Hong Kong University mechanical engineering associate professor Cheung Kie-chung was taken away by police on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post and other news media. Cheung, 53, had re... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bus driver jailed 20 months for driving while ill and killing woman in crash
A Hong Kong bus driver who passed out at the wheel and killed a pedestrian in a crash was on Monday jailed for 20 months and disqualified from driving for five years. The District Court heard KMB driv... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University gets HK$100 million donation from engineer Otto Poon for smart city and sustainable energy research
Top engineer Otto Poon Lok-to has donated HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) to Hong Kong Polytechnic University for smart city and sustainable energy research, the institution announced on Monday eveni... ( read original story ...)
More Hong Kong students taking their own lives, study by Jockey Club suicide research centre finds
The number of Hong Kong youngsters taking their own lives has grown in recent years, a research centre has found, with a marked increase in suicides among full-time students. Some 75 Hongkongers aged ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysian professor in Hong Kong yoga ball murder trial ‘avant-garde’ and ‘well ahead’ of other doctors
A Malaysian professor accused of lethally poisoning his wife and daughter in Hong Kong with a gas-filled yoga ball was on Monday praised in court as an avant-garde anaesthesiologist known for helping ... ( read original story ...)
Make movies in China’s Greater Bay Area to revive flagging Hong Kong industry, filmmakers told
Hong Kong moviemakers should use the large and modern studios on the mainland but carry out post-production locally to produce high-quality films and revive a flagging industry, a think tank led by a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong appoints new chief air accident investigator to run independent authority
Hong Kong has appointed a former top investigator in the United Arab Emirates’ civil aviation authority to head its new office conducting investigations into accidents in its airspace. Darren Straker, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong father admits trying to kill his three children and himself with charcoal
A Hong Kong father who tried to commit suicide and kill his three children by burning charcoal in their bedroom as they slept told one of them that it was a religious ritual, a court heard on Monday. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stocks Close on Brink of Bear Market as Tech Slides
Hong Kong stocks dipped into a bear market before closing just outside as the worsening U.S.-China trade dispute prompted investors to pull out of riskier assets. The Hang Seng Index closed down 1.3 p... ( read original story ...)
Buyers face payment hiccups as hundreds queue up for high-speed rail tickets in Hong Kong on first day of sale
More than 300 people were standing in line for tickets to the first high-speed trains departing from Hong Kong by the time they went on sale at 8am on Monday, with some of them later encountering vari... ( read original story ...)
Sacrifices Hong Kong made for high-speed rail to mainland China: is it worth it?
Their village was in the way of a 26km high-speed rail line that would connect Hong Kong with mainland China, promising speedier trips to cities across the country. “Life in the past at the old villag... ( read original story ...)
Pay Hong Kong bosses the cost of extra month’s maternity leave, former government adviser urges
An economist and government adviser has said a plan to give women four more weeks of paid maternity leave would cost Hong Kong bosses an extra HK$800 million a year – and called on officials to pay th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong teachers urged to promote sense of ‘national identity’ in city students at liaison office open day
A senior mainland envoy in Hong Kong has told the city’s teachers and principals to fulfil their mission in developing “a sense of national identity, a care for Hong Kong, and a global vision” in the ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for independence leave Hong Kong’s leader fighting fires behind the scenes as Beijing’s patience wears thin
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s emotional condemnation of student leaders who called for Hong Kong independence last week was more than the exasperated remarks of a leader growing weary o... ( read original story ...)