A recent surgical blunder involving a doctor mistakenly removing a patient’s fallopian tube instead of her appendix has cast doubt on Hong Kong public hospitals’ ability to effectively implement safety protocols and allocate manpower, advocates have said. Caritas Medical Centre revealed the blunder on Friday, which began with a 48-year-old woman being admitted for appendicitis…
Hong Kong police are searching for a man and have arrested his girlfriend over the suspected murder of a Vietnamese woman reported missing last Saturday, after the force’s investigation uncovered sightings of a male suspect dumping suspicious, heavy-looking bags. Superintendent Gar Kam-lam of the force’s Kowloon West regional crime headquarters said on Wednesday that the…
Hong Kong police are searching for a man and have arrested his girlfriend over the alleged murder of a woman reported missing last Saturday, after the force’s investigation uncovered sightings of a male suspect dumping suspicious, heavy-looking bags. Superintendent Gar Kam-lam of the force’s Kowloon West regional crime headquarters said on Wednesday that the alleged…
Nine individuals with suspected triad backgrounds have been arrested by Hong Kong police following a violent brawl over a debt that left a 68-year-old participant dead. The group comprising five men and four women aged between 27 and 44 were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and affray. They were still being detained for questioning on…
Nine individuals with suspected triad backgrounds have been arrested by Hong Kong police following a violent brawl over a debt that left a 68-year-old participant dead. The group comprising five men and four women aged between 27 and 44 were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and affray. They were still being detained for questioning on…
Hongkonger Andrew Wong Tsz-san is more passionate than most about Cantonese dim sum staple siu mai, a dish that inspired him to create an online group to gather fans of the street food favourite. The freelance advertising professional, who is now the author of a book on the much-loved yellow-coloured dumplings, co-founded the Hong Kong…
Hong Kong authorities have started taking down clothes recycling bins illegally set up on the streets, as some collectors have been found to have exploited a loophole in the application process. The Post identified a dozen such bins that appeared across the city in recent weeks as residents decluttered for Lunar New Year. Most bins…
Hong Kong’s office market is likely to trail other segments in terms of recovery as interest-rate cuts and easier mortgage financing rules drive bigger interest and deals in the residential and retail properties, analysts said. Office vacancy rates continued to worsen last month in more business districts in the city including Central, Wan Chai, Causeway…
Chinachem Group and the Urban Renewal Authority sold out all flats in Echo House on Sunday, the latest project to receive a warm reception from homebuyers following an easing of mortgage financing and a cut in interest rates. All 198 units in the Cheung Sha Wan project were sold after sales started at 9am, according…
Chinachem Group and the Urban Renewal Authority sold out all flats in Echo House on Sunday, the latest project to receive a warm reception from homebuyers following an easing of mortgage financing and a cut in interest rates. All 198 units in the Cheung Sha Wan project were sold after sales started at 9am, according…