The beauty firm that gave controversial blood transfusion treatments allegedly to blame for the death of one woman and leaving three others seriously ill has denied it is closing most of its retail branches. The DR firm also quashed rumours it was winding up. "The company is on a normal course of business," it said. Police had earlier started a criminal probe into DR staff, following the scandal. Founder Dr Stephen Chow Heung-wing has also been questioned.
Holders of locally-issued ATM debit and credit cards - both chip and magnetic-stripe - will not be able to withdraw money from overseas ATMs if they have not applied to banks to remove the "deactivated" mode from March 1.
A 62-year-old man left HK$65,000 in cash in a park in Kowloon City after receiving a telephone call from stranger saying his son was in trouble and in urgent need of HK$100,000. The man reported the deception after relatives contacted his son.