Wong Tai Sin

Wong Tai Sin fire blazes for seven hours, 700 evacuated

21 Apr 2013

A fire which broke out early yesterday at a market in Wong Tai Sin blazed for seven hours and forced the evacuation of about 700 people. Eight people aged between 13 and 85 suffered smoke...

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Husband dies after mentally ill wife fails to get help

3 Apr 2013

The man, who slipped in the bathroom and hit his head, died from blood loss, officers believe. His 77-year-old wife had not drunk or eaten anything for the two days when police found her.

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'Public supports protest over national education'

28 Jul 2012

The past week's bad weather has not prevented Scholarism, the Hong Kong pressure group, from campaigning for public support for tomorrow's march against the controversial national education...

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First guide dog in years hits streets with master

19 Jul 2012

Hong Kong's first guide dog in more than 30 years - a Labrador retriever named Google - graduated from training yesterday even as rival guide-dog groups continued to war over who his rightful...

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Community upset

9 Jul 2012

Arrangements for the town hall meetings may have improved, but the community visits initiated by the new chief executive Leung Chun-ying seem destined to upset his supporters and detractors alike...

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What they said

9 Jul 2012

Mr Leung, do you know how much people can make by selling cardboard and newspapers?

Representative from Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood at the Wong Tai...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

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

Let private hospitals train specialists, top medic urges

A former top public hospital executive, recruited by a global health care company bidding to build new private hospitals earmarked for two sites in Hong Kong, has called for the private sector to...

6:53PM

Dedicated housing chief was set a tough task

A former housing chief charged with implementing former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's controversial 85,000-a-year flat-building target in the late 1990s has died after a battle with cancer....

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From plane fare to deli heaven

Kowloon City's grid of seven skyscraper-less streets is packed with tempting restaurants, groceries and delicatessens, making it a foodies' paradise.

3:04PM

Border families' HK$200m payout

Hundreds of households living near the mainland border area may receive total compensation of more than HK$200 million over the construction of a new cross-border checkpoint - if lawmakers approve...

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Murderous minds a symptom of ailing mental health system, say social workers

The grisly killing of a security guard by a mentally ill man yesterday highlights Hong Kong's poor monitoring and treatment of psychiatric outpatients, social workers say.

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Letters

Power firms should give information

All countries are suffering from the effects of inflation.

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