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The Hospital Authority will progressively roll out the new caller ID numbers over the coming month. Photo: Jelly Tse

Health & Environment

Hospital body to use 18285 and 18286 phone numbers to help people identify calls

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will begin rolling out prefixes next week, reducing the risk of people not answering calls due to scam fears.

Hong Kong’s dog-friendly restaurant scheme receives 700 applications on first day

Spared Wang Fuk Court block owners given mid-October to finalise buyback offer

Law and Crime

Hong Kong police officer guilty of taking bribes worth HK$1.1m to drop case

Suspended chief inspector Ho Siu-tung, 40, succumbed to greed after struggling to maintain family’s affluent lifestyle on monthly income of HK$100,000.

Ho Siu-tung will be sentenced on May 26 at Tsuen Wan Court. Photo: Jelly Tse
Ho Siu-tung will be sentenced on May 26 at Tsuen Wan Court. Photo: Jelly Tse

Transport

‘Several thousand’ ride-hailing licences won’t cover demand, advisory panel says

Transport Advisory Committee chairman says he expects initial level to be ‘somewhere around 10,000’ vehicle licences.

Law and Crime

Unemployed man gets suspended jail term for reposting call to boycott Legco poll

Lam Kin-sik, 67, receives two-month jail term suspended for 24 months, for reposting a fugitive’s call urging people not to vote.

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Society

Mentally ill woman spends 2 days in Hong Kong flat with dead mother on sofa

Woman, 66, found dead in Sham Shui Po flat after elder daughter raised alarm when relatives got no response at door, with case not treated as suspicious.

Policemen arrive at Fu Cheong Estate in Sham Shui Po, where a chronically ill woman was found dead inside a flat she shared with her mentally ill daughter. Photo: Handout
Policemen arrive at Fu Cheong Estate in Sham Shui Po, where a chronically ill woman was found dead inside a flat she shared with her mentally ill daughter. Photo: Handout

Business

Evergrande liquidators seek US$8.4 billion from PwC units in Hong Kong lawsuit

PwC International seeks removal from case as liquidators press claims against global arm as well as the Hong Kong and mainland China units.

Law and Crime

4 plead guilty to rioting during 2019 PolyU siege in Hong Kong

Cheung Chung-yiu, Cheung Chin-ming, Chan Chun-hei and Chan Yuen-ming were aged between 16 and 27 at the time of the November 2019 riots.

Society

LGBTQ carnival axed for second year after failing to secure venue, licences

Property manager Link Reit pulls offer to rent two venues to Pink Dot HK for Hong Kong’s largest annual LGBTQ event.

Cantopop stars On Chan (second from left on stage) and Marf, from the girl group Collar, were the ambassadors for Pink Dot HK in 2025. Photo: Sun Yeung

Politics

Hong Kong earmarks additional HK$5 billion for national security

Fresh allocation brings total funding to HK$18 billion over five years.

The latest funding marks the third non-recurrent expenditure from the city government for national security spending. Photo: Jelly Tse
The latest funding marks the third non-recurrent expenditure from the city government for national security spending. Photo: Jelly Tse

Society

Hong Kong’s CUHK aims to bring AI to life with humanoid-focused robotics lab

City’s first embodied AI lab, backed by 24 tech firms, is set to advance humanoid and quadruped robotics research and training over next five years.

Law and Crime

Hong Kong court confiscates HK$674,860 from 3 defendants in terrorism trial

High Court declares money raised by ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ constituted terrorist property under ordinance.

Society

Hong Kong urged to trigger travel alert to DR Congo, Uganda amid Ebola outbreak

Infectious disease expert says more preventive measures necessary, noting frequent exchanges between mainland Chinese and central African cities.

A general hospital in Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the first case of Ebola in the current outbreak was reported. Photo: AFP

Society

Taxi driver, 65, arrested after crash kills pedestrian in Hong Kong

Accident marks city’s second fatal crash involving elderly cabby in less than one week.

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A man has died after being struck and trapped beneath a taxi in Tung Chung. Photo: Cable TV News
A man has died after being struck and trapped beneath a taxi in Tung Chung. Photo: Cable TV News

Health & Environment

Hong Kong records 10 tremor reports after magnitude 5.2 quake hits Guangxi

Earthquake struck Liuzhou, with at least four people hospitalised and three reported missing as of 4am, according to mainland Chinese media.

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Society

What’s behind the rise in firings linked to disability discrimination?

Complaints to Hong Kong’s equality watchdog about dismissals linked to suspected disability discrimination have doubled over past five years.

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Hong Kong Economy

Are special laws a quick fix for speeding up Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis?

Syncing megaproject with key infrastructure and turning it into a ‘living laboratory’ are equally important to its success, tech experts say.

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez
Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Society

Tai Po fire probe: resident recalls deaths of family members – as it happened

Resident says he kept calling his mother every 15 minutes and made a video call at around 9pm during which he saw the flat in complete darkness.

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong will pay diesel subsidies directly to oil firms, look out for abuse

Government will know if oil firms try to take advantage of HK$3 subsidy scheme by increasing prices, official warns.

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Law and Crime

Police arrest man who used air gun to rob Hong Kong bank and recover HK$35,000

Suspect in custody after Bank of East Asia branch in Harbour View Centre in Wan Chai robbed by armed man who later fled on bicycle.

Police at the Bank of East Asia branch in Wan Chai that was robbed on Friday. Photo: Jelly Tse
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OPINION
Alice Wu

Opinion | Hong Kong officials should rethink their response to feedback

Alice Wu
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Mike Rowse

Opinion | Why set a limit for Hong Kong’s ride-hailing services?

Mike Rowse
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Ken Chu

Opinion | How to prevent Hong Kong from becoming just another Asian city

Ken Chu
Ian Borchard

Opinion | For a thriving yacht economy, Hong Kong must go beyond infrastructure

Ian Borchard
Bernard Chan

Opinion | Hong Kong’s economic figures look good but business unease is rising

Bernard Chan
Ronny Tong

Opinion | Jimmy Lai’s case a reminder that the media cannot behave with impunity

Ronny Tong
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MULTIMEDIA
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Hong Kong ends ban on dogs in restaurants

Hong Kong is allowing dogs to dine indoors with patrons for the first time since 1994. From July 2026, up to 1,000 restaurants in the city will be licensed to welcome four-legged guests. While the move aims to tap into the city’s massive pet market, strict leash laws and safety rules remain in place.
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Villagers forced out of ancestral homes amid redevelopment

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Viral video shows alleged truck racing in Hong Kong

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UK court convicts 2 men from HK trade office of spying

Chinese embassy in Britain slams conviction of 2 men linked to Hong Kong trade office
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