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The "space oil drug" has officially been renamed as etomidate to help promote anti-drug messages, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung said today. Mr Tang made the announcement when he spoke to the media this afternoon after attending the Fight Crime Committee meeting and explained the reason behind giving the dangerous drug a new name. “When we look at the increase in drug offences, for the first half of 2025 we have 591 cases of serious drug offences. Among those drug (cases), one-fourth of them is relating to etomidate. “Previously we called it ‘space oil drug’, and some of the drug traffickers make use of the name to promote a sort of fantasy and some positive feelings after taking drugs. I think this is absolutely wrong. “Etomidate only brings you harm. It will make you behave abnormally, and will cause (defacement) in your appearance, such as losing hair. I think we have to properly name it as etomidate."
At
8 a.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 29 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 80 per cent
During the past hour
the mean UV Index recorded at King's Park : 0.6
Intensity of UV radiation : low Hot weather might cause adverse health effects. The public should stay on the alert and drink more water. The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory29 degrees ;
King's Park29 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang29 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling29 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan29 degrees ;
Tai Po29 degrees ;
Sha Tin30 degrees ;
Tuen Mun30 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O30 degrees ;
Sai Kung32 degrees ;
Cheung Chau28 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok30 degrees ;
Tsing Yi29 degrees ;
Shek Kong29 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon28 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley29 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park29 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan30 degrees ;
Kowloon City29 degrees ;
Happy Valley30 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin30 degrees ;
Stanley27 degrees ;
Kwun Tong30 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po29 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park30 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park28 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk29 degrees .
Between 6:45 and 7:45 a.m., the rainfall recorded in various regions were:
Eastern District0 to 4 mm;
Southern District0 to 2 mm.
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 21, Number 7, Weeks 26 - 30 (June 22 – July 26, 2025)
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