong officially replaced the Governor of Hong Kong as the head of the government for Hong Kong following the handover . The Chief Executive is assisted by the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary , and other secretaries who heads policy bureaus. The secretaries for each government affairs are appointed by
1449-506: The Financial Secretary . The Chief Secretary for Administration is customarily considered to be the leader of the bureaux. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department High Court District Court Magistrates' Court Special courts and tribunals: Chief Executive Elections Legislative elections District council elections Consular missions in Hong Kong Hong Kong–China relations Hong Kong–Taiwan relations The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department ( FEHD )
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#17327760317461518-543: The Legislative Council each year, and to deliver an annual budget to the Legislative Council, outlining the government's budgetary proposals and moving the appropriation bills. The current FS is Paul Chan Mo-po . The Secretary for Justice is responsible for prosecutions and legal matters and heads the Department of Justice . The current Secretary for Justice is Paul Lam . The hierarchical structure of
1587-479: The State Council of China on the nomination of the Chief Executive. The Secretary for Justice (SJ) is responsible for legal matters of the government and prosecution for criminal cases in the territory. The Independent Commission Against Corruption and Audit Commission report directly to the Chief Executive. The current Chief Executive is John Lee . The Executive Council decides on matters of policy,
1656-649: The COVID-19-related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor-type hand sanitisers and sensor-type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti-microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched
1725-617: The Centre for Food Safety, the Environmental Hygiene Branch, the Administration & Development Branch and the Private Columbaria Affairs Office. Duties The FEHD is responsible for providing civil services, performing policy and enforcing law/regulations in the following areas. Food Safety The food safety authority under FEHD is the Centre for Food Safety . Its mission is to ensure that food
1794-541: The Chief Executive from within or outside the civil service . The system was portrayed as the key to solve previous administrative problems, notably the co-operation of high-ranking civil servants with the Chief Executive. Under the new system, there are 3 Secretaries of department and 13 Directors of Bureaux. The system is aimed at raising the accountability of the civil service, so the political appointees are responsible for all their job aspects and will step down if they make any failure. All heads of bureaux became members of
1863-693: The Civil Division, the Legal Policy Division, the Law Drafting Division, the International Law Division and the Administration and Development Division. The current fifteen policy bureaux is a result of the 2022 government reorganisation , which added, expanded, and re-titled several bureaux. Currently, nine bureaux reports to the Chief Secretary for Administration , and the other six reports to
1932-770: The Executive Council, and came directly under the Chief Executive instead of the Chief Secretary or the Financial Secretary. The government released a report on the Further Development of the Political Appointment System on 17 October 2007. Two new layers, deputy directors of Bureaux and Assistants to Directors (AD) would be added to the political appointments. Each Director of Bureau will be assisted by
2001-631: The Government is, in law, exclusively in charge of Hong Kong's internal affairs and specified external relations . The Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), from which the Hong Kong government is financially independent, is responsible for Hong Kong SAR's defence and foreign policy , while decisions made by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress can, in certain circumstances, override territorial judicial processes. The Hong Kong SAR government replaced
2070-536: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government ) is the executive authorities of Hong Kong . It was established on 1 July 1997, following the handover of Hong Kong . The Chief Executive and the principal officials are appointed by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in accordance with the outcome of local processes. The Government Secretariat
2139-589: The Legislative Council since March. In September 2020, the Hong Kong Government announced that they will not purchase the adjacent expansion site for a second park as Hong Kong Disneyland is unable to commit to using the site in the near future. The complex is partially in Tsuen Wan District and partially in Islands District . It includes: There are three hotels in the Resort, located on
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2208-627: The Ombudsman and Public Service Commission report to the Chief Executive directly. The Human Resources Planning and Poverty Co-ordination Office, Administration Wing and Legal Aid Department are under the Chief Secretary for Administration's Office. The Office of the Government Economist and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are under the Financial Secretary's Office. The Department of Justice
2277-787: The Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force , the Labour Department , relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department , FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with
2346-801: The Provisional Regional and Urban Councils were dissolved along with the establishment of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. According to the bill, changes to the structure for the delivery of municipal services should be adopted, with a new department dedicated for the environment and food assuming responsibility for all functions relating to food safety and environmental hygiene. The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food-borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che-hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong
2415-537: The Resort is overseen by Managing Director Michael Moriarty who reports to Jill Estorino, President and Managing Director, Disney Parks International. In 1998, a Hong Kong theme park was proposed by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts . The designs made it the smallest of the Disney parks. The Legislative Council of Hong Kong gave approval in 1999 for funding the construction at a former shipyard. A joint-venture company, Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited (HKITP),
