Immigration
The Immigration Department controls the movement of people into and out of Hong Kong. It also issues HKSAR passports and other travel documents, visas and identity cards, and handles nationality matters and the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department
The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department is responsible for the secure, orderly and efficient production and marketing of agricultural and fishery produce; enforcing regulations on plants, pesticides and animal controls; and conserving our natural environment and safeguarding the ecological integrity.
Water Supplies Department
The Water Supplies Department provides a reliable and adequate supply of wholesome potable water and sea water in the most cost-effective way.
Observatory
The Hong Kong Observatory's mission is to deliver useful and effective meteorological services; to provide quality services in climate, radiation, time standard, seismology, oceanography and astronomy; and to strengthen public preparedness for natural disasters.
Security Bureau
The Security Bureau maintains law and order, exercises immigration and customs control, rehabilitates offenders and drug abusers, and provides emergency fire and rescue services.
Radiation level in HK normal
March 27, 2011
Radiation levels of air and fresh water in Hong Kong remain normal while food and products imported from Japan have also passed relevant radiation tests, the Security Bureau says.
The Hong Kong Observatory has detected no abnormal changes in the ambient radiation levels in Hong Kong.
The radioactivity level of all samples of Dongjiang water supplied to Hong Kong, raw water from reservoirs, and fresh water the Water Supplies Department collected did not show any observable change.
Customs has also checked 2,660 air consignments and 24 sea containers from Japan, including five pharmaceutical products consignments and 14 of cosmetics. No irregularities have been detected.
Results of all samples collected from local fish culture zones and fish wholesale markets under the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department's Fish Marketing Organisation have also been found to be satisfactory in radiological tests.
The Centre for Food Safety has examined 39 food samples imported from Japan in the past 24 hours, including 28 samples by air and 11 samples by sea. The samples included aquatic products, vegetables, milk powder, meat and flour. All were satisfactory.
The Immigration Department has not received any new request for assistance in relation to the Japan earthquake incident. It will continue to follow up the six cases concerning lost contact with family members.
