A resident of a care home for the mentally disabled in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another man in the facility died following a fight. A dispute broke out between two male residents, both in their fifties, at Ming Sum Home for the SEN in Wong Uk Tsuen, Yuen Long,…
A resident of a care home for the mentally disabled in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another man in the facility died following a fight. A dispute broke out between two male residents, both in their fifties, at Ming Sum Home for the SEN in Wong Uk Tsuen, Yuen Long,…
Kobe Chung Hao-yin and girlfriend Mandy Chung Man-kei have taken a step closer to being able to get married after moving into a youth hostel following months of searching for affordable housing in Hong Kong. Kobe Chung, a 24-year-old working in the engineering sector, and Mandy Chung, also 24, earn a combined salary of about…
A Mercedes-Benz car has been found abandoned in a metres-deep drainage channel in Hong Kong. Police said they had received a report at 6.28am on Saturday about a vehicle that had crashed into a nullah at On Lok Road in Yuen Long. Police said they had received a report at 6.28am about the abandoned car….
Hong Kong police have arrested 81 people in a crackdown on the illegal use of electric mobility devices such as scooters and bicycles, with 14 saying they are food delivery riders. Senior Inspector Greenson Cheung Chin-hung said on Friday that officers made the arrests in Tai Po, Sheung Shui, Tuen Mun, Castle Peak, Yuen Long,…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man who allegedly impersonated a firefighter on dating apps to dupe three women into paying for lavish meals before running off without settling bills totalling HK$3,800 (US$484). Police said on Thursday that the man, 29, was arrested in Tuen Mun a day earlier on suspicion of obtaining property by…
Temperatures in substandard housing in Hong Kong reached as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) over the past week, while about 40 per cent of tenants in such homes reported having poor quality or no windows, a concern group has found. The results came from two studies published by the Society for Community Organisation…
A Hong Kong pet shop owner has been arrested for the alleged theft of 35 of his customers’ cats which he used to repay debts to a loan company, with the felines estimated to be valued at more than HK$623,000 (US$79,870), the Post has learned. The owner, surnamed Chan, 44, had a shop in Hung…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 9kg (19.8lbs) of suspected narcotics with an estimated market value of HK$8.8 million (US$1.12 million) and arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking. The operation took place in San Tin, near Yuen Long in the New Territories, on Friday night. Officers intercepted a man acting suspiciously and…
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a mother to nine months of inpatient psychiatric treatment at a prison facility after she admitted to killing her son when she attempted suicide three years ago. The High Court on Tuesday adopted two psychiatrists’ recommendations to send homemaker Stephanie Tam Wai-man to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen…