https://www.scmp.com/rss/519810/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Vivian Au Vivian Au Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) aim to recruit 3,000 patients to help improve the accuracy of a tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and designed to predict the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, the first of its kind in the city. The university’s medical school announced the coming recruitment round for its “Heartwise” study on Sunday, with Clinical Professor Yiu Kai-hang hoping for improved outcomes for patients. “The findings have the potential to improve... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3279507/hong-kong-team-enrol-3000-patients-improve-ai-tool-targeting-cardiovascular-disease?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3279507/hong-kong-team-enrol-3000-patients-improve-ai-tool-targeting-cardiovascular-disease?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:22:06 +0000 A cancer patient in Britain has become the first person in Europe to sign up to a groundbreaking clinical trial for a new pancreatic cancer vaccine. Pancreatic cancer, which killed Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, is the 12th most common cancer globally – and among the most deadly. Experts said the launch of the European arm of the trial means that “hope is on the horizon”. Pancreatic Cancer UK said that the potential of the vaccine “cannot be understated” and it could become a “vital new... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3278650/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-trial-offers-hope-lowering-deaths-deadly-form-disease?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3278650/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-trial-offers-hope-lowering-deaths-deadly-form-disease?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:19:06 +0000 An elderly patient is in a critical condition after a machine for scanning blood vessels malfunctioned during an operation at a Hong Kong public hospital, with health authorities investigating the incident. The Hospital Authority said on Thursday that the 66-year-old male patient suffering from a brain condition underwent a procedure at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei on Monday. The condition – known as cerebellar arteriovenous malformation – occurs when arteries in the brain link... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3278313/hong-kong-patient-critical-condition-after-device-malfunctions-during-brain-operation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3278313/hong-kong-patient-critical-condition-after-device-malfunctions-during-brain-operation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:29:32 +0000 A Hong Kong taxi driver and his passenger escaped serious injury when he lost control of his vehicle, collided with concrete barriers and slammed into a lamp post on a busy main road. Dashcam footage showed the taxi switching lanes on the Kwun Tong-bound Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin before crashing at around midday on Thursday. The taxi could be seen veering right on the three-lane road before drifting back to the left-hand side, colliding with the concrete barriers and continuing for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3278242/hong-kong-taxi-driver-passenger-escape-serious-injury-after-slamming-barriers-lamp-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3278242/hong-kong-taxi-driver-passenger-escape-serious-injury-after-slamming-barriers-lamp-post?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:25:41 +0000 An Indian doctor who was acquitted in an indecent assault case in Hong Kong seven years ago has reportedly been arrested in the country over alleged corruption uncovered during an investigation into the rape and murder of a student at a hospital. Indian media reported Dr Sandip Ghosh, who is believed to have only worked in Hong Kong for a few days, was arrested last week by the country’s Central Bureau of Investigation on suspicion of corruption linked to his tenure as a principal of RG Kar... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3277983/doctor-cleared-hong-kong-case-held-india-amid-rape-murder-probe-worked-few-days-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3277983/doctor-cleared-hong-kong-case-held-india-amid-rape-murder-probe-worked-few-days-city?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:54:56 +0000 Health authorities have ordered a restaurant in Hong Kong to suspend business and undergo cleaning after mainland Chinese tourists who dined there were suspected of having suffered food poisoning Police said they received a report at 12.33pm on Tuesday that 11 people had fallen ill in To Kwa Wan and were later sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A government spokesman said 12 ambulances were dispatched to the scene. Photos posted online showed a middle-aged man throwing up in the street and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3277979/group-mainland-chinese-tourists-taken-hospital-hong-kong-after-suffering-suspected-food-poisoning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3277979/group-mainland-chinese-tourists-taken-hospital-hong-kong-after-suffering-suspected-food-poisoning?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:24:07 +0000 A fire that killed an elderly woman and injured three others broke out in a Hong Kong flat after a television provided by a welfare organisation burst into flames, the Post has learned. A source said on Tuesday that the woman, 86, who lived alone and had difficulty walking, was last seen resting in her bedroom by her grandson at around 9.45pm the previous day. The first-floor flat is located in Shun King Building on Gough Street near the SoHo area of Sheung Wan. “When the grandson brought her... