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In response to the latest situation of the novel coronavirus infection and the response level under the "Preparedness and Response Plan for Novel Infectious Disease of Public Health Significance" being raised to Emergency Response Level as announced by the Government, the Employees Retraining Board (ERB) announced that ERB courses, services and trainee activities will be temporarily suspended from tomorrow (29 January 2020) till 2 February 2020, with a view to safeguarding the health of ERB trainees, colleagues of training bodies and the general public.

ERB indicated that the aforementioned measures will be applicable to all ERB full-time and part-time courses. Subject to special circumstances, training bodies may notify the concerned trainees separately.

The ERB office located at Siu Sai Wan, the “ERB Service Centre”, 37 “ERB Service Spots”, Regional Service Centres of “Smart Living”, “Smart Baby Care” and “Smart Starter” will be temporarily closed from tomorrow till 2 February 2020. Meanwhile, all activities of the “ERB Service Centre”, “ERB Service Spots”, “Smart Living”, “Smart Baby Care” and “Smart Starter” will also be temporarily suspended while the online vacancy registration service of the “Smart Living” and “Smart Baby Care” will remain normal operation.

Moreover, the ERB “Practical Skills Training and Assessment Centre” (PSTAC) will temporarily suspend the skills assessment service from tomorrow till 2 February 2020, and details on re-scheduling of assessment arrangement will be announced separately.

ERB will closely monitor the latest development of the novel coronavirus infection and announce any subsequent arrangements when needed.

Should trainees and members of the public have any enquiries on the arrangements of training courses, services and trainee activities, please contact respective training bodies, operators of different service platforms or the PSTAC, or visit the ERB website: www.erb.org to learn the latest arrangements or contact information of training bodies.