Two Government Teams Honored with Chief Executive's Award for Wartime Bomb Disposal and Light Public Housing
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Summary
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that this year's Chief Executive's Award went to two inter-departmental teams—the team handling wartime bomb disposal and the Light Public Housing (LPH) project team. The award ceremony was held at Government Headquarters on the afternoon of August 14. Lee praised both teams for demonstrating civil servants' spirit of daring to challenge and勇于承擔 (brave to take responsibility), setting examples for the entire civil service.
Key Points
- Two winning teams: the Inter-departmental Team for Wartime Bomb Disposal and the Inter-departmental Team for Light Public Housing
- In September last year, a WWII bomb was discovered at a Quarry Bay construction site about 30 meters from residential buildings
- The bomb disposal team evacuated nearly 3,000 residents overnight with help from the Fire Services Department, District Office, and Care Teams
- The team successfully defused the bomb before Typhoon Kammuri arrived, marking the most difficult bomb disposal operation in history
- The Light Public Housing team completed the massive task of building 30,000 units using Modular Integrated Construction within a short timeframe
- Housing Bureau Secretary Bobby Ho Wing-yan highlighted that team members visited subdivided unit families before starting construction, keeping people-centered values throughout
- The first LPH project at Yau Leng Road in Yuen Long was completed and handed over to residents
- The team thanked multiple government departments including the Development Bureau, Security Bureau, and 13 other agencies for their support
Why It Matters
These awards highlight Hong Kong civil servants' ability to deliver results under pressure and innovate when facing unprecedented challenges. The wartime bomb operation showed cross-departmental coordination protecting public safety amid natural disasters, while the LPH project demonstrated how government can rapidly increase housing supply using cutting-edge construction methods to improve the lives of grassroots families living in substandard conditions.
These awards highlight Hong Kong civil servants' ability to deliver results under pressure and innovate when facing unprecedented challenges. The wartime bomb operation showed cross-departmental coordination protecting public safety amid natural disasters, while the LPH project demonstrated how government can rapidly increase housing supply using cutting-edge construction methods to improve the lives of grassroots families living in substandard conditions.