Members of a mainland Chinese tour group visiting Hong Kong fell down an escalator “like dominoes” in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday, with one man sent to hospital. The Fire Services Department said it received a report at 5.20pm that people had been injured at the junction of Kowloon Park Drive and Salisbury Road. A…
Members of a mainland Chinese tour group visiting Hong Kong fell down an escalator “like dominoes” in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday, with one man sent to hospital. The Fire Services Department said it received a report at 5.20pm that people had been injured at the junction of Kowloon Park Drive and Salisbury Road. A…
A wild boar ran into a motorcycle on a Hong Kong road on Wednesday, causing the rider and his passenger to suffer injuries. The motorcycle, driven by a 39-year-old man, was travelling along the Kowloon-bound lane of Clear Water Bay Road in Sai Kung when the incident occurred shortly after 3am. While riding near Tai…
A fourth fatal work accident in a week has prompted Hong Kong labour rights advocates to call for employers and authorities to fix systemic problems, including substandard safety measures, unreasonably low tender prices, lenient punishments for offenders and a flawed subcontracting system. At a press conference on Tuesday, four workers’ rights groups and the family…
Ever wondered what it would feel like to glide freely through the air like a bird? An opportunity for me to do so came knocking in the form of an email from Emil Kaminski, the chief pilot at Hong Kong Hike ‘N’ Fly, a tandem paragliding operator in Hong Kong, asking whether I would be…
Hong Kong police will work with transport authorities to make it mandatory to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle, the force’s chief has said, noting that the number of cyclists killed in traffic accidents had doubled in the first eight months this year. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Sunday that while…
The two drivers, aged 48 and 53, were taken to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment of head and neck pain. About three minutes later and only 150 metres (492 feet) away, another taxi driver hit a wild pig near the Ocean Court residential blocks while driving from Ap Lei Chau Bridge…