To tie in with the response level under the "Preparedness and Response Plan for Novel Infectious Disease of Public Health Significance" being raised to Emergency Response Level and avoid people from gathering, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) announced today (January 28) that the following EPD public facilities will be temporarily closed from tomorrow (January 29) and visitor and education programmes at Community Green Stations will be cancelled until further notice:

1. WEEE•PARK visitor centre
2. T•PARK visitor centre
3. EcoPark visitor centre
4. Environmental Resource Centres (namely Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre, Fanling Environmental Resource Centre, Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre and Mobile Environmental Resource Centre)
5. Visitor and education programmes at Community Green Stations

     "We will inform members of the public who have made advance booking for some of the EPD public facilities about the temporary closure via SMS, Facebook or other channels.  Details of the re-opening schedule will be announced on the websites of the facilities in due course," the spokesman added.

Ends/Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Issued at HKT 9:05

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