Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest property developer, received more than 21,000 cheques for 329 units at its massive Sierra Sea residential project in the New Territories, indicating that attractive pricing can drive home sales in the city despite economic jitters, according to agents. The first round of sales on Saturday will feature…
Hong Kong Customs and a consumer watchdog are investigating 22 complaints involving HK$200,000 (US$26,000) in prepaid packages following the abrupt closure of a beauty centre in Fanling, a lawmaker assisting victims has said. Athena Beauty, located in Cheung Wah Estate in Fanling, was also accused of transferring customers’ information without consent to Classic Life, a…
Hong Kong national security police have taken away the parents of wanted US-based activist Frances Hui Wing-ting for questioning, the Post has learned, after Washington imposed a new round of sanctions on local officials for what it called “transnational repression”. A source said that Hui’s mother and father were escorted to two police stations in…
Hong Kong’s drone-based trials to develop a low-altitude economy will put safety first by requiring testing of the devices to be conducted within the direct eye line of operators. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Friday that 38 projects were selected from among 72 applications and would cover activities such as logistics,…
Hong Kong residents may enjoy having their food delivered using drones as early as April, with one lawmaker expecting civil aviation regulations to be relaxed by October to allow wider usage of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Thursday that businesses involved in pilot drone projects could start…
A domestic helper in Hong Kong has been charged with child abuse after she was accused of scalding her employer’s one-year-old son with hot water. A police spokesman said on Thursday the force had received a report from the mother of the child the day before. Officers arrested a 43-year-old domestic helper in Ma On…
On a sunny afternoon this January, south Lantau’s Cheung Sha Beach was quiet, with few people other than a couple sunbathing by the trees, another strolling along the sand. Slowly, a yacht approached from the southeastern horizon and rode the breeze to within a couple of hundred metres from shore. Out dropped an inflatable kayak,…
A driver of a Hong Kong school bus has died after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a fence. No pupils were injured in the incident in Ma On Shan on Friday morning as the bus was empty as it travelled in the direction of Wu Kai Sha on Kam Ying Road at…
Ever wondered what it would feel like to glide freely through the air like a bird? An opportunity for me to do so came knocking in the form of an email from Emil Kaminski, the chief pilot at Hong Kong Hike ‘N’ Fly, a tandem paragliding operator in Hong Kong, asking whether I would be…
For 32-year-old Gloria Kwan, getting around Hong Kong with her 1½-year-old dog, Potato, is a costly affair. “It costs us more than HK$100 [US$13] per trip to travel in a taxi that allows pets if we want to venture outside our neighbourhood of Ma On Shan,” she said during one such trip with Potato to…