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Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on January 5. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Letters | As Hongkongers unite around Tai Po, the fire probe must deliver

Readers discuss how to sustain social cohesion in Hong Kong, the kindness of Hongkongers, and why the world must respond to the Venezuela raid.

Accidents and personal safety

Second street cleaner accident in a week as Hongkonger, 74, struck by car

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Letters | Lesson from Tai Po fire: Hong Kong must close the regulatory loopholes

Hong Kong property

CityU joins ranks of schools snapping up Hong Kong offices

University buys four-storey office block in Kowloon Tong for US$252 million from Singapore-based Mapletree.

Festival Walk’s low-rise office building offers about 214,000 sq ft of space. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

New bypass and transport links to boost Hong Kong’s competitiveness: Paul Chan

Finance chief also says city’s planned major road and rail expansion will drive deeper Greater Bay Area integration.

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.

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Accidents and personal safety

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

Police say male construction worker, 65, was conducting renovation works at house in Tai Po when he fell and lost consciousness.

The worker fell unconscious from the fall and was sent to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin for treatment. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

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

Man alleged to have poured water on 58-year-old woman and hit her son with bottle after they complained about his smoking in tunnel.

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.

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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Olive and her employer’s parents were rescued at around 6pm on November 26. Photo: Handout
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.

A firefighter searches through a building in the aftermath of the fire at Wang Fuk Court. The heroic efforts of Hong Kong’s firefighters and emergency services must be acknowledged. Photo: AP
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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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.

One of the suspects is brought to Fo Tan for a reconstruction of the crime in a previous arrangement. Photo: Jelly Tse
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.

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.

Encountered, ridden by Karis Teetan, won the Sa Sa Ladies Purse at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Kenneth Chan.
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.

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.

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 has reported two imported cases of chikungunya, bringing the total number of cases to 54 this year. Photo: Karma Lo
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.

The idea of developing a community drug formulary and pharmacy programme was first proposed in last year’s policy address. Photo: Jelly Tse
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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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’.

The court heard that the defendant had accumulated more than HK$250,000 in credit card debt and had not paid rent for three months before the crime. Photo: Warton Li
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.

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.

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