Hong Kong health authorities are investigating after an examination lamp fell in a treatment room at a private hospital in Tsuen Wan, hitting two staff members. The Department of Health on Monday urged any operators who were using the same model, the Polaris 50, to contact their local supplier. A staff member and a doctor…
A two-year-old boy who urinated into a glass at a restaurant in eastern China has been defended by his mother who said he could not hold it in any more. A customer, surnamed Tang, who witnessed the whole incident at the Fuyuanju Restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has exposed the scandal to news outlet The…
An elderly Hong Kong taxi driver suffered back and neck pains after accelerating his vehicle down a three-metre (9.8-foot) slope in Sai Kung. The 66-year-old male driver, surnamed Wu, managed to climb back up after the accident. No passengers were on board his taxi. Police said they received a report at 12.24pm on Saturday about…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of setting fires at two clothing stores inside the city’s airport. Police said on Tuesday night that they had received a report at 6.52pm from a security guard who discovered several pieces of burnt clothing in a store at the airport’s first terminal. Staff at the…
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…
The Marine Department said on Saturday it was following up on a collision between two ships that knocked three containers into the sea. But the collision at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals on Friday did not result in any injuries or oil spills, the department said, adding it was following up on the matter. A…
A Hong Kong motorcyclist died on Friday after he was sandwiched between a truck and a public bus, the driver of which was arrested. The three vehicles were travelling along Wan Po Road in Tseung Kwan O and approaching the juncture near Chun Yat Street when the crash happened at 6.10pm, according to police. “The…
A Hong Kong motorcyclist died on Friday after he was sandwiched between a truck and a public bus, the driver of which was arrested. The three vehicles were travelling along Wan Po Road in Tseung Kwan O and approaching the juncture near Chun Yat Street when the crash happened at 6.10pm, according to police. “The…
Hong Kong aviation authorities have launched an investigation after a collision alert was triggered when two cargo planes took off at the same time from the airport and have removed the air traffic control staff involved from frontline duty. The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) said on Friday the staff might have failed to follow take-off…
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation on Friday denied that staff had refused to lend an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help a 62-year-old man who had collapsed outside a railway station and later died. Police said officers were alerted at 3.07pm last Friday to an incident involving a man who had passed out outside Tsuen Wan…