North District Hospital

Killer declared 'mentally stable' hours before fatal chopper attack

3 Jan 2013

A hospital declared a man mentally stable a few hours before it again diagnosed him – as schizophrenic – but by then he had chopped a security guard to death, a court heard on Thursday.

5:26PM

City Digest, November 22, 2012

22 Nov 2012

Home burglars flee with HK$1m in goods

4:20AM

Police subdue man with history of mental illness after knife attack

19 May 2010

Police in protective gear and carrying shields went to a flat in Sheung Shui yesterday to subdue a man with a history of mental illness after a couple were injured with a knife.

6:46AM

In Brief

25 Jul 2009

Pedestrian, 20, knocked down

A 20-year-old woman was hit by a minibus while crossing San Wan Road, Sheung Shui, at about 6.10am. She was treated for leg injuries at North District...

5:14PM

Woman bitten while picking fruit

21 Jul 2008

A 70-year-old resident of the border housing estate Sha Tau Kok Chuen was bitten by a snake outside her home on Shun Hing Street yesterday. The woman was picking fruit from a Chinese wampi tree...

3:43AM

Blunders hurt image

15 Jul 2008

Blunders by the public mortuary service in recent years have affected the reputation of the city's public services for efficiency. Pictures of bodies piled up in mortuaries have raised eyebrows...

5:29AM

Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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3:37AM

Woman's death takes toll to 19

The death toll in last Thursday's Sai Kung bus crash rose to 19 yesterday with the death of Tse Man-wah, 45, in North District Hospital at 5.42pm.

3:18AM

Man electrocutes himself

A 26-year-old man electrocuted himself after e-mailing a suicide note to a colleague from his home in Fanling. The man, surnamed Yeung, said he was depressed and planned to kill himself in the e-...

7:58AM

In Brief

Trapped truck driver dies

3:05PM

BEATING THE HEAT

Hongkongers hit beaches around the city in droves yesterday as the temperature climbed to 33.1 degrees Celsius, though the Observatory warned it may go even higher today and hit 34 degrees, which...

4:42PM

City Briefs

Two cleaners hurt in air-gun attack

Two Food and Environmental Hygiene Department cleaners were shot and injured by plastic bullets fired from an air gun in Sheung Shui yesterday.

11:33PM

POLICE TRIO IN CRASH

Three officers were injured when their police vehicle toppled over after a collision with a taxi in Sheung Shui. The trio were taken to North District Hospital and later discharged. The accident...

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