The proposed transformation of an old Hong Kong neighbourhood into a world-class waterfront in the style of Australia’s Darling Harbour will require major cooperation among at least 11 government departments and agreement from private owners, officials have said. The 798-hectare (1,972-acre) project was announced by Urban Renewal Authority managing director Wai Chi-sing on Sunday, with…
Members of the public are allowed to take pictures near “prohibited places” belonging to Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong, authorities have said, after a journalist was reportedly stopped from photographing the locations. “There is no problem for members of the public to purely ‘check in’ and take photos near a prohibited place while…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly possessing the narcotic known as “space oil” after his father reported him to authorities. “Police received a report from the arrested person’s father, stating that the arrested person had shortness of breath and slowed reactions, where he had suspected that the arrested person had consumed…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly possessing the narcotic known as “space oil” after his father reported him to authorities. “Police received a report from the arrested person’s father, stating that the arrested person had shortness of breath and slowed reactions, where he had suspected that the arrested person had consumed…
Hong Kong authorities plan to turn the area around a premier concert venue in Hung Hom into a landmark waterfront, complete with a yacht marina and a 50-storey tower equipped with entertainment facilities, over more than a decade. The Development Bureau on Friday shared its preliminary development proposal for the HK$10 billion (US$1.29 billion) to…
Beloved Cantonese opera venue Sunbeam Theatre, which closed down in North Point last month, has found a new home across the harbour in Hong Kong and is set to reopen as soon as mid-June. The theatre’s chairman, Edward Li Kui-ming, provided details about the move on Tuesday during a signing ceremony for the project with…
Single-block residential buildings in four old Hong Kong districts are set to receive property management services from the middle of the year under a pilot scheme aimed at tackling long-standing problems related to urban decay. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen said on Saturday that Yau Tsim Mong district was the first…
Hong Kong police have apprehended a man for allegedly possessing an e-cigarette capsule that tested positive for the newly emerging drug known as “space oil”, the first such arrest using the force’s rapid testing kit. Police said on Sunday that officers intercepted the man, aged 55, in Yau Ma Tei a day earlier and discovered…
Hong Kong police have apprehended a man for allegedly possessing an e-cigarette capsule that tested positive for the newly emerging drug known as “space oil”, the first such arrest using the force’s rapid testing kit. Police said on Sunday that officers intercepted the man, aged 55, in Yau Ma Tei a day earlier and discovered…
One HarbourGate East Tower, a premium office building formerly owned by cash-strapped Chinese tycoon Chen Hongtian, has found a new owner after Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) struck a deal with the receivers, according to people familiar with the matter. The university agreed to pay HK$2.6 billion (US$334 million) for the 15-storey building in Hung…