For its size, Yu Yuen sits inconspicuously at the end of a cul-de-sac in Tung Tau Wai, a fairly unremarkable village in Yuen Long, in Hong Kong’s New Territories. The grand, two-storey, European-style mansion has eight bedrooms, and a fountain in its front yard. Its name means “entertainment garden” in Chinese. Yet it is abandoned,…
Authorities plan to designate 37 priority sites for agriculture that are mainly located in northern Hong Kong, although critics have accused the government of eradicating good-quality farmland that falls under new development areas. The Environment and Ecology Bureau revealed in a legislative paper on Wednesday that it had identified 37 agricultural priority areas involving around…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight people in an operation targeting a criminal syndicate using bounced cheques and screenshots of forged money transfers to scam merchants. Tam Tsz-wai, chief inspector of the force’s regional crime unit in New Territories North, said on Saturday the syndicate was behind 20 cases involving a total of HK$2.4 million…
A university town will be home to Hong Kong’s biggest public hospital with 3,000 beds, serving a population of at least 32,000 people and supporting the city’s third medical school, with the first batch of residents moving to the area by 2034. The release of details on Wednesday about the new town in Ngau Tam…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a 48-year-old woman who allegedly operated an online store selling counterfeit items, seizing about 15,000 items labelled as Dior, Chanel and other luxury brands. Chow Lai-man, a senior inspector with customs’ intellectual property investigation bureau, said on Friday the counterfeit goods had an estimated market value of roughly HK$2…
A Hongkonger has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after his vehicle struck a 19-year-old woman in Yuen Long, leaving her unconscious. Police said the car hit the pedestrian as she was crossing On Lok Road in Yuen Long on Thursday at around 8.05am. She was taken unconscious to Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen…
A Hong Kong police senior superintendent has been suspended from duty after being arrested for indecent assault, the Post has learned. The 49-year-old officer was arrested in Yuen Long on Tuesday. He was later released on bail and must report back next month, a police spokesman said on Wednesday, without providing details. The officer had…
Hong Kong police were investigating a traffic accident in which a 22-year-old motorcyclist rammed into the back of a stopped vehicle on the Lantau Link and died on Friday. The force said the motorcycle was travelling towards Kowloon when the accident happened at 12.48pm. “It reportedly rammed into a stationary light goods vehicle,” the force…
Hong Kong has put up a second parcel of land in Yuen Long for sale, a site earmarked for a multi-storey logistics building, while sweetening the bidding terms. It has also moved the deadline for the first plot to give potential buyers time to consider developing both sites. The government will sell the 77,737-square metre…
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