Hong Kong authorities are investigating whether a contractor involved in a fatal work incident took the necessary precautions during a rainstorm, the city’s labour minister has said as he urged employers to ensure a safe work environment during adverse weather. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Saturday that contractors had to…
Hong Kong authorities have temporarily barred a contractor from bidding for public road and drainage contracts following an accident in which a worker was killed by a falling steel beam at a site near the cross-border bridge to Macau and Zhuhai on Thursday. The Development Bureau said on Friday that the temporary ban was effective…
Keung To, a member of Hong Kong Cantopop boy band Mirror, was rescued after accidentally falling into the waters off Sai Wan on Tuesday. About five hours after the incident, the performer posted a photo of himself giving the thumbs-up gesture. “Don’t need to worry, everyone, see you tomorrow”, he wrote for the caption, referring…
A 51-year-old Hong Kong woman has died after getting trapped under a truck that rammed into a bus stop, as police search for the driver who fled the scene. The force said the accident occurred at around 6.30am on Tuesday along Chatham Road North in Hung Hom. A truck driver travelling in the direction of…
Ten people were injured in Hong Kong on Friday when a bus crashed into a police vehicle, including an officer who was in a critical condition after falling 10 metres (33 feet) off a bridge at the moment of impact. The driver of the Citybus vehicle was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm…
A Hong Kong policeman has been critically injured after falling off a bridge to evade being struck by a bus while he was handling a traffic incident, the Post has learned. A source said that the officer drove a police vehicle to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor towards the direction of the Shenzhen Bay crossing…
Hong Kong authorities have ordered the suspension of renovation work at a luxury villa and launched an investigation after a labourer fell to his death from a canopy into a swimming pool. Police said on Saturday that the 67-year-old had been working on the canopy in an upmarket residential compound in Sheung Shui the day…
A survivor of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island ferry disaster has told a court inquest that the life jackets were locked away and he was unable to obtain one for himself before his ferry sank following its collision with another vessel. Philip Chiu Ping-chuen, whose sister died in the tragedy, on Thursday became the first witness…
Hong Kong police have arrested the driver of a double-decker bus that smashed into barriers on a highway on Thursday, with 21 passengers taken to hospital for treatment. Police said the Citybus vehicle was travelling along West Kowloon Highway towards the airport when it crashed at a slip road near Hoi Lai Estate in Cheung…
A 77-year-old pedestrian has died after being knocked down by a vehicle that ran onto a pavement in Hong Kong, and police have arrested the driver. Police said on Saturday that the vehicle driven by the 51-year-old man was travelling along Lung Ma Road towards Queens Hill Estate in Sheung Shui at 7.25pm. It reportedly…