Hong Kong authorities have uncovered robot-operated accounts booking public indoor sports venues just a week after a new anti-touting policy took effect, prompting experts to call for stronger measures against scalping. A Leisure and Cultural Services Department spokesman told the South China Morning Post that authorities had detected bots being used to book public indoor…
As spring approaches and temperatures begin to climb, Hong Kong’s cherry blossoms are preparing to burst into full bloom. Within the next week or two, Hongkongers can enjoy this spectacle without leaving the city. The South China Morning Post lists the best spots in the city to enjoy cherry blossoms and how to get there….
Hong Kong authorities have arrested two women for hawking and received four complaints about unauthorised vendors selling merchandise for K-pop group Blackpink near a concert venue over the past few days. Hours ahead of the final night of the three-concert series of the popular Korean girl band on Monday, a Post reporter spotted about a…
A Hong Kong dancer paralysed from the neck down in an accident during a concert by popular local boy band Mirror is set to undergo a more intense rehabilitation programme, his father has revealed, calling for more financial support. Mo Li Ka-yin, 31, would embark on a three-year rehabilitation journey powered by advanced technologies, including…
A 20-year-old man was injured after a basketball post collapsed and struck him while he was playing with a friend at a court near a Hong Kong public housing estate. Police received a report of the incident at Kau Pui Lung Road Playground, located near Lok Man Sun Chuen estate in To Kwa Wan, at…
Public museums in Hong Kong are probably no match for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in terms of treasures and appeal. But that does not deter the government from pursuing the tall order of opening up some of its venues to commercial or private events in the same vein as the annual Met Gala,…
Hong Kong authorities have called on residents not to swim at Deep Water Bay Beach and Repulse Bay Beach after a sewage pipe split in two during Super Typhoon Ragasa. The Drainage Services Department said on Thursday that it had immediately stopped using the 450mm-diameter sewage main at the Mills and Chung Path near Deep…
Around 600 Hong Kong swimmers took part in the Cross Tolo Harbour Open Race on Sunday, despite amber rainstorm and thunderstorm warning signals being raised. The Hong Kong Observatory had raised the thunderstorm warning at 11.15pm on Saturday, and stated explicitly that people should not swim outdoors. The open-water race’s organisers, the Tai Po Sports…
Around 600 Hong Kong swimmers took part in the Cross Tolo Harbour Open Race on Sunday, despite amber rainstorm and thunderstorm warning signals being raised. The Hong Kong Observatory had raised the thunderstorm warning at 11.15pm on Saturday, and stated explicitly that people should not swim outdoors. The open-water race’s organisers, the Tai Po Sports…
Medical treatment for a Hong Kong dancer paralysed during a Mirror concert is now uncertain after his father revealed that a major donor’s verbal promise to cover the medical expenses may no longer be upheld. Reverend Derek Li Shing-lam, the father of 30-year-old Mo Li Kai-yin, said in a letter on Saturday that the dancer’s…