2484-550: The Walt Disney Company's third-quarter performance released in August 2007. In addition, the South China Morning Post estimated the attendance of Hong Kong Disneyland will reach 4 million in its second year, far lower than its first year of operation, citing unnamed sources. The SCMP's sources are still unknown, and some of its speculation is a bit overly optimistic. In December 2007, the Disney park admitted that
2553-406: The administration's own admission, the announcements were poorly handled, and there was widespread criticism of several key aspects, namely the nationality and experience of appointees, the transparency of the recruitment process and the level of officials' salaries. The Chief Secretary for Administration is responsible for assisting the Chief Executive in the supervision of policy bureaux and plays
2622-632: The chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company Michael Eisner , President and chief operating officer of the Walt Disney Company Bob Iger , Vice-President of the People's Republic of China Zeng Qinghong , and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang at 13:00 HKT . The park was projected to attract five to six million visitors in its opening year, mostly locals, tourists from mainland China and nearby Asian countries. Initially,
2691-634: The city centre. Inside the Resort free shuttle bus service is operated serving hotel guests. Since December 2016, the Star Ferry offers a daily trip from Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry pier in Kowloon to the Disneyland Resort pier , with a journey of about 45 minutes on their newly refurbished "World Star" boat. Hong Kong International Theme Parks, Limited (HKITP) is the joint venture between Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company in which they respectively own 52% and 48% currently. At
2760-432: The conditions of their licences and laws and control street obstruction and nuisances caused by licensed hawkers. The teams are also vested with law-enforcement powers to inspect licensed fixed-pitch hawker stalls regularly and regulate the operation of itinerant hawkers whenever they are found hawking in the streets. In the year of 2020, there were 3,334 convictions of unlicensed hawker or hawker-related offences in 2020. At
2829-594: The efficiency of cleaning, the FEHD actively explores the use of new technologies to improve the hygiene of public toilets. Hawker control The Hawker Control Team (HCT) is responsible for controlling hawking activities at all levels. Currently, FEHD deploys about 190 squads of Hawker Control Teams (124 squads in Hong Kong and Kowloon and 66 squads in the New Territories). The teams are responsible for management of licensed hawkers. The teams work to ensure licensed hawkers operate their stalls in accordance with
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2898-612: The end of December 2020, the number of unlicensed hawkers was around 1,192. Pest Control Pest control work includes work to control the rodents, mosquitoes and other arthropod pests which would risk public health. The work is carried out by the Pest Control Teams of FEHD. Since FEHD's establishment, it has been conducting the Rodent Infestation Survey (RIS) regularly by setting baits in designated survey locations to monitor rodent infestation. The RIS
2967-640: The expiry of the Chief Executive's term of office. In a system popularly called the Principal Officials Accountability System introduced by then Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa in July 2002, all principal officials, including the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, Secretary for Justice, heads of government bureaux and the Director of the Chief Executive's Office would no longer be politically neutral career civil servants, but would all be political appointees chosen by
3036-462: The first phase of the project will generate a present economic value of HK$ 148 billion (US$ 19 billion), or about 6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in benefits to Hong Kong over 40 years of operation. In 2000, Disney announced a second Chinese theme park resort in mainland China. Tourism workers associations and lawmakers want Disney to drop the mainland project to protect this and general tourism in Hong Kong. Disney promised not to open such
3105-492: The former British Hong Kong Government (1842–1997) in 1997. Despite gradually evolving, the general governmental structure was inherited from British Hong Kong . On February 28, 2024, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Paul Chan , announced the Special Administrative Region’s (SAR) government budget for the fiscal year 2024 to 2025 (“2024–25 Budget”). Under the 2024-25 budget, total government expenditure
3174-621: The government secretariat and government departments in Chief Executive John Lee 's administration since 1 July 2022 is as follows: The Office of the Chief Executive is responsible for ensuring the Chief Executive receives the best advice and support for formulating and co-ordinating policies. It is headed by the Director of the Chief Executive's Office, who would sit in meetings of the Executive Council. The Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office , Independent Commission Against Corruption , Audit Commission , Office of
3243-612: The hotel opened on 30 April 2017 and has 250 rooms. Later that month, the Hong Kong government announced it would talk with Disney about building a second park as part of Phase II of the resort. It is rumored that Phase II will also include the construction of more hotels. On 1 February, it was reported the second park was hoped to be completed by 2020. In February 2016, Disney announced that the resort reported its first loss in four years, losing HK$ 148,000,000, and falling 9.3% in annual attendance, to 6.8 million visitors. Analysts attributed this to fewer mainland Chinese tourists visit, hurt by
3312-404: The introduction of bills to the Legislative Council and the drafting of subordinate legislation. The Council consists of 21 principal officials and 16 non-official members. All members are appointed by the Chief Executive from among the senior officials of the executive authorities, members of the Legislative Council , and other influential public personnels. They serve for a period no longer than
3381-532: The main ballrooms is 888 square meters in size, as eight is an auspicious number in Chinese culture , signifying fortune. The hotels will skip the number four when numbering of their floors because four is considered bad luck. Hong Kong Disneyland Cast Members speak English, Cantonese , and Mandarin . Around 500 of the Grand Opening Team were trained at Walt Disney World Resort while their home park
3450-434: The monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non-food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety In 2006,
