In Brief
Centre for ethnic minorities opens
A new service centre for ethnic minorities, run by International Social Service, started operating in Wan Chai yesterday. Open seven days a week, except public holidays, it offers language programmes, computer classes, orientation seminars and counselling. It is one of four being set up with funding from a government grant.
Police investigate acid attack
Police investigating the dropping of a bottle of acid from height on Saturday interviewed residents near Yin Fu House at Tin Fu Court, Tin Shui Wai, yesterday to collect information. A 28-year-old man was injured when the acid was dropped at about 9.40pm. He was treated at a hospital and discharged.
Woman hurt in drunken rampage
A drunken man, 60, attacked a woman, 42, in a flat on Choi Yuen Estate, Sheung Shui, at 7.30am. He punched her face and used a knife to damage furniture. A security guard called police, who arrested the man. The pair were treated at North District Hospital.