A Hong Kong doctor has become the first practitioner among seven facing government accusations to be convicted over issuing Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates without making a proper medical diagnosis. Appearing at the District Court on Friday, 62-year-old Dr Wong Ping-leung pleaded guilty to the offence of issuing notices without conducting proper checks between February and…
The average waiting time for a Hong Kong public rental flat remained at 5.3 years in the first quarter of 2025 amid a significant drop in application numbers, which authorities attributed to fresh supply and higher turnover of homes in the city. The city’s largest public housing provider, the Housing Authority, also revealed on Wednesday…
Hong Kong police have arrested four more men in connection with viral footage on social media showing a red-topped minibus repeatedly slamming into a black private car as a group of people attempted to surround the coach. Senior Inspector Yip Wing-ho of the Yuen Long police district’s anti-triad section said on Wednesday that investigators had…
Hong Kong police have detained three men in a crackdown on a syndicate that defrauded at least seven victims of HK$4 million (US$512,820) in a London gold trading scam. The force said on Sunday that the suspects, aged 25 to 36, lacked experience in the financial sector and rented offices in bustling commercial districts to…
Hong Kong police have detained three men in a crackdown on a syndicate that defrauded at least seven victims of HK$4 million (US$512,820) in a London gold trading scam. The force said on Sunday that the suspects, aged 25 to 36, lacked experience in the financial sector and rented offices in bustling commercial districts to…
Owners should be allowed to travel with their pets on more train routes and not be limited to weekends and public holidays, some commuters have said in response to Thursday’s launch of a trial scheme allowing them to take their cats and dogs on light rail services. At Siu Hong station on Thursday, about 10…