Flags flown at half-mast as Hong Kong mourns victims of deadliest bus crash in 15 years

The flags of Hong Kong and the mainland were flown at half-mast at the government headquarters on Tuesday as officials and legislators observed a minute’s silence to mourn the 19 people killed in the city’s deadliest crash in nearly 15 years.

The local government staff and lawmakers, alongside mainland officials and members of the Chinese army based in the city, paid a moment’s silence at 10am when the flags were lowered.