A 23-year-old Hongkonger has been arrested for allegedly pushing a nine-year-old boy into the sea while the child was fishing with his mother in Hung Hom. Police said the man, surnamed Wong, was apprehended in Kowloon City at 5.22pm on Tuesday, three days after the incident, on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. They…
After being forced to quit, Har Cheng* went to the Hong Kong food stall she had worked at for almost two decades, only to find out she had been replaced by imported labourers from mainland China. Feeling angry and mistreated, Cheng, 67, who helped wash dishes, clean tables and sell beers at the traditional dai…
A popular area in Hong Kong’s internationally recognised geopark has been attracting fewer visitors over the Easter holiday after social media users posted warnings about long waiting times for public transport. The small crowds on Saturday afternoon at High Island Reservoir’s East Dam in Sai Kung were in sharp contrast to the chaos of previous…
Two people were injured after a BMW sports car, travelling in eastern Hong Kong on Sunday, crossed into the opposite lane, struck a retaining wall, bounced above another vehicle and landed back on the road. A video clip widely circulated online shows the car travelling along the single-lane Tai Tam Road towards Shek O. Near…
Two people were injured after a BMW sports car, travelling in eastern Hong Kong on Sunday, crossed into the opposite lane, struck a retaining wall, bounced above another vehicle and landed back on the road. A video clip widely circulated online shows the car travelling along the single-lane Tai Tam Road towards Shek O. Near…
Two people have been sent to hospital with minor injuries after a light truck slipped down a slope and struck a private car in Hong Kong. Police were alerted to the accident at 1.20pm on Saturday. The incident took place at No 175 Shatin Pass Road, outside Wong Tai Sin’s Fat Jong Temple. The light…
Two people have been sent to hospital with minor injuries after a light truck slipped down a slope and struck a private car in Hong Kong. Police were alerted to the accident at 1.20pm on Saturday. The incident took place at No 175 Shatin Pass Road, outside Wong Tai Sin’s Fat Jong Temple. The light…
The opening of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park on Saturday failed to deliver much of a business boost to nearby restaurants as most of the nearly 34,000 spectators opted to leave the area right after the show ended. Yarus Lau, manager of Western restaurant GoNuts at Kai Tak Mall 2, said business levels were…
The beauty of claypot rice, the comfort of chicken pot pie, Panda Inn’s orange chicken redo, a Grocery Goblin’s art discoveries, pie from a cake queen, plus line-worthy sweets and a last meal at Cassia. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s Tasting Notes. Newsletter You’re reading Tasting Notes Our…
The removal of property curbs a year ago has failed to support home prices, as the market value of private residential properties in Hong Kong was down by HK$480 billion (US$61.7 billion) since February 2024, Centaline Property said on Thursday. The withdrawn measures included the Buyer’s Stamp Duty that targeted non-permanent residents and a New…