3519-415: The operating hours of Fantasyland for passholders and releasing limited pins for passholders to purchase. Apart from these, the park offered free tickets to the friends and family members of the cast members. Each cast member can invite a limited number of friends and family members to visit Disneyland every day during the summer. Although the park had sold more than 60,000 Summer Passes throughout summer 2006,
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#17327760317463588-452: The outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e.g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during
3657-475: The outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in
3726-581: The outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $ 99 million
3795-543: The overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development Major structural reforms Proposed reorganization of the FEHD In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish
3864-596: The park had only attracted 4 million visitors in the year 2006–2007, which had fallen 23 percent when compared to the first year attendance. A new shopping district called Downtown Disney, as well as the third hotel, are taken into discussions. For long-term construction, with the reclaimed land reserved for the Phase Two Extension and the Disneyland park being blocked by the Park Promenade,
3933-557: The park missed its target of 5.6 million in its first year, with only about 5.2 million guests entering the park during the first year of operation. The government overestimated Hong Kong Disneyland's attendance numbers during the Asian Financial Crisis. Rumour suggested that the relatively low-key celebration of the 1st Anniversary was due to the disappointing performance of the theme park. The Hong Kong park's attendance continued to be disappointing according to
4002-645: The resort contains the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park , the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel , Disney's Hollywood Hotel , Disney Explorers Lodge and several retail, dining and entertainment facilities covering 1.3 square kilometres (320 acres) of the island. The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is the second Disney park extension into Asia after the opening of the Tokyo Disney Resort more than 20 years earlier. Currently,
4071-438: The resort gained success during rehearsal stages; however, not long after the park officially opened, many locals criticised the size of the park and the attractiveness of the rides and attractions in the park. From 23–29 July 2006, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort hosted the 2006 Little League Baseball Asia-Pacific Region Tournament . The resort constructed two seaview stadiums and baseball pitches between its Disney Resort hotels for
4140-400: The seashore of the reclaimed land and facing the South China sea , with about 1,750 rooms in total. There is also land reserved for a fourth Disney hotel, which will be located between Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel and Disney Explorers Lodge. The Resort has the key advantage of being linked to Hong Kong's public transit system. It is accessible via train from Hong Kong International Airport and
4209-466: The soup if their clients insisted on having it served at their wedding. They said they would distribute leaflets about shark conservation to discourage the choice. However, after constant and continuous pressure from environmental groups and schoolchildren, shareholders concerned about the company's image, Disney announced on 24 June 2005 that shark fin soup will not be served at all, because, according to their press release, "After careful consideration and
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#17327760317464278-424: The start, the Hong Kong Government held a 57% stake, while The Walt Disney Company had 43%. But after the expansion plans were announced in 2009, when The Walt Disney Company invested HK$ 3.63 billion (US$ 465 million), Hong Kong Government's holdings were reduced to 52% while The Walt Disney Company's shares increased to 48%. The resort operated at a loss from the time it opened in 2005 until 2012, when it first turned
4347-428: The tournament. The event attracted approximately 2,000 fans. To boost park attendance, Hong Kong Disneyland introduced Summer Passes in summer 2006 to attract more visitors. Each Summer passholder could visit the park without limits throughout summer 2006 for HK$ 450. The park also provided exclusive treats for the Summer Passholder in the summer holidays to encourage them to visit the park several times, such as extending
4416-520: The two new appointees and constitute the political team, who would ostensibly work closely with bureau secretaries and top civil servants in implementing the Chief Executive 's policy agenda in an executive-led government. As with the principal officials, these two new posts may be drawn from within or outside the civil service, and appointees may or may not have a political background. Eight new Under-secretaries were named on 20 May, and nine Political Assistant appointments were announced on 22 May 2008. By
4485-412: Was also created to serve the resort's water irrigation needs. In an effort to avoid cultural friction similar to what happened when Euro Disney Resort opened in France, Disney has taken efforts to make this new park reflect the local culture. Feng shui consultants have helped with the layout of the park and the grounds. Incense was burned when the construction of each building was completed, and one of
4554-399: Was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 - present) FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti-epidemic regulations, including
4623-429: Was being constructed. Disney originally planned to serve shark fin soup , a traditional Chinese delicacy, at wedding banquets. Animal rights groups protested in June 2005, citing the declining shark population in global waters and the cruel methods sometimes used of cutting the fin and discarding the live sharks back into the water. At first, Disney removed shark fin soup from its menu but said that it would still offer
4692-454: Was created in 1999 with Disney investing US$ 316 million for a 43% equity stake in the project. The Phase One build-out included a projected 10 million annual visitor Disneyland-style theme park, 2,100 hotel rooms, and an area for retail, dining and entertainment. The project was estimated to create 18,000 jobs at opening (both Disney and other employment) and up to 36,000 jobs over the following 20 years. The Hong Kong Government estimated that
4761-417: Was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in
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