This Week in the News is your weekly roundup of the top headlines in Hong Kong. If you have to read only one thing today to keep from being clueless, this is it. This breakdown has been arranged in chronological order, starting from Monday.
5,000 people march to seek justice for Erwiana
More than 5,000 angry people took to the streets on the weekend to seek justice for Erwiana who suffered serious injuries at the hands of her Hong Kong employer.
Husband kicks pregnant wife for waking him
A pregnant woman was kicked in the stomach and suffered a miscarriage after trying to wake her husband up to take her to the hospital for a medical check-up.
Mong Kok’s pedestrian zone no longer operating on weekdays
Because of the nuisance and inconvenience it has caused residents nearby, the Mong Kok pedestrian zone is now limited to pedestrians only on weekends. So if you’re a fan of the street performers, you’ll have to hope they still show-up on the weekends.
Teen drowns to death to avoid going back to boarding school
A 19-year-old didn’t like the idea of returning to boarding school so much that he jumped into a reservoir before boarding his flight to the UK.
So much fun: Hong Kong’s first trampoline park, coming soon!
We can’t wait to jump on huge trampolines and slam-dunk basketballs into sky-high hoops! Hong Kong’s first trampoline park is set to open in North Point soon!
Hong Kong is the world’s most unaffordable place in the world to buy property
It probably didn’t need a research firm to tell us this, but the latest reports show that Hong Kong is the most unaffordable place to buy property, with an average home costing 14.9 times the gross annual median household income!
90s porn star found flipping burgers at McDonald’s
Much respect goes to Cheng Yim-Lai, a well-known porn star, starring in many commercials and x-rated films in the 90s, for trying to support herself. Reporters caught the now 44-year-old doing working the night-shift at McDonald’s for HK$32 an hour.
Property tycoon doubles marriage dowry to any man who can woo and marry his lesbian daughter
Cecil Chao has upped his marriage dowry to HK$1 billion as he told the media that his previous offer of HK$500 million did not manage to attract any suitors that were able to win his daughter’s heart, Gigi Chao.
HK$14 billion of confiscated ivory in HK to be incinerated
Hopefully this will stop illegal elephant hunting and keep confiscated tusks out of the black market. The HK government has decided to destroy 28 tonnes of confiscated ivory it has in its possession over the course of two years.
