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The Security Bureau's Narcotics Division has written to schools to confirm the inclusion of etomidate in voluntary drug testing under the Healthy School Programme in the 2025-26 school year. The Narcotics Division today met non-governmental organisations that administer the drug tests to work out details of etomidate testing under the programme. Procedures for etomidate testing will follow that of other drugs, under which participating schools can opt for rapid urine tests or hair tests, and testing will only be conducted after receiving a student's consent. Personal data collected during voluntary testing are protected under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. The testing procedures and implementation details are contained in the updated "Reference Protocol for the School Drug Testing Scheme". The Healthy School Programme, supported by the Beat Drugs Fund, comprises diversified personal growth activities and voluntary school drug testing for students to enhance their resolve to stay away from drugs and encourage those in need to seek help. More than half of Hong Kong's secondary schools take part in the programme. Apart from etomidate, voluntary school testing covers drugs including ketamine, ecstasy, methylamphetamine, cannabis and cocaine. Comprehensive support is incorporated into the programme, including counselling, treatment, rehabilitation and referral services to handle and follow up on relevant cases.
At
9 a.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 29 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 79 per cent
During the past hour
the mean UV Index recorded at King's Park : 3
Intensity of UV radiation : moderate Please be reminded that:The Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 1 has been issued.The Very Hot Weather Warning is now in force. The public should beware of heat stroke and drink more water. The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory29 degrees ;
King's Park30 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang30 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling31 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan29 degrees ;
Tai Po31 degrees ;
Sha Tin31 degrees ;
Tuen Mun30 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O30 degrees ;
Sai Kung31 degrees ;
Cheung Chau28 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok30 degrees ;
Tsing Yi30 degrees ;
Shek Kong31 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon28 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley31 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park29 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan30 degrees ;
Kowloon City31 degrees ;
Happy Valley31 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin31 degrees ;
Stanley30 degrees ;
Kwun Tong31 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po31 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park31 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park31 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk31 degrees .
Between midnight and 9 a.m. the minimum temperature was 28.3 degrees Celsius at the Hong Kong Observatory.Here is the information on Severe Typhoon Podul at 9 a.m.:
Location: 22.0 degrees north, 121.8 degrees east; Maximum sustained wind near its centre: 155 km/h.
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 21, Number 7, Weeks 26 - 30 (June 22 – July 26, 2025)
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