A Hong Kong-based modular construction leader is expanding into the Middle East, becoming the first such manufacturer from the city to set up a factory in Saudi Arabia, with plans to produce 30,000 prefabricated flats a year as early as 2027 to meet rising demand, the Post has learned. The expansion by AluHouse is being…
A Hong Kong-based modular construction leader is expanding into the Middle East, becoming the first such manufacturer from the city to set up a factory in Saudi Arabia, with plans to produce 30,000 prefabricated flats a year as early as 2027 to meet rising demand, the Post has learned. The expansion by AluHouse is being…
Owners of a private housing estate in Tuen Mun have voted overwhelmingly to terminate their renovation contract with Prestige Construction and Engineering Company – the same contractor responsible for works at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court, in the aftermath of the deadly blaze At a general meeting held on Friday night at Elegance Gardens, 96.45…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 50-year-old man who allegedly posed as a government officer and stole HK$20,000 (US$2,570) from unsuspecting elderly residents in three separate burglaries. Police on Sunday said they had arrested the man, surnamed Chan, in Ta Kwu Ling on Saturday in connection with three burglaries that occurred in December in Cheung…
A woman has been found dead in a Hong Kong flat, with her husband, who called police for help, arrested on suspicion of possessing dangerous drugs. The force said it received a call at 4.13pm on Wednesday from the 48-year-old Frenchman, saying his 30-year-old Filipino wife had passed out in their home at Avignon in…
Domestic helper Siti Zulaikho has only one word to describe her life after Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades turned everything upside down: “chaotic.” The 41-year-old Indonesian was among more than 200 domestic helpers living at Wang Fuk Court when the 43-hour blaze broke out on November 26, engulfing seven of the housing estate’s eight…
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is planning to build its fourth public riding school on a former landfill site in Tseung Kwan O to reduce applicant wait times and boost the equestrian talent pool. The project has already gained in-principle support from authorities and the club will seek town planning approval in the first quarter…
Cheung Siu-ling struggles to fight back tears whenever she looks at the 600 goats she has kept for years at a farm near Hong Kong’s border. By the end of January next year, the herd will either have to be relocated or put down. The owner, who is in her fifties, has kept goats for…
Passengers travelling on the Tuen Ma line on February 1 and March 8 next year will need to change trains at Hung Hom station due to rail track works, which are expected to add around four to five minutes to their journeys, according to Hong Kong’s rail giant. The MTR Corporation said on Wednesday that…
Hong Kong police have arrested nine men for suspected involvement in military-style combat training, the first such case under the domestic national security law, after raiding a factory space in San Po Kong. The force’s National Security Department said on Friday that some of the suspects were friends and had allegedly gathered near the scene…