Hong Kong’s cycling association could be ordered to reopen an inquiry regarding last year’s Paris Olympics after a renewed accusation about its selection of riders, a source has told the Post. A complaint last October to the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) – subsequently investigated, with the findings leaked to…
Several students from an elite secondary school in Hong Kong have been caught cheating in a standardised Chinese history test, with the institution vowing to penalise those who violated the rules. Queen’s College in Causeway Bay, the city’s oldest government secondary school, said in a circular released on Tuesday that it would not hold the…
A worker fell to his death at a construction site in Hong Kong on Tuesday, despite reportedly wearing a safety harness. The 62-year-old scaffolder was working on the fifth floor of a construction site on On Chuen Street, next to the Grace Industrial Building, in Fanling and fell sometime before 3pm. His colleagues found him…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly striking a woman at a hotel, leaving her unconscious, before fleeing the scene. The force said on Friday that hotel staff had reported the case at around 6.30am that day after discovering the woman unconscious in one of the venue’s rooms. The victim, a 46-year-old surnamed…
Hong Kong authorities have expressed “grave concern” and pledged to conduct a special audit of the maintenance capabilities of the MTR Corporation after services were disrupted two times in three months on the same line due to faults that left engineering trains stranded on the tracks. A lawmaker on Monday also called on the city’s…
Hong Kong police have arrested 10 people for allegedly providing services related to the sex selection of a baby and finding surrogate mothers. The suspects, four men and six women aged between 30 and 70, were taken into custody on Friday and Saturday during raids on an office in Central and their residences. Police said…
A former Hong Kong police officer is facing 30 counts of bribery and fraud after he was previously charged by the city’s anti-corruption agency with accepting an unauthorised loan from someone linked to an investigation. Magistrate Frances Leung Nga-yan on Friday approved an application by prosecutors to charge 50-year-old Mak Kwok-hung with the extra counts…
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday paused steep tariffs on America’s trading partners barring China, instead imposing a blanket 10 percent tariff on goods imported from these nations and territories. The 90-day pause came within 24 hours of the duties taking effect. The pausing of most additional tariffs, which had roiled the stock market,…
A cyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a garbage truck in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred around 8.30pm near the intersection of Kwai Yi Road and Kwai Foo Road in front of Kwai Chung Police Station in the New Territories. The cyclist, 50, was left semi-unconscious following the collision. Emergency…
A cyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a garbage truck in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred around 8.30pm near the intersection of Kwai Yi Road and Kwai Foo Road in front of Kwai Chung Police Station in the New Territories. The cyclist, 50, was left semi-unconscious following the collision. Emergency…