Hong Kong’s largest international school group plans to raise tuition fees by about 4.8 per cent on average – or as much as HK$750 (US$96.40) per month – for most of its primary and secondary sections in the next academic year, pending authorities’ approval. The proposed increase by the English Schools Foundation (ESF) is higher…
Some patients and advocacy groups have voiced concerns over medical fee increases under a reform of Hong Kong’s subsidised public healthcare model, while experts have called for alternative services to be strengthened to support affected residents. Ng Ka-lun, who suffers from severe amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye”, will have to pay about HK$2,000 (US$257)…
Several pedestrians worked with rescue services to lift a taxi off a teenage girl whose leg was trapped under a wheel after an accident in Hong Kong on Monday. The 13-year-old girl was struck by the taxi while crossing Laguna Street in the Laguna City residential estate in Kowloon at 6.55pm, trapping her right ankle…
Several pedestrians worked with rescue services to lift a taxi off a teenage girl whose leg was trapped under a wheel after an accident in Hong Kong on Monday. The 13-year-old girl was struck by the taxi while crossing Laguna Street in the Laguna City residential estate in Kowloon at 6.55pm, trapping her right ankle…
The US Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early on Sunday after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement. US President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time as he is spending the weekend at his Florida home….
Once again, taxi operators have vowed to strike if officials fail to clamp down on Uber and other unauthorised rides. The threat, while unsurprising, does nothing for the industry’s image and reputation as a hospitable and reliable transport service. It risks upsetting the community further and backfires in a long drawn-out battle against increasingly popular…
A man has died in Hong Kong after falling into the sea near Lamma Island from a ship, with authorities investigating the cause of the incident. Police received an alert shortly before 11.30am on Friday morning, as a man aboard a cargo ship reported seeing another fall into the sea while climbing a ladder. “The…
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has demanded a full investigation after a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter collided on Wednesday night in Washington killing 67 people, including two Chinese nationals. In a statement on Friday, the ministry expressed its “deepest condolences to all the victims and sympathies to the bereaved families”. “Two Chinese…
Dozens of mainland Chinese are offering tour guide services in Hong Kong but many of them are believed to be unlicensed or potentially breaching their conditions of stay, fuelling calls for authorities to crack down on the illegal activity. The trend is under the spotlight after the Immigration Department said it had arrested eight mainlanders…
A 20-year-old man has been taken into custody for allegedly indecently assaulting at least eight girls in school uniform in the same Hong Kong district. Authorities received separate reports from two secondary school pupils, aged 14 and 16, who said a man had hugged them from behind and touched their chests on Kweilin Street and…