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Court Case on Gangster

A 13-year-old girl was threatened by a 14-year-old boy with a knife in Tseung Kwan O. She was followed on the way home in Kin Ming Estaste. She was hostage to back staircase but fortunately she scared away the boy by shouting for help. The police checked the CCTV recording of the estate and finally captured the suspect who is charged with loitering. Source: Mingpao

Temporary closure of some LCSD leisure facilities

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced that Sai Kung Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground and Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground will be temporarily closed for track maintenance works from December 19 to March 31 and from December 23 to January 6 respectively. During these periods, the public may use the grass soccer pitch at Po Tsui Park and other jogging tracks in the same district. Meanwhile, Tsui Lam Sports Centre in Sai Kung District will be temporarily closed for improvement works from January 9 to March 31. The Leisure Link's counter booking services at the sports centre will also be suspended from February 20 to March 31. During these periods, the public may use similar facilities and services at Po Lam Sports Centre, Tseung Kwan O Sports Centre or Hang Hau Sports Centre (will be opened by the end of this month) in the same district.

西貢老酒家結業 Traditional Chinese Restaurant Closes

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From Open Rice The Sai Kung Wing Wo Seafood Restaurant ( 西貢永和海鮮酒家 ) is closed. Wing Wo has served Sai Kung for 41 years without 10% service charge and has earned the loyalty of patrons. Many hikers do love the traditional dim sum like Big Bun filled with Chicken Ball (雞球大包) and Quail Egg Dumplings (鵪鶉蛋燒賣). As said by the general manager who has been working for 38 years, the banquet bookings can last for several months in the peak seasons. The international movie stars like Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung Chiu-wai would like to have meals there from time to time because the Shaw's Studio and ATV studio are very closed. Source: Apple Daily

Ms Siu Mo-lin has 100-year experience?

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There are many news about that Ms Siu Mo-lin will assume the post of District Officer (Sai Kung) tomorrow.   Other sources like HK Headline, Sina and Yahoo stated that she joined the Administration Service in 1911. In fact, she joined the service in 1991.  Those sources are actually the same. It is Singtao.

Snapshots of Hong Kong Design Institute

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Hong Kong Design Institute is situated at 3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, established in 2007. It is a leading design institution in Hong Kong under the VTC Group, providing quality education to cultivate knowledge, professionalism and new talents underpinning the creative industries in Hong Kong. HKDI integrates all design programmes in the former departments in Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) to offer a broad range of programmes from foundation studies, to Higher Diploma, and on to degree programmes offered in collaborations with reputable overseas universities. Programmes offered spanning across areas of visual communication, printing and digital media, industrial and product design, interior and environment design, fashion and textiles, and image design.  

Kids Playhouse

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Kids Playhouse is one of venues providing playgroup service conducted in Cantonese and English. It is comfortable and easy for access.

恬靜的書房 The Reading Room

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西貢碼頭,悠閒恬靜,一間別緻的書房,帶來寫意的空間。老闆是居住西貢二十五年的Rita McClellan,為本地兒童提供二手圖書。他們還辦幾個英語班。由幼兒園到青少年,無所不包,更堅持小班教學。 Photo Source:  Nesting in Skyscrapers http://thereadingroom.com.hk/