Homemaker Emily Cablas Anane and her two sons have been playing Chinese drums as a family activity and will be among about 16,000 people expected to join the Hong Kong Drum Festival at the West Kowloon Cultural District on Sunday. Anane, 39, who has been living in the city for a decade, said she and…
Hongkongers woke up to cool and wet weather on Thursday as temperatures dipped to 17 degrees Celsius in urban areas, with the mercury dropping to as low as 13 degrees on the city’s highest peak. Temperatures are forecast to rise slightly over the next five days to between 19 and 24 degrees with sunny periods…
Beijing is worried that Hong Kong developers’ tepid response to local megaprojects may further erode investor confidence and this was why a top central government official took on the task of cajoling the private sector on behalf of city authorities, political analysts have said. Economic and property specialists said the central government’s “explicit” call to…
Hong Kong’s cash-strapped Urban Renewal Authority may consider issuing bonds or borrowing more money as it reveals plans to take on a major redevelopment project in Kowloon City on its own after a failed tender in September. The authority’s managing director Wai Chi-sing said it was exploring the “self-initiated approach” to the Kai Tak Road/Sa…
A male teacher at the elite St Mary’s Canossian College in Hong Kong has been arrested after a hidden camera was discovered in a school toilet, the Post has learned. Sources said on Monday night that the teacher had admitted committing the crime and was arrested on the evening of October 7 at the Catholic…
Replicas of the sets of a hit martial arts film featuring the Kowloon Walled City will go on display at Hong Kong International Airport, following earlier suggestions from authorities to turn the originals into tourist attractions. Organisers said on Sunday an exhibition displaying sets from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In would be unveiled on…
A four-year-old Hong Kong boy has died after being given herbal medicine, with his mother arrested for child neglect. The boy’s mother, 36, and her husband alerted authorities at around 12pm on Sunday after she found her son passed out in their flat in Lucky Building on San Ma Tau Street, Hung Hom. An ambulance…
The Hong Kong Observatory received reports that a waterspout was spotted over Victoria Harbour on Saturday, after it warned violent gusts might sweep the city. The weather forecaster said at 1pm that the waterspout was seen swirling across the harbour, from the east to the west, 30 minutes earlier. According to clips circulating online, a…