Hong Kong will step up its counterterrorism efforts under a new mechanism led by the chief executive, with seven working groups involving various government departments set to be established. Police Senior Superintendent Peter Leung Wai-ki of the Interdepartmental Counterterrorism Unit said efforts to combat and prevent terrorism needed strengthening. “While local terrorism remains a threat,…
An emergency rescue exercise unfolded at Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground on Saturday involving a man falling down the stairs and yelling in pain while responders swooped in to treat the victim. The staged sequence was a part of the 5-hour stress test involving 5,000 people at the stadium. In under a minute, three medical…
Hong Kong’s newest border checkpoint at Heung Yuen Wai can cope with crowds, the city’s security chief has assured lawmakers after some raised concerns that daily passenger trips were more than double its design capacity of 30,000. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung told lawmakers on Wednesday that the Heung Yuen Wai crossing had handled…
Hong Kong’s first set of 50 surveillance cameras installed by police at party district Lan Kwai Fong will have crowd counting capabilities for the coming Halloween festivities, with facial recognition technology to be added next year, the city’s police chief has revealed. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the Post in an exclusive interview…
Hong Kong police have arrested five people and seized more than HK$1.1 million (US$141,570) of illegal drugs, including the newly emerging “space oil”, in a crackdown on a local trafficking syndicate. The force said on Friday that investigations revealed the racket sold various narcotics on the city’s underground market and operated at a Cheung Sha…
Hong Kong is set to ban a newly emerging drug known as “space oil” next year by adding it to the existing narcotics law, the security minister has said. The drug, usually packaged as e-cigarette capsules, contained the anaesthetic etomidate, which could cause mental and physical harm, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on…
Central authorities have issued about 20,000 new multi-entry travel permits to Hong Kong permanent residents with foreign passports heading to mainland China in the past three months, while about 33,000 applicants are still awaiting approval. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung cited the figures from the country’s Exit and Entry Administration and also told the…