"Police Drone in Operation" banner in Sung Wong Toi, Kowloon, on May 12, 2026.

    Combating petty crime with drone patrols in HK

    Several times a day, a drone carrying high-capacity cameras and flashing red-and-blue lights whirs and rises from the rooftops of police stations across Hong Kong. They emerge from a box-shaped docking system that slowly unfolds its doors to both sides. Some hover over the city’s billion-dollar villas with private pools and tennis courts; others whizz…

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    How Guangdong drivers are celebrating Lunar New Year in Hong Kong

      How Guangdong drivers are celebrating Lunar New Year in Hong Kong

      Some of the around 500 Guangdong motorists in the southbound travel scheme drove into Hong Kong’s urban areas during the Lunar New Year holiday for offbeat sightseeing and festive shopping. Authorities said bookings under the “Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles” scheme were “favourable”, with more than 500 cars entering the city in the early days…

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