Hong Kong railway experts have called for heavier penalties and increased publicity to prevent the misuse of emergency exits on trains after a recent intrusion incident on the MTR East Rail line track that caused more than two hours of disruption during evening rush hour. The experts also cast doubt on a lawmaker’s proposal to…
Nine people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement on a Hong Kong street. Police were called to Lam Hing Street in Kowloon Bay at about 12.40pm on Monday following reports of a car veering onto the walkway. The vehicle, which has both local and mainland Chinese number plates, sustained damage to its…
Some Hong Kong residents displaced by the deadly Tai Po fire remain in limbo as they complained of rude or unhelpful officers on a government outreach team who failed to answer their questions about authorities’ long-term resettlement plan. The 100-strong engagement team, which started operations on March 2 along with an inquiry hotline, was tasked…
A union representing employees of Hong Kong’s rail operator, the MTR Corporation, has expressed disappointment with the firm’s refusal to consider their calls for improved benefits, saying the pay rise of up to 3.84 per cent for most staff is “slightly below demands”. The MTR Corp announced pay increases on Friday ranging from 1.6 to…
About 20 per cent of the 50 places in the inaugural intake of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s new graduate medical school in 2028-29 may be reserved for non-local students, with most of them likely to be from mainland China, according to the institution. Applicants for the four-year graduate entry-level medicine programme must…
Some affected residents have continued to express reservations over a Hong Kong government plan to resettle survivors of the Tai Po fire, saying they prefer in situ development as they fear an “unfair” flat selection process will leave their families with smaller homes. The residents urged the government to provide more clarity on how the…
Suri Chan Tin-wing, a first-year English major at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, found herself struggling to write her first creative short story – a 300-word assignment for the compulsory course “Introduction to Literature”. Throughout her secondary schooling at Yan Chai Hospital Law Chan Chor Si College in Kowloon Bay, only science subjects, such…
Hong Kong-listed mainland Chinese developer China Overseas Land & Investment won a bid for a 3,132-square-metre (33,712 sq ft) residential plot in Kowloon East, beating some of the city’s largest developers with a higher-than-expected tender. The state-backed developer beat eight rivals to secure a 50-year grant for the parcel in Ngau Tau Kok with its…
The HK$4.4 billion (US$564 million) donated for Tai Po fire victims will grow gradually with interest earned from fixed deposits, the home affairs minister has told the Post, adding the money will also fund long-term resettlement. In an exclusive interview with the Post on Friday, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen said…
Hong Kong’s Ma On Shan residents will get a new cinema at a recently vacated site of its sole theatre, bucking the trend of closures that began during the pandemic. CineArt Cinema said on Friday it would open a new branch at MOSTown, a shopping centre in Ma On Shan, before Lunar New Year. While…