Yau Ma Tei

1 Apr 2013

A gang of mainland women are using the promise of sex to trap and rob their victims in Yau Ma Tei, police warn.

5:06AM

Robbery gang ambushed by police in Yau Ma Tei

16 Mar 2013

Five members of a violent gang were caught red-handed trying to rob a businessman in a police ambush in Yau Ma Tei early yesterday.

4:53AM

Artists inspired by old-world charm of Yau Ma Tei

2 Nov 2012

In the early 1900s, Yau Ma Tei was a port and major food distribution point for all of Hong Kong.

Since then, the old neighbourhood could have become decayed and succumbed to redevelopment...

12:05PM

Pair held over murder of mainland prostitute in Yau Ma Tei

31 Oct 2012

A 35-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man have been arrested in connection with the murder of a mainland prostitute whose naked body was found in a subdivided flat in Yau Ma Tei last week.

3:19AM

Prostitute found dead with throat cut

25 Oct 2012

The naked body of a mainland prostitute, her throat slashed, was found in a subdivided flat in Yau Ma Tei yesterday.

3:17AM

Yau Ma Tei Cantonese opera venue miscalculates discount ticket sales

23 Oct 2012

Fans of Cantonese opera may have to pay more to watch shows at a new government arts venue next year because of a budget miscalculation.

4:10AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Tastemaker: a design for life by Michael Leung

Sometimes it seems as though everyone knows Michael Leung - even the owner of a Kwun Tong dai pai dong, who chats amiably with the young designer as he sits down for lunch. "We made a 'zine about...

3:47PM

Driver escapes serious injury as large tree branch crashes on to truck in Yau Ma Tei

Two more incidents have raised further concern about the effectiveness of a tree-risk assessment programme.

A passenger in a truck was killed last week by a falling banyan tree in Tai Po....

3:06AM

Officials take action over illegal flats sublet by wife of Hong Kong minister

The Buildings Department has issued removal orders over two illegal flats subleased by the wife of Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po.

3:24AM

Letters

Airport train must stop in typhoon 10

I would like to thank Francis Tjia for his letter asking why Airport Express services were not extended during Severe Typhoon Vicente ('Why...

10:58PM

Style

What: Eiffel Tower lamp
Why: Light up your living space with a bit of classic France
How much: HK$3,470
Where: Heather and March, Prince's Building, Central, tel: 2530 0686

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9:38PM

Probation for pupil over threat to kill Tsang

A 17-year-old Wah Yan College, Kowloon, pupil was put on probation for one year yesterday for threatening to kill former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen if he did not deliver HK$100 million...

9:34PM