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SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Hey, no fare!: Taxi driver tries to drive passenger back to airport after dispute over change
Police were called in to settle a dispute between a cab driver and a passenger after the former tried to take the latter back to the airport because she didn’t have the...
Woman attacks driving test examiner after failing license test in Aberdeen
Some people are bad at driving, others bad at dealing with failure. A few are bad at both. In the latest case of its kind in Hong Kong, a 45-year-old woman has been charged with...
Police catch fugitive who escaped custody at hospital, suspect’s business links emerge
Got him. Police on the weekend arrested a escaped prisoner, who gave officers the slip by climbing through the ceiling of a hospital bathroom. Fugitive Leon Li, 34, was found near...
Prisoner on the run: Inmate escapes from Queen Mary Hospital after climbing through bathroom ceiling
Prisoner’s on the loose. According to HK01, a male inmate escaped custody about 9am morning by climbing through a ceiling of a bathroom at Queen Mary hospital, where he had been...
Escort ‘imprisoned’ by 2 men rescued after attempting to escape from bathroom on the 19th floor
There was high drama in Tai Tam yesterday morning after a woman believed to be a female escort was spotted sitting on the ledge of a 19th floor luxury apartment block in an...
Govt criticized for not doing enough to curb city’s wild boar population
Do more about the boars. That, in essence, was the message from Southern District councillors, as they criticized authorities for not doing enough to curb the city’s growing...
Mainland tourists pile into model Ocean Park tram thinking it’s real
Next stop… Putting the amuse in amusement park, this group of about 50 mainland tourists, who were spotted earlier this week piling into a model tram in Ocean Park and waiting...
Beaches in Deep Water Bay and Shek O closed after storm damage to sewage pipes discovered
Oh shit. Literally. Sewage has been leaking into the sea near Deep Water Bay and Shek O after damage to pipes by typhoon Mangkhut last Sunday, authorities have announced. In a...
HKU professor charged with murder after wife’s body found in suitcase
A University of Hong Kong (HKU) professor has been charged with murder after police found his wife’s decomposing body in a suitcase in his office. Cheung Kie-chung —...
At least 4 people infected with Hep E following organ transplant from same woman
In a case believed to be the first of its kind in the city, four people were infected with hepatitis E after receiving organs from the same donor, a hospital revealed yesterday....
POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS
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Central & Western
Hong Kong’s reputation as a cutthroat financial hub – a city that never...
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Yau Tsim Mong
Yau Tsim Mong is set of the western side of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula,...
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Wan Chai
Perhaps best known to international audiences as the world of Suzie Wong, Wan...
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Eastern District
Hong Kong’s Eastern District has a rich marine heritage, having played a big...
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Kowloon City
Once synonymous with the cramped, lawless walled city that gave the district...
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Outlying Islands
The Outlying Islands District, also known simply as the Islands District,...