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Fallen Hong Kong firefighter Ho Wai-ho has officially been laid to rest in Gallant Garden, a cemetery plot reserved for civil servants who died in the line of duty. Ho was killed battling the Tai Po blaze in late November.
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Video | Fallen firefighter Ho Wai-ho laid to rest

37-year-old firefighter died battling a massive inferno that engulfed several Tai Po residential blocks in late November.

Accidents and personal safety

Worker unconscious with head injury after falling from scaffolding in Hong Kong

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man, 71, for alleged attack on 2 others over smoking spat

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng University joins property rush with US$11.6 million deal

Acquisition of office units in Sha Tin’s Metropole Square follows Metropolitan University’s US$334 million purchase of Hung Hom property.

Hang Seng University is the latest school to purchase property amid a government push to turn the city into a global education hub. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Exclusive | Indonesian helper’s terrifying 3-hour ordeal as fire ravaged Hong Kong estate

Olive says she and her employer’s elderly parents spent an agonising three hours trapped in a smoke-filled bedroom before they were rescued.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Letters | Hong Kong will emerge stronger from Tai Po fire tragedy

Readers offer condolences to the bereaved, call for prompt action to improve fire safety measures and pay tribute to the inspiring outpouring of help from all quarters of the community.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong leader John Lee pays tribute to firefighter killed in Tai Po blaze

Chief executive and top officials hail ‘bravery and selfless devotion to duty’ of 37-year-old Ho Wai-ho, who died while fighting inferno.

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Firefighters arriving at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong’s laws targeting false credentials must apply equally

Readers discuss a recent case involving an applicant to the city’s talent scheme, a diplomatic row over the Japanese prime minister’s remarks, and Trump calling a journalist ‘piggy’.

Crime in Hong Kong

3 men linked to fatal attack on suspected triad member sent back to Hong Kong

Trio earlier handed over by mainland police, bringing number of arrests over Sha Tin knife attack to 10.

Accidents and personal safety

7 injured after minibus collides with car, crashes into bus stop in Hong Kong

Injured comprise minibus driver and six female passengers, according to force.

Seven people have been injured after a minibus collided with a car in Hong Kong’s Ma On Shan and then crashed into a bus stop. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

3 workers fall ill, 180 evacuated after chemical spill at Hong Kong hospital

Formaldehyde leaks from damaged container at clinical pathology department in Prince of Wales Hospital.

Prince of Wales Hospital reported the spill on Monday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Hongkongers can now book virtual visits with prisoners under trial scheme

Prison authority says system aims to harness technology to offer visitors greater convenience and a more ‘people-oriented visit experience’.

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Ex-Miss Hong Kong contestant Ko among guests as Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Day goes pink

Singer Yan Ting kicks off fashion-themed activities that also included show featuring creations by Hong Kong Design Institute graduates.

Crime in Hong Kong

1 held as Hong Kong police probe urn theft after kung fu icon’s ashes go missing

Force opens investigation into Mary Jean Reimer’s revelation concerning the suspected theft of the urns of her late husband, Lau Kar-leung.

Po Fook Hill Cemetery. Photo: Jelly Tse
Accidents and personal safety

Man, 50, behind wheel of BMW that killed Hong Kong rehab bus driver arrested

Bus driver was operating lifting platform at the back of his vehicle when he was struck by a blue BMW in Sha Tin on Tuesday morning.

The damaged lifting platform at the rear end of the rehabiliation bus. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong reports 2 imported chikungunya cases, bringing total to 54 this year

Latest infections linked to trips to India and Macau, with both patients hospitalised and in stable condition.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkongers to get greater access to cheaper medicines under specific list of drugs

Community Pharmacy Programme, to launch in late 2026, will first roll out in four districts – Eastern, Yau Tsim Mong, Sha Tin and Yuen Long.

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Accidents and personal safety

2 men sent to hospital after 3-car collision on Hong Kong country park road

Photos from scene show at least two vehicles sustained major damage to front sections after crash along Bride’s Pool Road in Tai Po.

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Police have said the accident took place at around 7.50am. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Filipino helpers found after search in Hong Kong fired, face being sent home

Aleli Perez Tibay and Imee Mahilum Pabuaya have so far refused to tell police where they were for two weeks, sources say.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man jailed over attempted killing of father in murder-suicide bid

Au Chi-ming has sentence cut by a third from six years, as defence argues offence was committed ‘not out of hatred, but out of love’.

Accidents and personal safety

Man drowns after jumping off unstable boat during Hong Kong fishing trip

Angler, 47, and friend set off aboard sampan during Mid-Autumn Festival before becoming stuck in waters off Lo Fu Wat.

The incident took place in the waters off Lo Fu Wat. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Indonesian consulate helps family of domestic helper killed in Hong Kong crash

2 killed in Tai Po crash were domestic helper, employer, while private car driver has been arrested.

A car hit a stationary van, prompting the second vehicle to mount the pavement and strike the two women. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong police arrest driver after 2 pedestrians killed in crash

Accident on Po Heung Lane in Tai Po involved private car and stationary van, with one woman killed at the scene and another dying in hospital.

Crime in Hong Kong

More than HK$210,000 in jewellery and cash stolen from Hong Kong luxury villa

Resident of standalone house at Greenland Villas in Sha Tin alerts police, who find damaged window and signs of ransacking.

Accidents and personal safety

14 injured after Hong Kong coach strikes footbridge, loses front roof section

Damaged coach went up auxiliary road linked to Lin Ma Hang Road in Ta Kwu Ling and struck the underside of pedestrian bridge, police say.

The accident took place near the Heung Yuen Wai checkpoint. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong weather

On This Day | When Typhoon Wanda wreaked havoc on Hong Kong in 1962 – SCMP archive

On September 1, 1962, Hong Kong experienced one of its deadliest typhoons, which killed 130 people and left 52 missing.

Flooded Queen’s Road after Typhoon Wanda hit Hong Kong on September 1, 1962. Photo: Information Services Department
Accidents and personal safety

Mother arrested after girl, 4, dies in apparent fall from Hong Kong flat

Emergency services alerted at 6.15pm by man who saw child unconscious outside Hong Wo House at Wo Che Estate.

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Accidents and personal safety

10 elderly people injured after falling like dominoes down Hong Kong escalator

Group was taking escalator down in shopping centre when man lost footing and sent others tumbling.

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