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Postage rates to be adjusted
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (191+ words) Hongkong Post today announced that principal postage rates will be adjusted starting April 13. Postage for sending a local letter weighing 30g or less will rise from $2. 20 to $2. 40. Airmail postage for letters weighing 20g or less to the Mainland and Taiwan will increase…...
Care team's texting app hacked
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (218+ words) The Kowloon City District Office (KCDO) announced this evening that it received a report of suspected hacking into the instant messaging application account of the Kadoorie Sub-district Care Team. The operating organisation of the Kadoorie Sub-district Care Team, ie Kowloon…...
Public alerted to fake email, SMS
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (147+ words) The Water Supplies Department (WSD) today alerted the public to fraudulent emails and SMS messages purportedly issued by the department. These emails ask recipients to settle outstanding payments by clicking a hyperlink to a website that is not the WSD's…...
Alert issued over fake 'e Traffic' links
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (120+ words) The Police Force has alerted the public to fraudulent SMS messages purporting to be from its "e Traffic Ticket Platform. The messages contain hyperlinks that lead to fake websites posing as the official platform's "Verify/Pay Ticket page, and are…...
Views on pay TV renewal sought
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (258+ words) The Communications Authority today announced the start of a one-month public consultation on the renewal of a domestic pay television programme service (pay TV) licence. Now TV's pay TV licence is due to expire on September 25, 2027 and it has submitted…...
Alert issued over fake emails
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (140+ words) The Housing Department today alerted the public to a fraudulent email purportedly issued by the department. The department said that the email concerned showed the sender address heplan_no_reply@housingauthority. gov. hk, but it was not delivered by the department. The department…...
Public alerted to fake Treasury emails
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (224+ words) The Treasury today issued an alert regarding fraudulent emails purportedly sent by it, which seek to obtain recipients" login credentials by inviting them to open an attachment said to be a remittance advice sent by the Treasury. The Treasury clarified…...
View sought on TV licence renewals
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (225+ words) The Communications Authority today announced the launch of a public consultation on applications for the renewal of domestic free television programme service (free TV) licences. The free TV licences of HK Television Entertainment Company (HKTVE), i-CABLE HOY and Television Broadcasts…...
Public alerted to fake tax emails
11+ mon, 30+ min ago (172+ words) The Inland Revenue Department today issued an alert regarding fraudulent emails purportedly issued by the department, which invite recipients to claim tax refunds. Each fraudulent email provides a hyperlink to a website that seeks to obtain the recipient's personal particulars…...