In Brief

Hot solstice brings caution against global warming

The temperature during the winter solstice yesterday was the second warmest in a decade, green activists reported. Quoting Hong Kong Observatory weather data, Green Sense said yesterday's maximum temperature hit 23.7 degrees Celsius, 3.4 degrees higher than the average maximum between 1960 and 1990. The group warned that the warm weather was a manifestation of global warming and reminded people to conserve energy and minimise the greenhouse gas emissions.

Drugs, pornography and cough syrup seized in police raid

Police arrested 34 men and a woman during an anti-pornography and drugs operation in Mong Kok and seized drugs and pornographic discs worth about HK$910,000. Officers searched several venues in the district between midnight Friday and 4am yesterday. Those arrested, aged from 19 to 60, were suspected of involvement in offences ranging from drug trafficking and possession to managing vice premises, prescribing regulated drugs without a pharmacist's approval and possessing obscene articles for distribution. Some 283 bottles of cough syrup and 21,000 pornographic discs were seized.

Naked, injured man found unconscious in car park

Police were investigating after a 20-year-old man was found naked and unconscious on a staircase in a Tseung Kwan O car park. The man was discovered by a resident at about 1pm in the car park adjacent to Sheung Ming House at Sheung Tak Estate. Police said he had wounds to his neck and head. An identity card, a screwdriver and a fire extinguisher with bloodstains on it were also found at the scene. The man was in a critical condition in Queen Elizabeth Hospital last night.

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