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3277920/deadly-hong-kong-flat-fire-possibly-broke-out-after-television-burst-flames?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3277920/deadly-hong-kong-flat-fire-possibly-broke-out-after-television-burst-flames?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:49:19 +0000 A manhunt is under way for the driver of a BMW who led Hong Kong police on a high-speed 3km (2 mile) chase before crashing the vehicle that had thousands of untaxed cigarettes into a car park in Kowloon. The force said on Monday the driver, believed to be in his 40s, jumped out of the white car after the collision and fled on foot, adding that he left behind a 46-year-old man in the vehicle. The passenger was arrested on suspicion of possessing contraband tobacco products after 5,440 untaxed... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3277747/manhunt-hongkonger-who-drove-car-illegal-cigarettes-wall-after-3km-chase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3277747/manhunt-hongkonger-who-drove-car-illegal-cigarettes-wall-after-3km-chase?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Sep 2024 06:11:00 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested the driver of a delivery van after it knocked down a 53-year-old woman at a road junction in Mong Kok on Thursday, leaving her in a life-threatening condition in hospital. The vehicle, driven by a 59-year-old man, struck the pedestrian when it turned onto Shantung Street from Nathan Road at around 10.11am, according to the force. A police spokesman said the woman was injured in the head and was in a semi-conscious state while being carried into an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3276371/hong-kong-police-arrest-driver-59-who-runs-van-woman-leaves-her-critical-condition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3276371/hong-kong-police-arrest-driver-59-who-runs-van-woman-leaves-her-critical-condition?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:42:14 +0000 Hong Kong police have condemned a driver’s reckless attempt to plough through a traffic cordon, which left one officer injured and four private cars damaged, but denied using civilian vehicles as a roadblock during the dramatic 6km (3.7 mile) chase. The force also revealed on Saturday that the 40-year-old suspect held an expired driving licence. He is alleged to have driven a silver rental car across Kowloon for more than an hour with HK$20,000 (US$2,600) worth of illegal drugs in the vehicle on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3275731/2-injured-including-police-officer-when-driver-tries-smash-past-hong-kong-roadblock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3275731/2-injured-including-police-officer-when-driver-tries-smash-past-hong-kong-roadblock?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:53:23 +0000 A feeding tube ended up in a Hong Kong patient’s airway rather than his stomach because of a freak test result and a junior doctor’s inexperience in reading X-rays, an expert panel said on Friday. Dr Tang Kam-shing, the chairman of the six-strong panel, said the incident happened because of a “chain of unfortunate events” that left a 61-year-old man in critical condition in intensive care after the mistake was not noticed for two days. The panel explained that the feeding tube was inserted and a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3275712/rare-false-positive-test-and-x-ray-error-landed-hong-kong-tube-fed-man-intensive-care?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3275712/rare-false-positive-test-and-x-ray-error-landed-hong-kong-tube-fed-man-intensive-care?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:31:47 +0000 A 73-year-old school bus driver has been taken to hospital after passing out behind the wheel and crashing into the back of a Tesla car in Hong Kong. A source familiar with the case said two babysitters on board the bus were unhurt during the accident on Waterloo Road in Kowloon Tong at around 9.30am on Friday. No students were on board. The insider said the bus hit the roadside kerb near the Kowloon Tong Club seconds before its driver passed out. “After the vehicle hit the kerb, one of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3273833/hong-kong-school-bus-driver-hospital-after-passing-out-wheel-crashing-tesla?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3273833/hong-kong-school-bus-driver-hospital-after-passing-out-wheel-crashing-tesla?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2024 05:53:09 +0000 A love triangle dispute is believed to be behind the fatal attack on the alleged operator of a gambling den who was hit on the head with a hammer more than 10 times, Hong Kong police have revealed. The force said officers had arrested two men and three women in Yau Ma Tei and Ho Man Tin within 24 hours of the attack on Pilkem Street on Sunday. Superintendent Ching Chi-yan, an assistant Yau Tsim district commander for crime, said the suspects included the alleged attacker, aged 40, and his... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3272276/love-triangle-believed-be-behind-fatal-hammer-attack-hong-kong-gambling-den-operator?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3272276/love-triangle-believed-be-behind-fatal-hammer-attack-hong-kong-gambling-den-operator?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:16:47 +0000 Danny Mok,Connor Mycroft Danny Mok,Connor Mycroft Hong Kong police have arrested five people including a 32-year-old jobless woman and a 40-year-old man over an alleged hammer attack on a man, who was found unconscious on the pavement in Yau Ma Tei and confirmed dead at hospital in the early hours of Sunday. The force said the woman alerted police at around 6am after she found the victim, who was 33, unconscious on the ground outside a building on Pilkem Street, near Bowring Street, in Jordan. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3272209/hong-kong-police-probe-suspected-murder-after-man-found-dead-near-busy-street?