After implementing work from home arrangements for government employees in the past month, the government announced this afternoon that public services will resume gradually from August 24 to meet the needs of the public and enterprises. He added that the resumption of public services will be supplemented by the implementation of targeted measures to reduce social contact and measures for infection control. “The government's ultimate goal is to resume full public services when conditions permit," the spokesman said. For instance, the Housing Authority and the Housing Department will take an incremental approach to the resumption of basic public services starting from August 24. Flat selection sessions of Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2019 will gradually resume services from August 31.

Source: The Standard August 20, 2020 10:52 UTC