Hong Kong’s Swire Coca-Cola has agreed to reinstate a fired lorry driver after workers staged a strike, with a union claiming the employee’s sacking had constituted an “unfair dismissal” and discrimination against one of its members. The company’s decision followed a three-hour discussion with staff representatives on Friday night. The Swire Beverages (HK) Employees General…
A Hong Kong man arrested over a suspected dine-and-dash dinner that left a woman picking up an HK$84,000 restaurant bill has been released on bail. Man Wah restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong hotel. Photo: Liz (Liz), via Google Maps. The 23-year-old man, surnamed Wong, was granted bail at noon on Sunday, police said,…
Hong Kong police have granted bail to a man who allegedly pretended to be a lawyer and tricked his date into paying a restaurant bill of more than HK$80,000 (US$10,258). The 23-year-old man, surnamed Wong, who was arrested on suspicion of obtaining property by deception, was released on bail on Sunday but must report back…
Hong Kong developers rushed to put more than 200 residential units on the market for sale on Friday, as they took advantage of the market’s anticipation of the first interest rate cut of 2025, which may take place as soon as mid-September. Most of the flats were offered at two locations on the Kowloon peninsula….
Hong Kong police have arrested three women for allegedly stealing HK$1 million (US$127,387) from a pet supplies company. The force said on Tuesday that the three suspects, aged 32 to 57, were apprehended the previous day in Wong Tai Sin, Tseung Kwan O and Cheung Sha Wan following a report filed in mid-July. An investigation…
Hong Kong police are investigating the theft of copper wire worth about HK$100,000 (US$12,820) from a rooftop lightning rod at Po Lam MTR station in Tseung Kwan O. Officers were dispatched to the station on Mau Yip Road after receiving a report at 3.46pm on Thursday from an employee with rail operator the MTR Corporation…
Hong Kong police are investigating the theft of copper wire worth about HK$100,000 (US$12,820) from a rooftop lightning rod at Po Lam MTR station in Tseung Kwan O. Officers were dispatched to the station on Mau Yip Road after receiving a report at 3.46pm on Thursday from an employee with rail operator the MTR Corporation…
This week’s record-breaking deluge may rank among Hong Kong’s costliest natural disasters for insurers, as the owners of cars and properties started to submit claims for damages caused by 11 hours of the highest category of rainstorm. The payouts may top the damages caused by last month’s Typhoon Wipha, but will be less than the…
Hong Kong has been battered by heavy rainstorms, with the Observatory issuing the black rainstorm signal, the highest in a three-tier warning system, twice over two days. The second black signal lasted for more than 11 hours on Tuesday as downpours triggered significant flooding in areas such as Tseung Kwan O, Central and Western district,…
The saga surrounding the decision over which Hong Kong teams could compete at the National Games has been completely resolved, top government officials revealed on Saturday. Manda Chan Wing-man, director of Leisure and Cultural Services, said new criteria had been “agreed and passed”, adding that local National Sports Associations were now satisfied with the changes….