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3272209/hong-kong-police-probe-suspected-murder-after-man-found-dead-near-busy-street?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jul 2024 10:06:37 +0000 Hong Kong’s longest influenza season has come to an end after 28 weeks, health authorities have said. The Department of Health’s Centre for Health Protection confirmed on Thursday that the flu season, which started in mid-January, had finished, but appealed to the public to maintain a high standard of hygiene. “The current influenza season lasted for 28 weeks, which is not common in Hong Kong,” a department spokesman said. “The Centre for Health Protection believes that this prolonged influenza... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3271914/hong-kongs-longest-flu-season-comes-end-after-more-6-months?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3271914/hong-kongs-longest-flu-season-comes-end-after-more-6-months?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:41:47 +0000 Alleged Hong Kong gangster “Shanghai Boy” Kwok Wing-hung has been taken to hospital after complaining of chest pains, after he was arrested on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons, the Post has learned. Kwok, said to have been the head of the Wo Shing Wo triad society from 1998 to 2000, was under bedside police guard in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei at noon on Monday, a source said. Kwok, 66, was among five men arrested in Tsim Sha Tsui at about 6.30pm on Saturday after what is... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270479/alleged-hong-kong-gangster-shanghai-boy-taken-hospital-chest-pain-after-arrest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270479/alleged-hong-kong-gangster-shanghai-boy-taken-hospital-chest-pain-after-arrest?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:30:04 +0000 Universities in Hong Kong are exploring setting up the city’s third medical school amid a healthcare sector manpower crunch. Several local universities have taken the lead in putting forward proposals to the government. The Post takes a look at how a third medical school would address the city’s medical problems and boost innovation developments. 1. Why does Hong Kong need a new medical school? Hong Kong’s healthcare system has been facing a severe shortage of doctors in recent years, the impact... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3270363/will-third-medical-school-solve-hong-kongs-healthcare-manpower-crunch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3270363/will-third-medical-school-solve-hong-kongs-healthcare-manpower-crunch?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:30:25 +0000 Medical programmes in Hong Kong must cater to local needs to win recognition from the licensing council, a senior health official has said, after the Post reported a university was in talks with a leading London college over establishing a new institution to train doctors. Undersecretary for Health Libby Lee Ha-yun on Friday also ruled out the possibility of using existing hospitals for teaching any new medical programmes, saying they were not suitable for the purpose. Lee laid down the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3270283/medical-programme-must-align-citys-needs-gain-recognition-hong-kong-official?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3270283/medical-programme-must-align-citys-needs-gain-recognition-hong-kong-official?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:46:19 +0000 A 37-year-old Hong Kong man has been arrested after allegedly trying to snatch a police officer’s service revolver at a public hospital to take his own life, following a traffic accident that left his wife seriously injured. The alleged attack on the traffic policeman took place after the man visited his wife, 38, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei at around 7.30pm on Tuesday. A source familiar with the case said on Wednesday two officers from the Kowloon West traffic unit were about to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3269877/emotionally-distressed-hongkonger-arrested-over-trying-snatch-officers-gun-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3269877/emotionally-distressed-hongkonger-arrested-over-trying-snatch-officers-gun-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2024 05:42:51 +0000 Elizabeth Cheung Elizabeth Cheung The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is discussing establishing a medical school with Imperial College London, with a detailed proposal to be submitted to local authorities by the end of this month, the Post has learned. A source familiar with the arrangement said on Monday that HKUST had discussed the option with educators from the top British institution, which also jointly operates a medical programme with a university in Singapore. “People from Imperial were [in Hong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3269603/hkust-talks-imperial-college-london-set-third-hong-kong-medical-school?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3269603/hkust-talks-imperial-college-london-set-third-hong-kong-medical-school?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:02:01 +0000 Hong Kong health authorities have launched an investigation into a case involving a 61-year-old patient’s feeding tube being mistakenly inserted into his airway and left undetected for more than a day, leaving him in a critical condition. Health minister Lo Chung-mau offered his deepest sympathies on Thursday to the patient and his family, saying that hospital staff would take care of the patient. “I feel a lot of sadness and regret, as this type of incident where something was mistakenly... