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The two children became trapped outside the window and were discovered by passers-by who alerted the emergency services. Photo: Desmond Wang/Facebook
Hong Kong children

Hong Kong police arrest parents after young children rescued from window ledge

Source says boys aged three and five climbed out of window of fourth-floor flat, with parents held on suspicion of child neglect.

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Accidents and personal safety

Lit cigarette suspected to have caused flat fire that killed Hong Kong woman

Accidents and personal safety

Authorities investigate ‘loosened tubing’ at gas blast Hong Kong flat

Accidents and personal safety

Man drowns after jumping into Hong Kong’s Shing Mun River

Police officers later find a note at his home, suggesting his act was linked to health problems.

The man was spotted in the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong hiker dies after falling down 5-metre slope in Fanling

Man, 68, certified dead at North District Hospital, while another hiker rescued after going missing for two days.

Accidents and personal safety

Paraglider rescued from Hong Kong mountain after landing unconscious

Fire Services Department and police received call after 12.30pm, victim was airlifted by helicopter from Ma On Shan to hospital for treatment.

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Hong Kong rescuers find 2 missing hikers after long helicopter search

Authorities locate boy, six, and his aunt in Pat Sin Leng early on Wednesday after pair separated from companions the night before.

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A village in the valley of Pat Sin Leng in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police appeal for help to find man, 72, missing on Lantau Island

Ronald Taylor last seen leaving home in Tung Chung on Thursday; in separate case, police looking for missing man Cheung Hung-hoi, 74.

Hong Kong society

Elderly man hit by chunks of falling concrete from Hong Kong building

Man, 79, hit by pieces of concrete and sent to Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai on Friday evening.

Hong Kong society

Woman, 61, dies after falling down steep slope while hiking in Hong Kong

Woman was hiking challenging route in Ma On Shan Country Park when she fell.

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The woman is taken to to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Man, 61, dies after being found unconscious along Sai Kung trail in Hong Kong

Police received report at 10.36am from two hikers who stumbled upon man lying next to a tent on the Biu Tsim Kok trail.

Long Ke Wan and High Island Reservoir in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and personal safety

Man, 70, drowns while swimming at Hong Kong’s Butterfly Beach

Lifeguard calls police after man pulled from the sea on Sunday afternoon.

Hong Kong society

Bodies of woman, 47, and grandson, 1, found in suspected murder-suicide case

Security guard alerted emergency responders after discovering the bodies in Tai Ping Estate, Sheung Shui.

Hong Kong tourism

Letters | Where is our uniquely Hong Kong panda character?

Readers discuss the need for Hong Kong-specific tourist experiences, a happy outcome to a mountain emergency, and regulation of arcade machines.

Panda sculptures are displayed at Hong Kong International Airport for the launch of a panda-themed exhibition on December 2. Photo: AP
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong man, 60, dies after fire breaks out in 12th-floor flat

Building residents called for help, finding man unconscious in flat.

The fire broke out in a flat at King Shing Court in Fanling on Monday afternoon. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong hiker, 90, found safe after failing to return home for 2 days

Villager finds Ng Sek-wu, who appears to be unhurt; whereabouts for past two nights unknown.

Accidents and personal safety

Shipyard fire in Hong Kong’s Aberdeen put out after 4-hour battle

Boats being repaired were made of fibreglass so fire spread quickly, officials say.

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Hiker dies in Hong Kong hours after being attacked by stinging insects

Four hikers were exploring Pat Sin Leng along the Wilson Trail when they were attacked by insects.

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The hiker was airlifted to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Photo: Facebook/Clarence Li
Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Rescue under way for stranded whale off Lantau waters in Hong Kong

Authorities say whale is five to six metres long with wounds on its body, urge public to stay away from mammal.

Accidents and personal safety

Man, 65, dies in Hong Kong fire caused by short circuit of phone charger in flat

Fire in Chai Wan flat at 11.38am on Sunday also injures man’s daughter, 31.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong police arrest oil barge captain after collision with fishing boat

Fire Services Department and Marine Police searching for 81-year-old missing skipper of fishing boat.

Lamma Island. The oil barge was passing through Hong Kong waters on its way to Huizhou when it collided with the fishing boat, a source has said. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong worker killed by falling cage lift at residential project site

Preliminary investigations show machine malfunction caused cage to fall and hit man at Pavilia Farm III development.

Pavilia Farm in Tai Wai. Photo: Google Maps
Accidents and personal safety

Scaffolding worker falls to his death from Hong Kong industrial building

Man, 44, found unconscious on concrete canopy at Tung Nam Factory Building in To Kwa Wan on Tuesday afternoon.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong paraglider hits hiker in botched landing, helicopter rescue needed

Police say paraglider lost control and hit hiker on lawn of Ngong Ping; pair taken to hospital with leg, neck and head injuries.

Accidents and personal safety

5 Hong Kong firefighters hurt after truck hits vehicle at scene of earlier crash

Firefighters were passing scene of crash involving car and wild boar in Sai Kung.

The crash on Friday morning occurred on Clear Water Bay Road. Photo: Facebook /Bosco Chu
Accidents and personal safety

Solo hiker dies after going missing in Hong Kong’s northwestern New Territories

Police find Yau Kwok-yee, 67, at bottom of five-metre drop near Ng To Shui in Tuen Mun after he was reported missing on Sunday.

The search covered tracts of the Castle Peak area in Tuen Mun. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong van smashes through windows into lobby of residential building

Van veers off Canton Road and smashes through windows into ground-floor lobby of Yau Ma Tei building.

Accidents and personal safety

Passengers evacuated from Hong Kong train carriage after lithium battery fire

One passenger sustains minor injuries and is taken to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong for treatment.

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