Hong Kong’s new budget is positioned to foster high-quality, inclusive growth through innovation and finance. Ahead of projections, a surplus of HK$2.9 billion (US$370.8 million) is now expected, largely due to the stronger-than-expected stock market and tax receipts. Reflecting a sound fiscal approach and forward thinking, the 2026-27 budget will maintain an operating surplus and…
One in three Hong Kong adults have moderate to severe symptoms of depression, almost triple the rate from 2012, with Generation Z respondents who spent a lot of time on screens affected the most, a survey has found. The biennial study, conducted by the Mental Health Association NGO and the Chinese University of Hong Kong…
An elderly woman has been charged with murder two days after she and her husband were found unconscious in a hotel room in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui, with the man sustaining a potentially fatal stab wound to the neck. “Police today laid a holding charge against a 73-year-old woman with one count of murder,”…
Hong Kong authorities should step up support for elderly at risk of suicide across all social classes, analysts have said, after a 73-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murdering her husband in a hotel before taking sleeping pills and losing consciousness. They added that officials should broaden efforts to educate frontline workers…
Nearly a third of scam victims who sought counselling through a Hong Kong welfare group’s crisis hotlines last year had possible suicidal tendencies, according to a study by the organisation. The Caritas Family Crisis Support Centre said on Sunday that its hotline service handled 3,983 debt-related cases in 2025, with more than 31 per cent…
A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly beat and murdered a suicidal woman from the United Kingdom who visited him with the intent of being killed, according to reports. Sonia Exelby, 32, was found dead in a shallow grave deep in the woods in Marion County, Fla. on Oct. 17 — one week after…
Roanoke, Virginia — As a 10-year-old, Autumn Bushman loved to perform. The fourth-grade cheerleader from Salem, Virginia, was a bundle of energy. “She really turned my living room into a dance floor,” her mother, Summer Bushman, told CBS News. “She never sat still…She really did care about others more than she cared about herself.” But…
Mom whose young daughter died by suicide urges limits on nighttime phone use – CBS News Watch CBS News Nearly one in six school-aged children report being bullied online, according to a global study by the World Health Organization. Meg Oliver spoke to a mother who is turning her grief into a warning for other…
Image for representation only Keonjhar: A 10-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide in his home in Keonjhar district on Saturday night after his mother refused to give him the mobile phone, police said on Sunday.The student was studying in a private residential school and had come home on Dussehra vacation. On Saturday morning, he had…
A Hong Kong warehouse worker has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his 90-year-old father after burning charcoal at their home in a bid to take both their lives two years ago. The High Court on Friday heard how Au Chi-ming, 53, tried to die together with his bedridden father in August 2023 after…