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3267290/hong-kong-patient-critical-condition-after-feeding-tube-left-airway-over-24-hours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3267290/hong-kong-patient-critical-condition-after-feeding-tube-left-airway-over-24-hours?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:51:51 +0000 A Hong Kong restaurant worker was taken to hospital on Wednesday after she got her right hand stuck in a meat grinder and emergency personnel failed to free her at the scene. The woman was using the machine at Hon Po Restaurant on To Kwa Road in Hung Hom shortly before 9.30am when her hand became trapped inside. Firefighters and paramedics arrived at the restaurant after receiving a report of an industrial accident from the kitchen worker’s colleagues, according to police. A doctor and a nurse... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3267206/hong-kong-restaurant-worker-taken-hospital-after-right-hand-gets-stuck-meat-grinder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3267206/hong-kong-restaurant-worker-taken-hospital-after-right-hand-gets-stuck-meat-grinder?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Jun 2024 07:35:30 +0000 A Hongkonger has been arrested on suspicion of administering drugs to obtain or facilitate an unlawful sexual act following the death of a 49-year-old accountant who allegedly consumed a spiked drink. Initial investigations suggested the victim consumed a drug-laced energy drink before the suspect, 54, had sex with him in a public housing flat in Hung Hom, the Post learned on Thursday. A source familiar with the case said the pair started a sex party on the premises as early as 9pm on Monday and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3266428/hongkonger-arrested-after-man-dies-suspected-drink-spiking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3266428/hongkonger-arrested-after-man-dies-suspected-drink-spiking?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Jun 2024 05:58:17 +0000 A Hong Kong taxi hit a female pedestrian and slammed into railings in Central on Sunday morning, causing the woman to fall down a near-vertical drop and land on the street below while the vehicle was left balancing precariously over the edge above. Police arrested the 44-year-old cabby on suspicion of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm. The force said it received a report of a crash at around 10.40am, with a taxi hitting and damaging part of a four-metre-long railing and kerb on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3265937/hong-kong-taxi-left-dangling-over-steep-drop-after-crash-passer-falls-road-below?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3265937/hong-kong-taxi-left-dangling-over-steep-drop-after-crash-passer-falls-road-below?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Jun 2024 05:11:23 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested three suspected illegal workers over the mishandling of an unconscious man who was declared dead after he was dumped outside an industrial building in Kowloon. The force was alerted to the incident after the unconscious man was found lying on a trolley at an entrance to the Merit Industrial Centre car park in To Kwa Wan around 3.35pm on Sunday. The man, 40, had been covered with a blanket and smelled of alcohol. Chief Inspector Marco Law Ching-hon of the Kowloon... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3265109/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-over-mishandling-unconscious-man-later-declared-dead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3265109/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-over-mishandling-unconscious-man-later-declared-dead?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:38:56 +0000 A van driver was arrested after an accident in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui left eight people injured ahead of a drone show in Victoria Harbour on Saturday. The van crashed onto a safety island between Salisbury Road and Nathan Road shortly before 7pm, with fumes emerging from the vehicle. Paramedics treated eight people at the scene, including a female auxiliary police constable and seven passers-by. Five, including the officer, were sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It was understood the driver... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3264117/van-driver-arrested-after-accident-hong-kong-leaves-8-people-injured?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3264117/van-driver-arrested-after-accident-hong-kong-leaves-8-people-injured?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 May 2024 15:45:12 +0000 Hong Kong will launch its first breastmilk bank early next year, helping up to 600 premature or severely ill infants who cannot be fed by their biological mothers annually. The Hospital Authority announced on Thursday the bank would be set up at the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital in Kowloon Bay in the first quarter, with an aim to provide donation services to nine public hospitals with neonatal intensive care units within 2025. Dr Leung Wing-cheong, a consultant at the department of obstetrics... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3262956/hong-kong-launch-first-breastmilk-bank-next-year-aid-600-infants-annually?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3262956/hong-kong-launch-first-breastmilk-bank-next-year-aid-600-infants-annually?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 May 2024 11:46:10 +0000 About 40 per cent of Hongkongers who joined a pilot scheme designed to detect chronic diseases at an early stage have been diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, a level surpassing expectations, the health minister has said. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau warned on Friday that the rate might grow even higher if more men joined the Chronic Disease Co-Care Pilot Scheme as he updated lawmakers on its progress. The programme, launched in November last year, targets residents aged 45 or older... