A domestic helper has won a HK$180,000 sexual harassment claim against her former Hong Kong employer, a single man who repeatedly asked her for sex despite her refusals. The District Court on Friday ruled that Lam Yui-sang, 63, had created a “hostile and threatening” workplace for Indonesian helper Sri Wahyuni, who started her employment with…
The deceased doctor who was part of a suspected Shiga toxin-producing E coli cluster in a Hong Kong public hospital was described as “a good role model” for colleagues and “willing to go the extra mile” to help patients, according to people familiar with him. The doctor, whose name was not revealed by the authorities,…
Hong Kong police are investigating the suspected theft of two speedboats worth HK$800,000 (US$102,660) from a typhoon shelter. The force received a report shortly after 9am on Friday from a man who alerted them that two speedboats had gone missing from the Rambler Channel Typhoon Shelter near Kwai Chung. “The two speedboats had both been…
A fourth fatal work accident in a week has prompted Hong Kong labour rights advocates to call for employers and authorities to fix systemic problems, including substandard safety measures, unreasonably low tender prices, lenient punishments for offenders and a flawed subcontracting system. At a press conference on Tuesday, four workers’ rights groups and the family…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized contraband products valued at HK$100 million (US$12.9 million), including computer processors worth HK$67 million, from a shipment bound for Taiwan. The Customs and Excise Department said on Friday the seized items included laptops, smartwatches and circuit boards found in a cargo container that was to be loaded onto a…