This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong labour authorities’ handling of Wang Fuk Court residents’ complaints and inspections at the renovation site before the estate was engulfed in an inferno last November will be scrutinised by the independent committee…
A resident of Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po has said that a drawer in her flat had been rummaged through, prompting a police investigation and rekindling burglary fears in the sealed residential complex. Police launched the probe after a resident surnamed Lee raised concerns about a possible burglary early…
Toronto: Canada is sharply reducing its intake of temporary residents, including workers and international students, by nearly 43%, according to the immigration levels plan announced by the government as part of the Federal Budget that was presented on Tuesday. Jobseekers at an Aviation Career Fair in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Bloomberg) There will be a decrease…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — As Americans enjoy the first Monday of September with an extra day off, many might not realize the rich history behind Labor Day. According to UCA Professor Michael Rosenow, the origins of Labor Day date back to the Gilded Age of American history. In 1882, workers organized the first Labor…
Two Los Angeles County men accused of running an illegal cannabis extraction business have been charged with murder after five of their workers died in two separate incidents, authorities said Friday. According to the L.A. County district attorney’s office, Ted Chien, 53, and Han Quan Jiao, 55, administered the operation, which included at least nine…
A Hong Kong worker has died in hospital after being trapped in a lift shaft at a construction site at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for nearly two hours. The worker, 57, had been carrying out maintenance on a lift in a building on Pok Fu Lam Road at 5.40pm on Sunday. The…
A local government in China has been panned by internet users for making two cleaners spend four hours in the scorching heat searching for a small watch lost by a tourist. In early July, a woman from Shenzhen, southern China, took her child to Datong in the northern province of Shanxi by train. She accidentally…
Riders working for Keeta, a major food delivery platform in Hong Kong, are demanding better payment from the company after staging strikes in two areas on Saturday. Dozens of delivery workers, who protested during lunch and dinner hours on Saturday in Tsuen Wan, stated in an open letter that the Meituan-owned platform had reduced their…
The owners of a Hong Kong congee restaurant chain that closed abruptly, leaving about 100 unpaid workers in limbo, have broken their silence, saying they made the difficult decision after selling their own assets and borrowing money in a bid to stay afloat. The city’s Labour minister said on Saturday that the government had been…
The referral of workers to labour authorities to claim unpaid wages is an “irresponsible” move, a lawmaker and a fellow union member have said, slamming the owners of a three-decade-old Hong Kong congee restaurant chain that left more than 100 employees in limbo after its abrupt closure. Speaking ahead of a staff meeting scheduled for…