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3262218/40-hongkongers-pilot-chronic-disease-scheme-have-diabetes-or-hypertension-surprising-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3262218/40-hongkongers-pilot-chronic-disease-scheme-have-diabetes-or-hypertension-surprising-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 May 2024 10:11:12 +0000 Hong Kong health authorities have urgently appealed to the public to take flu shots following the death of a third child from the virus this year, warning that more severe cases of respiratory diseases are coming. The Centre for Health Protection warned on Tuesday that the dominating flu virus strain might change for a second time given the higher rate of travel by residents, possibly extending a flu season that was already longer than usual. “For those who haven’t been vaccinated yet, they... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3260913/death-third-hong-kong-child-flu-sparks-urgent-appeal-public-receive-influenza-shots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3260913/death-third-hong-kong-child-flu-sparks-urgent-appeal-public-receive-influenza-shots?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:11:17 +0000 Hong Kong police are investigating two separate traffic accidents involving drivers being killed by their own vehicles. The force said on Thursday it received a report at 4.11pm on Wednesday that a school bus driver had accidentally fallen out of his vehicle and was run over by it. Hours later another driver was pinned between his container truck and several water tanks after the vehicle suddenly rolled backwards. Police appealed for witnesses with knowledge of either incident to come... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3260281/hong-kong-police-probe-2-accidents-involving-drivers-killed-their-own-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3260281/hong-kong-police-probe-2-accidents-involving-drivers-killed-their-own-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Apr 2024 03:26:48 +0000 Hong Kong police are searching for at least 10 assailants in connection with an attack on a suspected triad member who was beaten after he tripped and fell while trying to escape. A source familiar with the case said on Wednesday that four of the victim’s friends managed to escape unscathed during the attack in an outdoor car park outside Ching Ho Estate in Sheung Shui. The 23-year-old victim and his friends, all men aged between 19 and 24, were chatting together when the assailants confronted... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3260160/hong-kong-police-search-10-assailants-over-attack-suspected-triad-member?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3260160/hong-kong-police-search-10-assailants-over-attack-suspected-triad-member?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:27:08 +0000 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. At least five people were killed and 43 others injured on Wednesday after an intense fire broke out in a 60-year-old Hong Kong building that included 35 guest houses for travellers and subdivided flats. One of the five killed was suspected to have jumped off the 16-storey building on Jordan Road in Yau Ma Tei in a bid to escape the blaze and was found on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3258439/blaze-hong-kong-gym-leaves-6-injured-firefighters-rush-rescue-least-10-people-still-trapped-inside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3258439/blaze-hong-kong-gym-leaves-6-injured-firefighters-rush-rescue-least-10-people-still-trapped-inside?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:05:56 +0000 Hong Kong police are searching for at least six attackers who used two vehicles to box in a Mercedes-Benz before they attacked its passenger with knives in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The force said a silver Toyota seven-seater and a black vehicle intercepted the grey car on Yau Ma Tei’s Man Ying Street at about 3.15am. A source familiar with the case said: “Six black-clad men carrying knives jumped out from the two vehicles and attacked the 40-year-old passenger [in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3257674/hong-kong-police-hunt-assailants-behind-road-ambush-left-1-man-injured?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3257674/hong-kong-police-hunt-assailants-behind-road-ambush-left-1-man-injured?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Apr 2024 05:24:04 +0000 Hong Kong police arrested three teenagers and rescued a 19-year-old who was allegedly battered with baseball bats and detained in a hotel room on Tuesday, after suspects demanded HK$180,000 (US$23,000) in profits from cryptocurrency trading. Officers were still searching for another six teenagers in connection with the case at noon after the alleged assault in a room at the Harbour Grand Kowloon Hotel on Tak Fung Street, Hung Hom just after 6am. A source familiar with the case said the room had... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3257544/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-teens-rescue-19-year-old-allegedly-beaten-baseball-bat-and-detained-hotel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3257544/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-teens-rescue-19-year-old-allegedly-beaten-baseball-bat-and-detained-hotel?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Apr 2024 06:28:09 +0000 A four-year-old girl alleged to have been assaulted by her mother remained in a critical condition in a Hong Kong hospital on Sunday after she was found submerged and covered in bruises in a partially filled bathtub. The 38-year-old mother was arrested on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect while in charge of a child or young person. She was still in police custody on Sunday night. The girl’s eight-year-old brother found her unconscious and alone in the bathtub in the family’s flat in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3256518/woman-arrested-alleged-assault-daughter-4-after-child-lapses-coma?