Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department has yet to launch prosecutions in 34 cases involving mini-storage premises that failed to comply with safety hazard orders, including sites first inspected as far back as 2016, the Audit Commission has said. The commission also revealed on Wednesday that none of the 249 industrial buildings required to improve fire…
A former kindergarten administrator at Hong Kong’s biggest international school group has been sentenced to 25 months in jail for accepting more than HK$640,000 (US$81,700) in bribes from 13 parents and a middleman to secure places by tampering with the admissions system. Fatima Rumjahn, 56, earlier admitted to accepting bribes ranging from HK$20,000 to HK$200,000…
Hong Kong landlords who fail to fix water seepage affecting flats below face a minimum inspection bill of HK$17,000 (US$2,170) if they take no action within 28 days of notification under a pilot scheme designed to fast-track such cases. The plan, launched by a joint office under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and…
Sean “Diddy” Combs was visibly elated when a jury cleared him of sex trafficking and racketeering charges in a Manhattan courtroom last July. He slid from his chair to the floor at the defense table, kneeling as if in prayer, then rose to his feet, beaming. “Love you! Love you! Love you!” the rap entrepreneur…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAFF) – The month of June hasn’t been great for the Rocket City Trash Pandas. In fact, it’s been historically bad. In the past two weeks, the team hasn’t won a single game. Their most recent victory was a 4-1 win over Pensacola all the way back on Friday, June 13th. It was…