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The latest blaze at the flat in Wah Shun House was reported to the Fire Services Department at 4.59am on Monday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong police asked to investigate after flat catches fire twice in 2 days

‘Suspicious’ people were captured on CCTV inside flat at Wah Shun House, Fire Services Department says.

Accidents and personal safety

39-year-old Hong Kong hiker dies after collapsing on MacLehose Trail

Hong Kong society

Hero’s welcome for Hong Kong rescuers after return from quake-hit Myanmar

Accidents and personal safety

Elderly Hong Kong woman missing for 5 days found in Tai Po bush

Large search was mounted, involving more than 200 people, including dozens of personnel from police, fire services and the Civil Aid Service.

Surveillance cameras showed the woman leaving her neighbourhood last week. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong rescue team set to begin work in quake-hit Myanmar

International and local NGOs also appeal for donations following the disaster.

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Hong Kong society

Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Hong Kong sends rescue team to join aid efforts

Chief Executive John Lee expresses condolences to victims, with one estimate putting potential fatalities at 10,000 to 100,000 people.

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

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

Blaze reported at flat in Lung Hei House at around 10.30am, with woman certified dead in hospital.

Accidents and personal safety

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

Explosion injures three people, including one critically, and blows air conditioner, a window frame and glass from flat onto ground.

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.

Staff at North District Hospital in Sheung Shui were unable to save the hiker. Photo: Roy Issa
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.

Accidents and personal safety

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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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.

Ronald Taylor, 72, gone missing on Lantau Island. Photo: Handout
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.

Chunks of concrete sit on the street in Causeway Bay. Photo: Facebook/Andy Yung
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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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.

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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.

The man had been swimming at Butterfly Beach in Tuen Mun. Photo: Shutterstock
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.

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.

Ng Sek-wu reportedly left his residence in Wong Tai Sin on Sunday morning for a hike in a country park. Photo: Handout
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.

Accidents and personal safety

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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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.

The whale is five to six metres long with wounds on its body, authorities say. Photo: Facebook/Irene Flanhardt
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.

The blaze broke out at a flat in Block 1 of New Jade Gardens in Chai Wan before lunchtime on Sunday. Photo: Handout
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.

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.

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