North Point

4 Mar 2013

The lift that plummeted to the ground on Saturday night had been maintained by Shineford Engineering and government engineers are scrambling to conduct safety checks on 248 other lifts the firm...

Seven injured in lift accident in North Point building

3 Mar 2013

The accident happened at about 8pm in a commercial building at 480 King's Road. The lift dropped suddenly just after it had passed the first floor on the way up.

Government may collect HK$4.86b from North Point and Kau To tenders

16 Feb 2013

The harbourfront hotel site in North Point and the luxury residential site in Kau To, Sha Tin, were opened for tender yesterday. The tender period will close on March 22.

Mainland toddler falls to her death in North Point

15 Jan 2013

A toddler fell to her death from the window of her father's ninth-floor North Point flat yesterday.

Hong Kong-born Yim Ka-ying, 2½, had been visiting her father in the city with her...

North Point waterfront hotel site up for sale

12 Jan 2013

The government released a waterfront hotel site in the former North Point Estate for tender yesterday amid expectations that it will attract keen interest from developers.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Suspended jail terms for leaders of North Point anti-police rally

Two of eight activists convicted of unlawful assembly after last year's June 4 vigil were sentenced yesterday to four weeks in jail, suspended for a year, for their leading roles in the rally.

Location, location, location - Joyce strikes again with fashion preview at Sunbeam Theatre

The marketing team at local high-fashion retailer Joyce is known for its creative choice of locations for previewing clothing collections.

SME book fair offers second life to writers

Authors whose works fail to make the best-seller list will have a second chance to excite readers at the city's first book fair for small and medium-sized publishers, which opened yesterday.

...

Dramatic plans for rescued Sunbeam

The playwright who saved the Sunbeam Theatre from closure at the last minute will turn the North Point landmark into a privately run cultural centre promoting the art of Cantonese opera - and...

Fans vow to keep up call for Island opera venue

Cantonese opera enthusiasts vowed yesterday to keep pushing the government to build a permanent venue for the art form on Hong Kong Island.

Show must go on

Yet again the Sunbeam Theatre has secured a lifeline just as it looked to be on the point of closing.