Chinese internet users were outraged after witnessing national table tennis Olympic champion Wang Chuqin being sidelined during a recent event sponsored by American beverage giant Coca-Cola. The incident occurred at a Beijing marketing event on December 17, where a senior executive was observed moving Wang from a central stage position to the side, as reported…
The organiser of the Kerry Hong Kong Streetathon 2024 has expressed regret after up to 30 half-marathon participants were believed to have run an extra 9km (5.6 miles) due to a mix-up by volunteers at Sunday’s annual race. Andes Leung Pak-hang, CEO and co-founder of race organiser RunOurCity Foundation, said on Monday that more could…
A construction worker survived a plunge from the seventh floor of a multi-storey car park in Hong Kong’s Kowloon on Saturday morning after landing on a truck filled with bamboo poles. Police received a report at 11.33am that a man had fallen onto a truck stacked with bamboo used for scaffolding outside the car park…
A construction worker survived a plunge from the seventh floor of a multi-storey car park in Hong Kong’s Kowloon on Saturday morning after landing on a truck filled with bamboo poles. Police received a report at 11.33am that a man had fallen onto a truck stacked with bamboo used for scaffolding outside the car park…
Six people have been detained over the collapse of a roof on an ice rink building in northeastern China last month, with investigators blaming the failure on poor engineering. Jilin provincial authorities said on Friday that the preliminary investigation indicated the collapse in the city of Baicheng was “a production safety accident caused by substandard…
A Hong Kong teenager was taken to hospital on Saturday morning after having one of his toes bitten by a wild boar during a camping trip at a beach in the western New Territories. The boy, 14, contacted police at 5.05am and told them the animal had charged him while he was staying at the…
A Hong Kong teenager was taken to hospital on Saturday morning after having one of his toes bitten by a wild boar during a camping trip at a beach in the western New Territories. The boy, 14, contacted police at 5.05am and told them the animal had charged him while he was staying at the…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised and removed an episode of American Family Guy that references Tiananmen Square’s “Tank Man” from its in-flight entertainment system. In its reply to the Post on Tuesday night, Cathay Pacific apologised to affected customers after an internet user raised a complaint to a social media page…
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of throwing red paint at the headquarters of the Hong Kong government. Security personnel discovered the paint splashed near a flower bed at an entrance of the headquarters close to Harcourt Road on Wednesday morning. Broken glass was also found at the scene. Security footage showed that…
A 46-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of throwing red paint at the headquarters of the Hong Kong government. Security personnel discovered the paint splashed near a flower bed at an entrance of the headquarters close to Harcourt Road on Wednesday morning. Broken glass was also found at the scene. Security footage showed that…