Some Hong Kong tour agencies have received inquiries from Filipino travellers about safety in the city following the death of a tourist from the Philippines who was struck by a taxi, but arrival numbers are not expected to be affected. Hong Kong-based travel agencies catering to Filipinos, both in the city and abroad, said on…
A tourist from the Philippines was killed in Hong Kong on Tuesday after an elderly cabby lost control of his vehicle and mounted the pavement at a hotel taxi rank. Police received a report at 1.52pm that a man had been struck by a taxi that veered onto the pavement at 8 Yeung Uk Road…
Hong Kong authorities have deployed three “mobile powerful pumping robots” for the first time to drain at least 24 flooded locations on a day when the city’s forecaster recorded the heaviest daily rainfall for August since 1884. According to the Drainage Services Department, multiple pumping robots, including three known as “water-pumping dragons” in Chinese, tackled…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster issued a black rainstorm signal for a second time in six hours on Tuesday as heavy showers drenched…
A young Hong Kong family of four found dead in a suspected hotel murder-suicide case at the weekend had planned to fly to Britain on Monday to emigrate, with the lease on their suite ending next month, the Post has learned. The father, a former customs inspector, was found dead on Sunday after jumping out…
A young Hong Kong family of four found dead in a suspected hotel murder-suicide case at the weekend had planned to fly to Britain on Monday to emigrate, with the lease on their suite ending next month, the Post has learned. The father, a former customs inspector, was found dead on Sunday after jumping out…
The bodies of a woman and two children were discovered in a Hong Kong hotel room after a man fell to the street from the premises on Sunday morning. Police said they found the man after he fell from a room at the Panda Hotel, which is located on 3 Tsuen Wah Street. The force…
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…
A Hong Kong district councillor with a record of convictions for traffic offences is being investigated for alleged misconduct by a government-appointed special panel and could be suspended from his duties in the worst-case scenario. Home affairs minister Alice Mak Mei-kuen said on Friday that she had appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the…
A man died after falling from a residential building during a fire on Friday in Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan, with authorities later saying the blaze was suspicious and had occurred after a dispute. Police said they had received reports of a fire at Shek To House in Shek Wai Kok Estate at around 4.05pm. The…