No doubt, R. E. J. Bunker's letter ('Outdated plant will blow poisonous cocktail over Hong Kong residents', January 22) about our government's plan to build the incinerator (the world's biggest...
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Prison chiefs have turned a Hei Ling Chau jail into a drug treatment centre for convicted juveniles - the first of its kind in Hong Kong.
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I refer to Michael Chugani's Public Eye column ('Drugs have church in a muddle', August 5) on the issue of random drug testing of students.
I thank him for his request to readers to...
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A half-sunken ship leaking oil is still 'undergoing repairs' in the Hei Ling Chau typhoon shelter and may soon be completely submerged.
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Overcrowding in Hong Kong's packed women's prisons is likely to continue for years until it is eased by redevelopment of ageing jails.
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About 200 recovering drug addicts have built a square for a giant Buddha statue, hoping to heal their souls.
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Each day in a small room in Mong Kok, relatives, friends and partners of prisoners take turns sitting before a video monitor to chat to inmates in prisons throughout Hong Kong.
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A former juvenile prison reopened yesterday as the city's first full-time vocational centre for adult prisoners about to be released.
The one-time Lai Sun Correctional Institution...
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Hong Kong's outlying islands paint an inviting picture - remote, lush and sparsely populated. For weekend tourists anxious for a break from the city, trips to these islands are both adventure and...
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Facing stiff opposition, Security Bureau shelves proposal for Hei Ling Chau
The superjail project proposed for Hei Ling Chau has been shelved in the face of fierce opposition, the...
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