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A woman falls into the floodwaters at the junction of Third and Centre Street in Sai Ying Pun under heavy rainstorms spread across Hong Kong in June 1966. Photo: Chan Kiu

On This Day | 1966 Hong Kong rainstorm leaves 64 dead in one of city’s worst floods ever – SCMP archive

2 months ago03 mins

This article was first published on June 13, 1966 36 feared dead in storm horror At least 36 people are feared to have died in the fierce floods following one of the worst rainstorms in Hongkong’s history. Last night (June 12, 1966) officials— still working on rescue operations — revealed that 32 people were still…

Opinion | Hong Kong can’t let its construction sector be captured by bad actors

Cs news12 months ago03 mins

Hong Kong should be very concerned about the recent flurry of cases involving misbehaviour in the construction industry. It would be too easy to write them off as isolated incidents when they could just as easily be straw in the wind, indicating a serious underlying malaise. One high-profile case is the Anderson Road quarry redevelopment…