Tai Kok Tsui

Case of dismembered parents enters next stage

13 May 2013

Police have completed their investigation of a case in which a son is accused of taking part in the killing and dismemberment of his parents.

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Hooded and chained, elderly couple's alleged killers appear in court

18 Mar 2013

Two unemployed men charged with murdering one of the men’s elderly parents appeared in Kowloon City Court on Monday morning.

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Police hunt for severed hand of couple killed in Tai Kok Tsui

17 Mar 2013

Police discovered the bloody remains of Chau Wing-ki, 64, and his wife, Siu Yuet-yee, 63, in a second-floor flat in the Hoi Hing Building in Kok Cheung Street on Friday.

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Arrested son did screen test for 3-D porn film

16 Mar 2013

The younger son arrested over the killing of an old couple had a sad childhood and once did a screen test for a 3-D soft porn film. The man, 29, who briefly worked on Sing Tao Daily's property...

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Missing couple found dismembered in Tai Kok Tsui flat; two arrested

15 Mar 2013

The dismembered remains of an elderly couple who vanished a fortnight ago were found in a flat in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, yesterday after police arrested their youngest son and a friend. Their...

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What the local media says

26 Jan 2013

More village houses have been built on farmland for sale, which is against the law, amid a property boom. Reporters found a 1,300 sq ft luxury house with a 2,200 sq ft garden in Yuen Leng village...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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4:10AM

Something new: street market symphony

I loved going to wet markets when I was a child. Yes, they can be smelly and noisy, their floors are wet and slippery, and you usually get splashed with water when you pass by the seafood stalls;...

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Should Paul Chan step down? The jury is still out

Hongkongers are divided on whether Paul Chan Mo-po should become the second scandal-hit development chief to quit the government in as many months.

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Poor face life on streets as officials shut divided flats

Mr Chan always hoped he wouldn't have to live for long in his 40 sq ft room on the fifth floor of a converted factory in Tai Kok Tsui, accessible only by a dark flight of stairs. But he didn't...

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First three blocks chosen for free makeover

Three rundown buildings in Sham Shui Po and Tai Kok Tsui will be the first to be redeveloped under a pilot scheme in which homeowners invite the Urban Renewal Authority to rejuvenate their blocks...

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An Olympic medal is not beyond me, says Shek

Gymnast Shek Wai-hung believes an Olympic medal is not beyond his reach when he competes in London this summer. But first he will have to perfect a routine that can compare with the best in the...

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Founder of wakeboard school killed in car crash

One of the founders of a prominent watersports training school died yesterday after crashing his BMW into a road divider in Tai Po.

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