More than 300 mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong were victims of phone scams last year with losses reaching HK$230 million (US$29.5 million), according to the city’s security chief who added that police had logged 16 such cases in January this year alone. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that losses from…
A Hongkonger who has been stuck in Thailand after being released from a scam farm in Myanmar will fly home on Monday, before Lunar New Year. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that members of his bureau’s task force had met the 29-year-old man the night before. “When my colleague called me…
About 18,000 music fans descended on the soon-to-open Kai Tak Stadium for a concert on Saturday in the first non-sports trial run at Hong Kong’s newest venue. The 1½-hour “Four in Love” charity concert at the 50,000-seat stadium in Kai Tak Sports Park started after 6.30pm, more than 30 minutes later than the scheduled 6pm,…
About 18,000 music fans descended on the soon-to-open Kai Tak Stadium for a concert on Saturday in the first non-sports trial run at Hong Kong’s newest venue. The 1½-hour “Four in Love” charity concert at the 50,000-seat stadium in Kai Tak Sports Park started after 6.30pm, more than 30 minutes later than the scheduled 6pm,…
Hong Kong’s tourism and transport ministers have set the record for briefest stints at the top before being fired, with their sackings coming less than 2½ years since taking office. The firings take to eight the number of ministers who have been sacked from their roles over the course of five administrations since the city’s…
Hong Kong recorded 169 cases of in-flight thefts involving HK$4.32 million (US$555,050) worth of valuables in the first 10 months of 2024, exceeding the annual number of reports in each of the tourism boom years of 2018 and 2019. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Wednesday the city only logged 103 cases in…
Hong Kong is battling a sharp rise in drug cases involving a newly emerging narcotic known as “space oil”, with police handling 90 reports in the first 10 months of the year compared with only eight in all of 2023. The force provided the latest data on Tuesday and said officers had arrested 99 people…
Hong Kong will deploy 50,000 civil servants to join a test run at Kai Tak Sports Park’s mega stadium early next year, the city’s security chief said, adding artificial intelligence (AI) will play a role in preparations ahead of the facility’s opening. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Saturday said about 20 drills would…
Hong Kong’s tourism minister has brushed aside concerns that offering multiple-entry visas to more than 10 million Shenzhen residents might trigger a resurgence in parallel trading, speaking a day before the new policy takes effect. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said on Saturday that the visa scheme would benefit Hong Kong’s…
A Hong Kong primary school teacher is among seven people arrested by customs officers in a crackdown on the illegal import and distribution of the newly emerging drug “space oil”, with the seizure of anaesthetic that could produce HK$17 million (US$2.2 million) worth of the narcotic. Assistant Superintendent Ho Tin-hong of customs’ airport cargo unit…