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Hong Kong’s marathon next February is set to feature a special team. A running club, mostly made up of current and former street sleepers, is entering the 10-kilometre event in hopes of changing society’s perception that homeless people are “useless.” A running club consisting of homeless individuals organised by the Society for Community Organization holds […]
Four of 15 chain restaurants in Hong Kong have told diners they cannot use their own containers for takeaway, the consumer watchdog has found, as it called on catering businesses to contribute to the government’s goal of waste reduction. Consumer Council staff posing as customers made 45 visits to 15 popular chain restaurants during lunch […]
Hong Kong police have arrested three mainland Chinese visitors in a crackdown on a syndicate that stole credit cards from passengers on flights bound for the city, then made purchases through shops in Vietnam. A source familiar with the case said the syndicate, which used a hotel room near Hong Kong International Airport as an […]
Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) may seek longer sentences in a bomb plot case which was the first to be brought in the city under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, a government spokesperson said, after the “mastermind” was sentenced to almost 24 years. Photo: May James/HKFP. The DoJ will study the reasons for sentencing […]
The Hong Kong government has given new identification numbers to lamp posts that inadvertently referenced the date of the Tiananmen crackdown, with the numbers “8964” and “6489” erased in favour of new codes. A worker spray-paints a new number over a Tseung Kwan O lamp post that was labelled EB6489 on November 12, 2024. Photo: […]
Two Hong Kong police officers have been sentenced to 14 months in jail each for trying to buy off a teenage girl with HK$100,000 (US$12,850) to stop her from testifying over accusations one of them had sex with her when she was under age. Constables Yao Yanwu, 29, and Ng Sing-yap, 28, pleaded guilty to […]
Rugby chiefs have promised an “upgraded” Hong Kong Sevens, after confirming one of the city’s blockbuster events will move to Kai Tak Sports Park in time for its 2025 edition. It was an open secret that the 2024 sevens would be the last hosted at Hong Kong Stadium, where it grew into an iconic spectacle […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Four scientists were awarded the Shaw Prize Award here on Tuesday for their prominent work in the prize’s three categories. The Astronomy prize went to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology, for his discoveries about millisecond pulsars, […]
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 13 unlicensed hawkers for selling expired food products or those from unknown sources in a series of crackdowns across the city. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on Tuesday that items being sold by the hawkers included sushi, bread, canned products, bottled soybean milk, packaged milk and meat in […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong’s stock market ended lower on Tuesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 2.84 percent to close at 19,846.88 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 3.11 percent to end at 7,127.14 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index dipped 4.19 percent to 4,456.86 points. Source […]