Hong Kong’s housing authorities have awarded contracts for the building of three public estates originally under Aggressive Construction Company, a firm linked to five workplace deaths in recent years, to a new contractor. China Overseas Building Construction was announced as the replacement on Thursday after Aggressive was removed from the government’s registered list of contractors…
Hong Kong industry leaders have called on new contractors to rehire workers and subcontractors from a local construction company that will lose its operating licence, to minimise delays in building 7,100 public homes. One construction sector leader also warned against a loophole that permits companies to re-register simply by changing the authorised person. Chau Sze-kit,…
Dashcam footage of two young cyclists speeding down a mountain road in Hong Kong and one almost getting hit by a car has sparked calls for greater enforcement of traffic rules to tackle reckless riders and for helmets to be made mandatory. The dashcam video, from a private vehicle heading up a winding road, shows…
The number of elderly taxi drivers involved in accidents in Hong Kong has increased by more than 40 per cent since 2022, prompting some industry leaders to ask if tighter regulations are needed to assess the fitness of older cabbies to ensure safety. Some taxi drivers also hoped the government would subsidise the fees for…
Two men have been injured by a piece of bamboo that fell from scaffolding outside an industrial building in Hong Kong, with one left bleeding from the incident. Police said they were alerted shortly before 10am on Saturday about a man being hit on the forehead by a piece of bamboo that fell from scaffolding…
Two men have been injured by a bamboo stick that fell from scaffolding outside an industrial building in Hong Kong, with one left bleeding from the incident. Hong Kong police said they were alerted shortly before 10am on Saturday about a man being hit on the forehead by a bamboo stick that fell from scaffolding…
A staggering 92 per cent of travel insurance plans offer fewer benefits to the elderly and children despite charging similar premiums to those covering other ages, Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has told travellers ahead of the Easter holiday. The Consumer Council said on Tuesday that among 27 surveyed travel insurance plans, only two offered the…
Early Friday, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) away. Two hard-hit cities in Myanmar suffered extensive damage, with images from the capital, Naypyidaw, showing rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble of collapsed buildings. Authorities in Bangkok said deaths…
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city. The country’s military-led government said in a statement that 1,002 people have…
Polk County officials are urging some residents who live near uncontrolled fires to “leave now” as two of the fires surge over 1,000 acres each, tripling in size over mere hours. As of 5:30 p.m. on March 21, the Deep Woods Fire near Holbert Cove Road jumped to 1,102 acres with no containment, N.C. Forest…