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Hong Kong Education City Portal Fails to Meet User Targets, Audit Report Finds

An Audit Commission report released Wednesday found that EdCity, a Hong Kong government-funded online portal for teachers and students, failed to meet its user number targets with thousands of teaching resources and assessment items never downloaded or used. The platform had 272 teaching resources never downloaded, about 20 items not viewed at all, and more than 2,700 online assessment items for teachers never used. In 2023-24, EdCity's income was HK$64.6 million with expenditure of HK$64.5 million. The executive director attributed low usage to Hong Kong's shrinking student population.

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Hong Kong Watchdog Urges Observatory to Enhance Typhoon Warning Communication

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Hong Kong Watchdog Urges Observatory to Enhance Typhoon Warning Communication

A public sector audit report recommends that the Hong Kong Observatory improve public understanding of its typhoon warning system, citing increased demand for early notification due to more frequent extreme weather events.

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Audit Commission: Hong Kong Fire Services Dept yet to prosecute 34 mini-storage safety violation cases

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Audit Commission: Hong Kong Fire Services Dept yet to prosecute 34 mini-storage safety violation cases

The Audit Commission revealed that Hong Kong's Fire Services Department has not launched prosecutions in 34 cases involving mini-storage premises that failed to comply with safety hazard orders, including cases dating back to 2016 inspections. None of the 249 industrial buildings required to improve fire safety measures have complied with orders under a 2020 law. The findings come after a deadly blaze at Ngau Tau Kok in June 2016 killed two firefighters and took 108 hours to extinguish, prompting citywide inspections of mini-storage facilities.

Youth hostel scheme falls short as only 44% of expected flats offered: audit

Hong Kong authorities have failed to meet targets on the supply and construction of youth hostels, with the number of flats offered accounting for only 44 per cent of what was intended, an audit report has found. The Audit Commission on Wednesday released its report reviewing the government’s development and management of the facilities under the Youth Hostel Scheme, which covered seven hostels, including two that had been completed and were in operation. The review found that as of December...

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