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Firefighters at Shui Chuen O Estate’s Yan Chuen House on Wednesday morning. Photo: Threads
Shui Chuen O Estate. The family tried to put out the fire, which started at their TV stand, but failed to do so, and subsequently fled, police said. Photo: Sam Tsang
Accidents and personal safety

Family of 4 in hospital after fire at Sha Tin public housing estate

After trying and failing to put out fire on their TV stand, family escapes building with about 140 other residents.

Hong Kong tourism

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police investigate suspected pinhole cameras in gym changing rooms

Crime in Hong Kong

Police arrest 3 over HK$70,000 Jellycat claw machine shop theft

Suspects allegedly used crowbars to pry open machines in unstaffed Tai Wai shop before selling stolen goods to other operators.

Police display some of the recovered stolen toys. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

Why mainland Chinese students pay more for purpose-built housing in Hong Kong

Dedicated housing offers greater convenience, security and value despite higher rents, students say.

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Letters | On English usage, the Trump effect needn’t be the last word

Readers discuss the ‘dumbing down’ of spoken English attributed to the US president, and how teachers can engage with today’s digitally savvy students.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Patient who needed soft food dies after choking on regular meal at public hospital

Prince of Wales Hospital says man, 54, lacked identification and was given temporary identity, which contributed to wrong food order.

Prince of Wales Hospital has issued a public apology and said it has appointed an eight-person panel to look into the blunder. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Supplier to end classroom lunch portioning at Sha Tin school after 39 fall ill

Danny Catering Service calls suspected food poisoning outbreak an ‘isolated’ incident linked to the school’s portioning arrangement.

Hong Kong society

39 pupils and staff fall ill after eating school lunches in Sha Tin

Authorities are investigating a suspected outbreak of food poisoning at Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School.

Hong Kong courts

MTR Corp sues Opatra operator over HK$347,000 unpaid rent and fees at mall

Court document shows rail operator, as landlord of Citylink Plaza in Sha Tin, suing Sayles Retail for the outstanding payments.

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All four Opatra outlets in the city, including the flagship store in Causeway Bay, are closed. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong courts

Couple who survived Tai Po fire await trial for fraud, cannot leave Hong Kong

Wang Fuk Court residents allegedly obtained more than HK$330,000 in government-backed loans by overstating drop in revenue of their business.

Jason Kong leaves Sha Tin Court over allegations of fraud and money laundering. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong officer charged over indecent messages to suspect’s friend

Man, 32, charged with misconduct after allegedly contacting a friend of a suspect and sending her indecent texts and images.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs raids office in Opatra London probe after 6 complaints

Officers find only corporate secretarial firm at registered address with no actual operations or staff of beauty chain.

Hong Kong society

Customs steps in over claims beauty chain Opatra cheated woman out of HK$60,000

Woman, 58, claimed she bought HK$61,400 worth of products at Sha Tin outlet and questioned sales practices, police say.

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Opatra London’s 4,700 sq ft outlet on Russell Street in Causeway Bay. Photo: Nora Tam
Accidents and personal safety

School bus crashes in Shing Mun Tunnel after driver loses consciousness

Driver later dies in hospital while all 47 children on board escape unharmed.

Emergency responders send an injured passenger for treatment. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Elderly hiker found dead on Sha Tin mountain trail after 3-day search

Rescuers find man, believed to be 72-year-old Tam Hing-man, dead on Fo Tan trail after three-day search.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong police to merge Tin Sum division with Sha Tin and Ma On Shan

The force says the restructuring will improve efficiency while maintaining emergency response times and service quality in Sha Tin.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s red-hot rental market forces students to flat-hunt as early as April

Competition for student accommodation is intensifying in Hong Kong, with mainland students starting their flat search months earlier than previously.

Sai Ying Pun and other neighbourhoods close to the University of Hong Kong have seen a large influx of mainland students. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Jury rules baby died of natural causes despite nurse error in medical tube check

Hong Kong coroner says jury can rule death by natural causes if infant Angel Yu had a ‘pre-existing fatal condition’.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong urged to position Greater Bay Area as equine hub, grow racing tourism

Hong Kong Jockey Club proposes leveraging its Guangzhou racecourse as strategic platform for deeper cooperation with mainland.

Education in Hong Kong

Nearly blind student among Hong Kong’s top DSE scorers who plan careers giving back

Students inspired to pursue life in law or medicine, including Aiden Cheng, who has just 10 per cent of his vision left.

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DSE top scorer Aiden Cheng at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. Born with a congenital eye condition, the 17-year-old struggles to read words at a distance without tools or walking up close. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong courts

Nurses baffled by closed medicine tube to premature baby, inquest hears

Angel Yu was suffering from a congenital heart defect that restricted blood flow and was receiving adrenaline at Prince of Wales Hospital.

Former Prince of Wales Hospital nurse Cheung Mei-lin (in pink mask) leaves the Coroner’s Court on Friday. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong weather

Clips of flooded Hong Kong rivers, streets go viral online after heavy rain

Intensity of floods prompts some users online to claim picture of the extreme was outdated or even AI-generated, only to be proved wrong.

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Hong Kong racing

Behind the scenes with the silent workforce powering city’s racing champions

Stable hands, head lads and assistant trainers don’t get the glory, but horses such as Romantic Warrior could not win without them.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong poultry stall suspended for disinfection after bird flu trace detected

Shoppers say they are ‘not worried’ despite confirmation that two-year-old boy contracted H9N2 after visiting Wo Che Market in Sha Tin.

Staff members scrub live chicken cages. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong market sample tests positive for H9 bird flu after boy infected

Boy contracts mild strain of virus and Centre for Health Protection says risk of serious outbreak is low.

Wo Che Market in Sha Tin. One sample taken from a metal tray beneath a cage for live chickens used to collect droppings at a shop tested positive for the H9 bird flu virus, the centre said. Photo: Google Maps
Accidents and personal safety

Man falls to death from flat amid dispute with wife, son over education expenses

Wife, 52, and 21-year-old son arrested, with preliminary investigations suggesting death was accidental.

Crime in Hong Kong

5 arrested in Hong Kong as thousands of anti-obesity tablets, injections seized

Authorities conduct two raids and seize over 3000 tablets of clonazepam and zolpidem, and six boxes of unregistered slimming injections.

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