Announcements

Fire Drill at Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (YEUNG) (8 January 2026)
Please note that a fire drill will be conducted at Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (YEUNG) on 8 January 2026 (Thursday).
All fire alarms in YEUNG will be activated at around 12:00 nn and will last until the fire drill is over.
The purposes of the fire drill are to:
1. Raise occupant awareness on the emergency evacuation procedures;
2. Ensure the integrity of the fire alarm system;
3. Ensure the efficient and safe exit of facilities in the case of an emergency.
Here are the summary:
1. The fire alarms will be activated at 12:00 noon until the fire drill is over. Participation is voluntary.
2. There is no single assembly point, participants can return to YEUNG via the proper entrance points after the fire drill is over.
3. Please bring along your CityUHK Smartcard.
4. Lock up office/personal valuables before leaving the office.
5. There will be a fire safety briefing at the garbage collection point near the Nam Shan Chuen Road Service Entrance at around 12:15 pm. All are welcome to join.

Please note that the Health and Safety Leaflet (HSL Gen020 Safe Use of Lithium-Ion Batteries 202512) has been posted on the FMO website under Safety and Health Information>Health and Safety Leaflets.
The Leaflets aim to provide easy-to-read, essential safety information so as to assist the CityUHK Community in promoting the highest achievable levels of workplace health and safety. Please help disseminate the Health and Safety Leaflets to your group members if deemed appropriate. 
For more Safety and Health information, please click the following link:
Facilities Management Office - City University of Hong Kong

Please note that the captioned Health and Safety Alert has been posted on the FMO website under Safety and Health Information>Health and Safety Alert. The purpose of the Health and Safety Alerts is to draw attention to potential hazards arising from the workplace, including laboratories, offices, workshops and communal areas; and the relevant measures taken to prevent recurrence. For more safety and health information, please visit the FMO website.

LSU is now facing a serious deficit (around 30K) in operating the Liquid Nitrogen Dispensing Services; the Liquid Nitrogen payment summary shows that from 17/2 to 17/6, the costs were $169845.5 (a total of 17092 L), LSU received $133800 (a total of 13381 L), the balance was -$36045.5, the wastage rate was calculated as 133800 ÷ 169845.5 = 78.7%, the charge per Litre including wastage was $10/Litre ÷ 78.7% = $12.86, and the wastage charges per Litre were $2.86. There is an inevitable wastage due to dispensing Liquid Nitrogen which contributes to the deficit shown above (-HKD$36045.5), so due to the deficit, we would like to charge users a wastage charge from next month onwards proportional to the volume of liquid nitrogen purchased—there will be an extra HKD$2.86 per Litre of Liquid Nitrogen purchased between January and July 2022 (for example, if you have ordered 100L liquid nitrogen, you need to pay extra HKD$286), and the new Liquid Nitrogen purchasing charge will be increased to$12.86 with an effective date on 1st August.

The Radiation Control System (RCS) will be officially launched on 1 Jul 2022 in the CityU service portal. Project/course leaders (lab-based department) or their delegates can utilize this system to purchase and dispose of radioactive substances. The RCS controls the purchase and storage of sealed and unsealed sources of a radioactive substance (e.g. Phosphorus-32, Sulphur-35, Iodine-131, etc.) and irradiating apparatus (e.g. X-ray, microCT, etc.). To facilitate the users’ understanding of the workflow in the system, LSU has prepared THREE separate user guides: RCS Unsealed Source Instruction Manual RCS Sealed Source Instruction Manual RCS Irradiating Apparatus Instruction Manual Please be reminded that the RCS is linked with the Risk Assessment Control System (RARS). Users should complete the risk assessment of the projects/courses (approved on or after 1 Nov 2021) with radiation safety approval, then proceed with the purchase via the RCS.

Referring to the last announcement dated 1 Nov 2021, the Risk Assessment Report System (RARS) will be linked with the Chemical Control System (CCS) on 1 Jul 2022. This means that for any courses/projects that have not yet completed the risk assessment via RARS, the course/project leader(s) and their delegates cannot purchase any chemicals via CCS. This measure only applies to projects approved by the RO on or after 1 Nov 2021. For projects approved before 1 Nov 2021, course leaders and delegates can purchase chemicals via CCS as usual. There is a new required field in CCS: Project/Course code. The project number(s) will be automatically matched with the project leader’s account for selection in CCS.

To enhance the awareness on safe custody of chemicals in laboratories, the Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) has produced a pamphlet "Safe Custody of Chemicals in Laboratories" for the staff of laboratories' reference. Please find the pamphlet copies here:Chinese versions and English versions, for your dissemination to lab users in your unit.

To All Chemical Purchasing Delegates and DSOs: In response to the situation of the COVID-19 infection, LSU will implement the following special working arrangements starting from 7 March, 2022 until further notice.Liquid Nitrogen dispensing services: Service only on Tuesday and Thursday (10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.) Chemical pick up: Service only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (9:00 a.m. – 17:00 p.m.) Should you need any urgent use of chemical/liquid Nitrogen or urgent dispose of waste, please contact Mr. Terry Leung (x7237) or Mr. Jimmy Mak (x6705) for special arrangement.

Starting from 4 Feb 2022, order requests for dispensing liquid nitrogen service should be made in the Chemical Control system (CCS), details as follows:Users place orders via Chemical Control System on or before 09:30 a.m. on the collection date.Order Confirmation (Dispensing Liquid Nitrogen Service) email will be sent to chemical purchasing delegates. Please bring along the order confirmation email to collect the liquid nitrogen at 10:30 a.m. on the date of ordering.Please note that the charging forms for liquid nitrogen and chemicals ordered from Mini store will be automatically sent to the chemical purchasing delegates and relevant Principal Investigators monthly. Please sign and return them to Chemical Control Team (CCT) at G1415.