The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme declined sharply by more than 40 per cent from 2023 to last year, with industry players attributing the dip partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. There were a total of 1,043 nannies recruited to provide…
OF THOSE STORMS COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. THANK YOU. JASON. NEW AT SIX. THE NUMBER OF TIPS TO THE SAFE AND SOUND APP ARE DOWN IN 2025. FROM WHAT WE SAW AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM THE GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL SAFETY BUREAU. THE SAFE, SAFE AND SOUND…
A Hong Kong father has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, with a judge slamming him for using aggravated violence against a defenceless child. Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee passed the mandatory life sentence for murder on Lau Kai-ping, 42,…
A Hong Kong father has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his three-year-old daughter by violently shaking her to death in 2020, with a judge slamming him for using aggravated violence against a defenceless child. Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee passed the mandatory life sentence for murder on Lau Kai-ping,…
Only one-third of Hong Kong parents recognise that constantly calling their children lazy, stupid or fat, or displaying emotional detachment can constitute child abuse, a survey by an NGO has found. Releasing the results of its survey on Sunday, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong highlighted a critical gap in parental understanding ahead of new…
A domestic helper in Hong Kong has been charged with child abuse after she was accused of scalding her employer’s one-year-old son with hot water. A police spokesman said on Thursday the force had received a report from the mother of the child the day before. Officers arrested a 43-year-old domestic helper in Ma On…
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More than 80 per cent of 71 teachers deregistered in Hong Kong last year lost their licences for committing criminal offences such as theft, deception and child abuse, education authorities have revealed. The number of teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with students also more than doubled to eight cases last year from three in 2023….
A three-year-old Hong Kong girl’s death in 2020 could not have been caused by her falling out of bed as her father claimed, a murder trial heard on Monday, with prosecutors arguing her fatal injuries were consistent with violent shaking while alleging he had earlier said she should be “treated like a dog”. Lau Kai-ping,…
A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm as the couple’s toddler looked on was put to death Thursday in the state’s first execution of the year. James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, state officials said. Ford…