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Accidents and personal safety in Hong Kong
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The fire was reported around 11pm on Thursday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

3 die after fluorescent tube causes flat fire in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district

Six-year-old boy among victims in late-night blaze in Kin Wong Mansion flat.

Hong Kong police

2 Hong Kong diners burned after alcohol poured onto sizzling pork knuckle dish

Jordan (country)

Man’s naked body found surrounded by sex toys in Hong Kong flat

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong worker dies after falling from 3-storey village house

Maintenance worker’s fatal fall brings number of industrial fatalities in July to 10.

The man was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital, where he was later declared dead. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police, family appeal for information on kayaker missing for 2 days

The missing man, 44, rented a kayak on Sunday and has not been seen since.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong dancer Mo Li sues 12 parties for damages over Mirror concert accident

Paralysed dancer is suing a government department and 11 others for an undisclosed amount of compensation.

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Hong Kong

Sea search launched after Hong Kong man in rented kayak goes missing

Man reportedly aimed to paddle to remote and scenic Po Pin Chau, with plans to return kayak by 4.30pm.

Police have searched for the missing kayaker in Po Pin Chau, Jin Island, Bluff Island, Kau Sai Chau, and Tai Long Wan. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Worker dies after being trapped in lift shaft at Hong Kong site, probe under way

Man, 57, had been working on a lift in a building under construction at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam.

Hong Kong

Man dies in Hong Kong after collapsing on board yacht due to suspected heatstroke

Police say 54-year-old was on board yacht near Bluff Island’s Ung Kong Wan.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong teen arrested for alleged drug trafficking after friend, 16, dies

Police say death believed to be linked to use of ‘space oil’; secondary school student with triad background being detained.

The 16-year-old boy was found unconscious at home in Heng Fa Chuen on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong’s Aggressive Construction loses 3 public housing contracts to new firm

Housing authorities select China Overseas Building Construction to take over from contractor linked to five workplace deaths.

Residents enjoy a day out at Pak Tin Estate. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong dancer Mo Li shares first image of his face since Mirror show accident

Li, 30, shares photo of himself on Instagram, partially showing his face after he was paralysed in accident at boy band concert in 2022.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong police search country park for teenager missing for week

CCTV footage suggests Daisy Kwok, 18, headed uphill towards Lion Rock Country Park on July 14.

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Hong Kong weather

Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong emerges with dozens hurt, travellers frustrated

Highest No 10 hurricane warning in place for seven hours, with hundreds of trees toppled and maximum gust speeds of 234km/h in one area.

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Before Wipha, 17 tropical cyclones had triggered a No 10 warning signal since records began in 1946. Photo: Edmond So
First Mention

When 5 people were killed and 50 hurt by a runaway Hong Kong bus

A horror bus crash in 1979 saw a driver prosecuted, but later acquitted in court, after carnage at a bus stop, the South China Morning Post reported at the time.

A China Motor Bus double-decker ploughed into a huge crowd in North Point, killing four people and injuring 46. Pictured here are policemen taking statements at the accident site. Photo: SCMP Archives
Hong Kong society

5 rescued after fire breaks out in Hong Kong typhoon shelter

Marine police and firefighters rescue three men and two women, aged 25 to 42, from vessel in Causeway Bay typhoon shelter.

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Hong Kong weather

Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong airport to operate overnight, T3 signal in force

Hong Kong Observatory says No 3 signal will remain in force for ‘some time’; amber rainstorm warning cancelled earlier.

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Hong Kong society

Man dies after fall from building during ‘suspicious’ blaze in Hong Kong

Fire Services Department says dispute may have occurred between the flat owner and the deceased before the blaze in Tsuen Wan was reported.

A man has died after falling from a building during a fire in Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan. Photo: Handout
Road safety in Hong Kong

Citybus driver suspended after collision injures 22 on Hong Kong highway

Bus struck stationary maintenance vehicle, injuring 21 passengers on board and truck driver.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong care home resident arrested on suspicion of murder after man dies

Dispute between two residents, both in their fifties, at Yuen Long care home turned physical, with one allegedly hitting and kicking the other.

Hong Kong fires and safety

Fire in Hong Kong public flat kills 78-year-old man, injures 3

Police say flames were first spotted at around 5am, adding about 60 residents were evacuated from building.

A fire broke out at a flat in Lai King Estate at around 5am on Monday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Road safety in Hong Kong

Driver escapes injury after Mercedes flips over on Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge

Car overturns on Tsing Yi-bound carriageway of the bridge, a major route connecting the airport and Lantau Island to the urban centre.

A Mercedes-Benz has overturned on Lantau Link’s Tsing Ma Bridge. Photo: handout
Hong Kong

Woman, 56, falls to her death in Hong Kong while cleaning window at home

Woman’s son called police at 6.35am on Sunday after she fell onto balcony at public housing estate in Tiu Keng Leng, source says.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong man hurt in electric bike hit-and-run accident while crossing road

Pedestrian, 50, was crossing the road at a Light Rail stop in Tin Shui Wai when hit.

Hong Kong

Crashed Mercedes-Benz car found abandoned in Hong Kong drainage channel

Police say driver of white Mercedes found in metres-deep drainage channel in Yuen Long has not been located.

The Mercedes-Benz is sitting in a drainage channel in Yuen Long. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong probes whether firm in fatal work accident took rainstorm precautions

Labour minister Chris Sun says contractors must exercise ‘extra caution’ during adverse weather.

A worker was killed on Thursday by a falling iron beam at a construction site near the border-crossing facilities at Hong Kong’s mega bridge connecting mainland China and Macau. Photo: Now TV
Hong Kong economy

Firm suspended from bidding for Hong Kong contracts after worker killed on site

Development Bureau places temporary ban on contractor after one worker killed and another injured by falling beam at site near mega bridge.

Hong Kong

Worker dies after beam falls at Hong Kong construction site amid rainstorm

Incident happened on site near border crossing facilities of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, with a second worker injured.

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