Two Hong Kong construction workers suffered injuries, including a fractured leg, after a temporary lift they were using to transport goods plunged from a height of 10 metres (33 feet) on Saturday. Police said that they received a report at 1.32pm about a pair of workers who were suspected to be trapped in a temporary…
A 35-year-old hiker has died after falling about 20 metres (65 feet) at a mountain stream near Hong Kong’s border with mainland China. Police said the man, surnamed Choi, fell at a stream in Sha Tau Kok and his friends reported the accident to emergency services. Authorities said he was later pronounced dead at the…
Hong Kong health authorities are investigating the cases of two women who became unwell after receiving cosmetic botulinum toxin injections in Shenzhen, with one left in a critical condition. The Centre for Health Protection said on Wednesday that the two women were friends and had told authorities they received the injections at a private premises…
A patient has been arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting a female nurse at North District Hospital in Hong Kong. The nurse, 23, was suspected to have been indecently assaulted in a medical ward at about 4.10pm on Tuesday, the Hospital Authority said. The 59-year-old male patient was receiving treatment at the Sheung Shui hospital. A…
Hong Kong authorities have ordered the suspension of renovation work at a luxury villa and launched an investigation after a labourer fell to his death from a canopy into a swimming pool. Police said on Saturday that the 67-year-old had been working on the canopy in an upmarket residential compound in Sheung Shui the day…
A worker fell to his death at a construction site in Hong Kong on Tuesday, despite reportedly wearing a safety harness. The 62-year-old scaffolder was working on the fifth floor of a construction site on On Chuen Street, next to the Grace Industrial Building, in Fanling and fell sometime before 3pm. His colleagues found him…
A Hong Kong hiker has died after falling down a five-metre (16-foot) slope in Fanling. Police received a report at 9.24am on Sunday about a hiker who had collapsed and lost consciousness on Wu Tip Shan Road close to Fung Ying Seen Koon, a Taoist temple. The man in his sixties was rescued and rushed…