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The stress of taking care of his elderly parents and family brought 44-year-old Hongkonger Michael to the verge of a breakdown. Already the father of an eight-year-old, he juggles the responsibilities of his regular home life with taking care of his parents and working full time. Michael, who only wanted to provide his first name,…
These articles were first published on April 2, 2003 by Tommy Lewis and Niki Law Pop star, actor and director Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing plunged to his death from the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central in an apparent suicide last night. Cheung, 46 – star of the hit 1993 movie Farewell My Concubine – fell from…
A recent spate of student suicides in Hong Kong has reignited public anguish and concern over the mental well-being of the city’s youth, especially with regard to a possible contagious or copycat effect. As chairman of the 2016 government-appointed student suicide prevention committee, I am compelled to revisit our findings and call for urgent collective…
A 19-year-old Hong Kong man leapt fatally from a building shortly after reporting the death of his grandfather and father, who were found in their village home on Tuesday evening with stab wounds inflicted by sharp objects. Police on Wednesday said they had classified the two cases as murder and suicide and were looking into…
Hong Kong authorities have suspended the water supply from the Kowloon Reservoir following the discovery of a submerged car believed to be linked to a 2023 case involving a floating body. A man spotted the overturned rusty vehicle at the bottom of the reservoir at about 5pm on Saturday, near Kam Shan Tree Walk in…
Hong Kong police are investigating after a partially charred body was discovered near a lake on Lantau Island. Staff at the Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre called police at 3.30pm on Sunday to report the discovery. Officers and Fire Services Department personnel arrived and launched an investigation. A couple reportedly spotted the body beneath a tree….
Australian legislators are reported to be looking closely at draft legislation that would ban young people under the age of 16 from using social media even if they have parental consent. This raises the question of just how dangerous access to social media can be and whether Hong Kong should be looking at similar legislation….
The man suspected of being responsible for a car attack that killed 35 people in southern China is still in a coma and cannot be questioned, the local authorities have said. The suspect, a 62-year-old man surnamed Fan, remains in a stable condition in hospital after trying to cut his throat following Monday’s attack in…
A woman fell to her death from a building in southern Hong Kong on Sunday night, smashing into the roof of a parked minibus on the street below and injuring an expat passenger. The woman, 32, fell from the Goodview Centre residential block on the busy Wu Pak Street in Aberdeen at about 6pm. She…