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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting During Domestic Assault Incident in North Point

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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting During Domestic Assault Incident in North Point
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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting During Domestic Assault Incident in North Point

2024-09-16 07:54 Last Updated At:09-17 09:38

Police open fire in North Point

Police are investigating a Police open fire case in North Point last night (September 15).

About 9.19pm yesterday, Police received a report from a woman that her husband was assaulting her and her mother-in-law in a residential unit on Kam Ping Street. Police officers sped to the scene and located the man, who was holding a chopper and a pair of scissors, along with the 41-year-old informant and her 68-year-old mother-in-law.

Police officers attempted to persuade the man to disarm himself but he suddenly lost control of emotions and attempted to attack one of the police officers with the weapons in his hands. Facing threats to life, the male police officer gave multiple verbal warnings to the man but in vain and subsequently fired a shot at him.

Sustaining shot wound to his chest, the 38-year-old man was sent to Ruttonjee Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 10.39pm yesterday; the informant was not injured, while her mother-in-law sustained injuries to her left hand and head. They were sent to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in conscious state.

Investigations by the Regional Crime Unit of Hong Kong Island are under way. Anyone who has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 9886 0043.

Certificate presentation ceremony for Self-Certification Scheme for Application for Water Supply for Catering Business Trades held today

The Water Supplies Department (WSD) today (January 21) held a certificate presentation ceremony for the Self-Certification Scheme for Application for Water Supply for Catering Business Trades to commend about 30 licensed plumbers (LPs) for their track record of performance and to recognise them as the first batch of LPs eligible to participate in the Scheme. The Director of Water Supplies, Mr Roger Wong, presented certificates to the LPs attending the ceremony.

Mr Wong stated that the WSD continuously optimises the procedures for water supply applications and streamlines workflow to facilitate high-water-consumption industries (including the catering business), thereby creating a more business-friendly environment. The WSD launched the Scheme at the end of last year, allowing LPs with a track record of performance to self-certify the plumbing works for the catering businesses they are responsible for, further streamlining the water supply application process for those businesses. The Scheme has shifted from a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach targeting a minority of underperformers to one that encourages continuous excellence among participants, which helps improve the overall standard of the plumbing industry. Details and a list of LPs eligible to participate in the Scheme have been published on the WSD website.

Moreover, the WSD established the Digital Water Office in June last year, enhancing water supply operations and customer services through the development of digital infrastructure and smart technologies, providing better and more environmentally friendly water supply services. One of the initiatives includes the launch of an intelligent electronic service platform that assists plumbers in automatically generating plumbing diagrams for the catering business that meet the WSD's requirements, thereby expediting the related water supply application process. The electronic service platform is scheduled to be launched in the early second quarter.

In response to the Development Bureau's encouragement of a mindset that facilitates development and collaborative co-operation while streamlining workflows for related public services, the WSD will review the implementation and operation of the Scheme before considering expanding it to other categories of water supply applications.

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