A mainland tourist, 40, had HK$30,000 cash and a HK$20,000 diamond stolen from her handbag in Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, yesterday. Police are investigating the matter.
Phuket papers are reporting the death of a Hong Kong man who was at the Thai resort town's JW Marriott hotel on Monday. Lai Man-hoe, 31, was reportedly pulled out of the hotel's pool and taken to hospital where he died.
Some 70 per cent of parents and educators say there should be laws banning sex offenders from working with children or those with mental disabilities, a poll of 1,000 people by the University of Hong Kong public opinion programme from September to November shows. It found 80 per cent of the educators, from private institutes, had never used the Sexual Conviction Record Check Scheme.
