ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
Minibus crashes on Tai Mong Tsai Road; four injured
Four injured in minibus crash near Clover Lodge. […]
Month: June 2019
ENVIRONMENT
Parrot fish on the menu
When is a parrot fish not a parrot fish? As a consumer, you should do ‘due diligence’ and keep your supplier honest. Then you can make a difference. […]
ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
Sea and air search for missing diver at Tai Long Tsui – updated: found safe at 6:00 pm
Rescue services launch search for 24-year-old missing diver at Tai Long Tsui. […]
BUSINESS
Merlin Bingham Swire, 45-year-old family scion, helms business empire towards new era
Merlin Bingham Swire, 45-year-old great-great-great grandson of the founder John Samuel, is leading an era of change at the business empire. […]
COLUMNS
An occasional roundup of happenings and other miscellanies
Viet Kitchen closes, Ocean Paradise opens; U-Select finally opens; and another barbers shop; two fast food joints disappear. […]
POLITICS
Beware the dragon: Carrie reduced to Lam duck
Carrie Lam got a dragon by the tail and it snapped back. Where will this lead? Will there be a Tiananmen-style crackdown? […]
ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
Police identify body of woman who drowned off Sai Kung Pier – updated
The identity of a woman found floating off Sai Kung Pier has been verified. […]
OBITUARIES
An admirable man dies; Wayne Parfitt may have been Hong Kong’s most successful expat restaurateur
Wayne Parfitt, who has died of cancer, may have been the most successful expatriate restaurant chain owner Hong Kong has ever seen. […]
POLITICS
Who’s behind tougher police handling of young protesters? Security Bureau and Police officers indoctrinated in China – updated
Here are brief portrayals of the Security for Security, Commissioner of Police and Assistant Commissioner for Operations. All have attended police and university courses on the Chinese mainland for training, familiarisation or indoctrination depending on your political viewpoint. […]
COMMUNITY
Government finally launches its subsidy scheme to bring fibre optic access to remote areas
Government finally rolls out fibre optic broadband subsidy scheme after two year delay. […]