An 89-year-old Hong Kong man has been rescued after he was discovered clinging to the exterior wall of a care home in To Kwa Wan following a fall from a second-floor window. Care home staff filed a report with the police at around 8am on Thursday, stating that the man was hanging from the wall….
Hong Kong authorities have received 221 complaints about illegal petrol stations in the first two months of the year, averaging about 111 per month – 42 per cent higher than the monthly average in 2025 – as drivers continue to grapple with rising fuel prices caused by the US-Israel war with Iran. The Fire Services…
Hong Kong drivers are increasingly crossing the border to mainland China to replenish their tanks, as authorities crack down on a case of an illegal filling operation amid the surge in global oil prices. Motorists are exploring different ways to mitigate the rising fuel cost after the ongoing conflict in the Middle East pushed up…
A 20-year-old man was injured after a basketball post collapsed and struck him while he was playing with a friend at a court near a Hong Kong public housing estate. Police received a report of the incident at Kau Pui Lung Road Playground, located near Lok Man Sun Chuen estate in To Kwa Wan, at…
Hong Kong police have arrested nine employees of a company suspected of using surveying equipment with 45 forged certificates in five hospital expansion projects and one construction site. The force said on Thursday that it had detained six men and three women, aged 23 to 48, from acoustic and environmental services consultancy Novox for allegedly…
Hong Kong police have arrested three people linked to a company suspected of using surveying equipment with forged certificates in at least two redevelopment projects and a public hospital expansion, the Post has learned. The arrests, involving acoustic and environmental services consultant Novox, were made on Tuesday. The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) told the Post…
Hong Kong’s transport authorities are putting up more signs on the Yau Ma Tei section of the Central Kowloon Bypass to make directions clearer, following complaints of inadequate signage despite the newly opened thoroughfare operating smoothly on its first day. Secretary for Transport Mable Chan said that 50,000 vehicles had so far used the bypass’…
In the old but bustling Hong Kong neighbourhood of To Kwa Wan, a small community living room with a dedicated halal kitchen offers a vital sanctuary for Muslim residents like Azmat Tariq. The 2,000 square feet (186 square metres) space on Pau Chung Street called HUB13 is where the Pakistani homemaker, who lives with her…
About 2,000 people, including residents in three care homes for the elderly, were left without electricity on Saturday evening after a water leak in a Hong Kong complex prompted the power provider to suspend the supply. Utility firm CLP Power said the electrical systems in I-Feng Mansions in To Kwa Wan were suspected to have…
Hong Kong should avoid negative labels for certified subdivided flats as they provide accommodation to people from all walks of life, the housing minister has said, while stressing that a planned shake-up of standards will not drive up rents. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin also said temporary…