Fatal traffic accident in Mong Kok
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident happened in Mong Kok in the small hours today (January 1) in which three men died.
At about 1.44am, a private car driven by a 30-year-old man was travelling along the third lane of West Kowloon Highway towards Western Harbour Crossing with four male passengers, aged 19 to 34, on board, while a taxi driven by a 65-year-old man with a 23-year-old male passenger and a 19-year-old female passenger on board was travelling along the second lane. When approaching the segment outside MTR Olympic Station, the taxi reportedly cut the lane and collided with the private car, the private car then went out of control, rammed into a kerb, and crashed into a moving taxi and three stationary private cars.
Sustaining serious multiple injuries, the private car driver was certified dead at scene. Two private car passengers, aged 33 and 34, were rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 2.39am and 2.47am respectively.
The other two private car passengers, aged 23 and 19, with back injuries; and the two taxi passengers with limb injuries, were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital separately in conscious state.
The taxi driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and is being detained for enquiries.
Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, Kowloon West is under way.
Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers at 3661 9023.
Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland, Korea, US and Canada suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 3) that in view of notifications from the General Veterinary Inspectorate of Poland and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in areas in Poland; and outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in areas in Korea, the United States (US) and Canada respectively, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the relevant areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.
The relevant areas are as follows:
Poland
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Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region
(1) Nowomiejski District
(2) Ostródzki District
Korea
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Gyeonggi-do Province
(3) Hwaseong-si
(4) Gimpo-si
Chungcheongnam-do Province
(5) Cheongyang-gun
US
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State of Ohio
(6) Darke County
Canada
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Province of Ontario
(7) Township of Zorra
(8) Township of South-West Oxford
A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 3 480 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Poland; about 20 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 15.52 million poultry eggs from Korea; about 63 470 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 17.2 million poultry eggs from the US; and about 370 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Canada in the first nine months of last year.
"The CFS has contacted the Polish, Korean, American and Canadian authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.
