Hong Kong police were called to a cryptocurrency exchange store in Mong Kok on Saturday after a woman said she had been scammed out of about HK$93,000 (US$11,970) worth of virtual currency by a man she met online. A source said the 26-year-old woman had met a man on social media who claimed he could…
Hong Kong police were investigating a traffic accident in which a 22-year-old motorcyclist rammed into the back of a stopped vehicle on the Lantau Link and died on Friday. The force said the motorcycle was travelling towards Kowloon when the accident happened at 12.48pm. “It reportedly rammed into a stationary light goods vehicle,” the force…
Affected customers of the now defunct Physical fitness brand in Hong Kong will be able to transfer any remaining beauty packages, according to its new investor, although some members are worried they will be forced to buy more services or that their existing contracts will not be valid without receipts. A spokeswoman for the investor,…
Another branch of the now-defunct Physical gym chain has reopened in Mong Kok under the new name “Perfit”, with some visiting customers concerned that their previous subscription records could be erased while others took a wait-and-see approach. The former Physical branch in Hollywood Plaza in Mong Kok reopened as Perfit on Thursday at 10am, with…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 22-year-old mother on suspicion of neglecting her baby daughter by leaving the girl alone in a flat during the early hours of Monday morning. The force said a report was filed at around 4am that alleged the nine-month-old baby had been left in the flat, located on Mong Kok’s…
A Hong Kong taxi driver has been injured while his passenger has escaped unscathed after a cab plunged into a flooded sinkhole caused by a burst water pipe along a road in Cheung Sha Wan. The accident happened soon after midnight at 880 Lai Chi Kok Road, with a section of the route still closed…
More than 170 Hongkongers have said they were splashed with what they feared were bodily fluids in public over the past eight months, a concern group has revealed, after a woman criticised the penalty given to a man who used a pipette to squirt her with a liquid containing semen. While some men were among…