Mirs Bay

30 Mar 2011

Two mainland-bound speedboats carrying 100 boxes of live lobsters were intercepted and two Hong Kong men, aged 47 and 48, were arrested on board in an anti-smuggling operation in Mirs Bay. Police...

6:46AM

Goods worth HK$3.3m seized by customs

3 Apr 2010

Customs seized about HK$3.3 million worth of high-end electronic goods from concealed compartments aboard two mainland-bound speedboats in an anti-smuggling operation on Thursday off Ping Chau,...

5:47AM

Building collapse sends signal for concerted government action

26 Feb 2010

The collapse last month of the building in Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, with all its consequences, was sad but not surprising.

8:38AM

Meat smugglers create a foul mess

26 Feb 2006

Marine police face nightly battle to halt illegal shipments of pork and chicken to mainland

At least six vessels have sunk or run aground along the east coast of Hong Kong in the past...

9:45AM

Thieves hack into fung shui groves

22 Feb 2006

Mainlanders step up pillaging of sacred trees in country parks

Mainlanders are chopping their way through sacred fung shui plantations around deserted villages in country parks.

9:14AM

kevin sinclair's hong kong

6 Oct 2004

In our prisons today, rueful mainland convicts ponder the wisdom of coming to Hong Kong to plunder the countryside. They are serving up to four years behind bars for digging up and smuggling rare...

9:59PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

5 comments

4:27AM

Missionaries fell victim to persecution

They loved him as the priest who baked bread. Father Valeriano Fraccaro (pictured), parish priest of Sai Kung in 1974, said bread was as important as prayer. He baked daily and distributed his...

7:19PM

Revellers set sail in bid to catch first sunrise

More than 100 people headed for a remote island in the east of the SAR this morning to watch the first local sunrise of the new millennium.

But their chances of enjoying a clear view...

2:42AM

HK turns blind eye to China incursions

HONG KONG jurisdiction over part of the territory has in effect been relinquished after the Security Branch told police not to cross a line up to five kilometres from the border.

9:02AM

Navy shadows Chinese marine drill in Mirs Bay

ROYAL Navy and Royal Hong Kong Marine Police vessels yesterday shadowed a live drill by mainland maritime forces in Mirs Bay.

1:56AM

Mainland gunboats primed for inspection

CHINESE Customs gunboats returned to port yesterday in preparation for a formal inspection ceremony which may form part of a visit by members of the Preparatory Committee.

11:51PM

Committed to Mirs Bay pollution study

I REFER to the article 'Cleanup plan under threat' (South China Morning Post, January 10).

1:10PM