Two tailors in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui were broken into on Monday morning, with HK$3 million (US$382,170) worth of cash and gold stolen. A police spokesman said that at 10.14am, officers received a call from an employee of the shop at 2 Carnarvon Road, stating that the shop’s door had been forced open and…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has urged passengers to avoid non-essential travel to London, as a power outage at Heathrow Airport following a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation was expected to have a “significant impact” on operations. The fire, which forced the British air hub to close on Friday, has thrown…
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