Workers remove the offending ad on Thursday night. Photo: Theads/jackyyu_6161

    Red faces at bureau after anti-drug advert sends opposite message

    Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has apologised for an advertising blunder in its anti-drug campaign, after a banner in a railway station appeared to encourage the use of illegal substances when viewed from certain angles. The bureau addressed the issue in a social media post on Friday, a day after an internet user circulated a photo…

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    Hong Kong’s Aaron Kwok named honorary narcotics commissioner in anti-drugs push

    Hong Kong’s Aaron Kwok named honorary narcotics commissioner in anti-drugs push

    Cantopop star Aaron Kwok Fu-shing has been appointed as an honorary narcotics commissioner as part of the Hong Kong government’s latest campaign to stamp out the increasingly popular novel drug etomidate. Secretary of Security Chris Tang Ping-keung announced Kwok’s honorary role at a publicity event for the “Anti-Drug, New Era” campaign on Sunday, while the…

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    Hong Kong’s Aaron Kwok named honorary narcotics commissioner in anti-drugs push

    Hong Kong’s Aaron Kwok named honorary narcotics commissioner in anti-drugs push

    Cantopop star Aaron Kwok Fu-shing has been appointed as an honorary narcotics commissioner as part of the Hong Kong government’s latest campaign to stamp out the increasingly popular novel drug etomidate. Secretary of Security Chris Tang Ping-keung announced Kwok’s honorary role at a publicity event for the “Anti-Drug, New Era” campaign on Sunday, while the…

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