A Hong Kong taxi driver contesting an HK$8.4 million (US$1.07 million) personal injury lawsuit has denied deliberately ramming his car into a crowd during the 2019 anti-government protests, insisting he lost control of the vehicle after being assaulted by vigilantes. Henry Cheng Kwok-chuen took the witness stand on Friday to defend against the claim by…
More than 150 residents have been evacuated from a Hong Kong housing estate in Tsuen Wan after a fire broke out in a flat, following a fatal blaze in Shek Kip Mei. Police received a report at 2.22am on Monday that a flat on the 33rd floor of Tai Yuan House at Tsuen Wan Centre…
A man has been found dead after a fire broke out at a public housing estate in Hong Kong, prompting the evacuation of more than 200 residents. Police said they received multiple reports from 8.04am on Sunday about thick smoke billowing from an upper-floor flat at Mei Yu House in Shek Kip Mei Estate, Kowloon….
A 90-year-old woman has been killed by a school bus in Hong Kong, with the 72-year-old driver arrested by police. Officers received a call at around 4pm on Friday that an elderly woman had been hit by a school bus in a car park at Tai Hang Tung Estate in Shek Kip Mei. She was…