A 72-year-old taxi driver has died after his vehicle slammed into two private cars involved in an earlier crash that had blocked a bypass, in a serious accident that also injured six people. Police said on Monday that the two private cars collided on the Kwun Tong Bypass at 11.05pm the previous day. When the…
Hong Kong police have arrested 29 people in an anti-drug operation, including a 13-year-old boy. In the operation, code-named “Bluesmoke”, officers raided three suspected drug storage units in an industrial building in Kwun Tong, a tenement building in Sham Shui Po and a village house in Tai Po on Monday. Two men and three women,…
In the second instalment of our two-part series on Hong Kong’s beleaguered property market, analysts explore why this slump is different from past downturns. The first instalment discussed how the resurgence of the city’s stock market as a venue for initial public offerings could boost office uptake and ease developers’ pain. Swiss bank UBS got…
In the second instalment of our two-part series on Hong Kong’s beleaguered property market, analysts explore why this slump is different from past downturns. The first instalment discussed how the resurgence of the city’s stock market as a venue for initial public offerings could boost office uptake and ease developers’ pain. Swiss bank UBS got…
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Lawmakers have criticised the government’s reluctance to introduce women-only areas on trains and buses in Hong Kong, questioning why they are not given the same privileges as those offered under a special travel scheme made for pets. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung dismissed the idea of establishing designated zones for men and women on…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight men on suspicion of taking part in illegal road racing, including a 29-year-old man who allegedly drove what appears to be one of the force’s retired vehicles. Chief Inspector So Chi-bing of the regional crime unit in Kowloon East said officers arrested the eight men on Thursday after the…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight men on suspicion of taking part in illegal road racing, including a 29-year-old man who allegedly drove what appears to be one of the force’s retired vehicles. Chief Inspector So Chi-bing of the regional crime unit in Kowloon East said officers arrested the eight men on Thursday after the…
Both transaction volume and home prices in Hong Kong’s secondary property market remain under pressure, as developers continue to launch new residential projects at low prices and homebuyers stay cautious amid uncertainties arising from US tariffs, market experts said. “The cluster of secondary residential projects that are being affected by the low pricing of new…
Both transaction volume and home prices in Hong Kong’s secondary property market remain under pressure, as developers continue to launch new residential projects at low prices and homebuyers stay cautious amid uncertainties arising from US tariffs, market experts said. “The cluster of secondary residential projects that are being affected by the low pricing of new…