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3256518/woman-arrested-alleged-assault-daughter-4-after-child-lapses-coma?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Mar 2024 08:44:15 +0000 Cancer and stroke patients can now get Western and Chinese medicine treatments at 26 Hong Kong public hospitals under a service expansion that also covers people with bone and muscle pain. The Hospital Authority on Thursday said the Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine Programme had been expanded from eight public hospitals to 26 in the first quarter of the year and covered 53 service points across the city. “We estimate that we can serve 30,000 patients a year,” Rowena Wong How-wan, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3255431/western-and-chinese-medicine-traditions-join-forces-more-hong-kong-hospitals-treat-cancer-strokes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3255431/western-and-chinese-medicine-traditions-join-forces-more-hong-kong-hospitals-treat-cancer-strokes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:45:37 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a subcontractor working at a hotel construction site in a bustling shopping district after three people were injured by falling glass fragments. The incident took place at around 2.24pm on Tuesday at the site of the former Mariners’ Club on Minden Row in Tsim Sha Tsui, leaving bits of broken glass scattered across the area. A police source said a worker at the scene was lifting a glass panel, about 1.5 to two metres in length, when a gust of wind knocked it against... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3255131/hong-kong-police-arrest-subcontractor-after-singaporean-malaysian-tourists-among-3-injured-falling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3255131/hong-kong-police-arrest-subcontractor-after-singaporean-malaysian-tourists-among-3-injured-falling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:22:29 +0000 A seven-year-old boy was riding on his debt-ridden father’s shoulders before the latter flung him and jumped to his death from the rooftop of a Hong Kong six-storey shopping centre in an attempted murder-suicide, the Post has learned. The boy, a Primary Two pupil, was in a critical condition as of 10.48am on Tuesday. He is being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s intensive care unit, according to a government spokesman. A source familiar with the case said security camera footage showed the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3254155/hong-kong-police-launch-attempted-murder-suicide-probe-after-father-and-son-7-plunge-city-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3254155/hong-kong-police-launch-attempted-murder-suicide-probe-after-father-and-son-7-plunge-city-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:03:02 +0000 Hong Kong police are searching for the driver of a black car who ran into a group of pedestrians near a fresh fruit wholesale market in Yau Ma Tei before fleeing the scene. Police said on Sunday the incident took place shortly after 11pm on Saturday and left two men and two women, aged 28 to 31, with minor injuries. The victims were sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital for treatment. The car was travelling along Waterloo Road in the direction of Tai Kok Tsui when the driver is... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3253981/hong-kong-police-hunt-motorist-who-struck-4-pedestrians-outside-fruit-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3253981/hong-kong-police-hunt-motorist-who-struck-4-pedestrians-outside-fruit-market?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Mar 2024 07:47:23 +0000 The use of a safety harness may have played a pivotal role in saving the life of a woman worker who was standing on bamboo scaffolding around a high-rise building when it collapsed at Hong Kong’s former airport runway, the Post has learned. During the incident, which claimed the lives of two other workers, the 51-year-old woman, surnamed Li, was working on the 15-by-eight-metre (49-by-26-foot) structure to install aluminium plates and glass on the outer wall on the 19th floor of the building on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3252750/safety-belt-may-have-played-pivotal-role-saving-life-hong-kong-worker-51-who-fell-19-floors-fatal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3252750/safety-belt-may-have-played-pivotal-role-saving-life-hong-kong-worker-51-who-fell-19-floors-fatal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:00:27 +0000 Two women workers died and three other people were injured on Tuesday after bamboo scaffolding around a 30-storey building under construction on Hong Kong’s former airport runway collapsed. One of the survivors, a woman, was working on the scaffolding outside the 19th floor of the luxury housing development, Pano Harbour, on the site of the old Kai Tak Airport, when the 15-by-eight-metre (49-by-26-foot) bamboo structure gave way just before 5pm. The collapsed scaffolding – which the industry... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3252595/2-workers-killed-3-hurt-scaffolding-collapse-construction-site-hong-kongs-former-airport-runway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3252595/2-workers-killed-3-hurt-scaffolding-collapse-construction-site-hong-kongs-former-airport-runway?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:24:47 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who allegedly attacked his father with a fruit knife after being woken up for school. The alleged attack occurred at the family’s home in Sau Yuen House at Chuk Yuen South Estate in Wong Tai Sin at around 7.45am on Monday. “Initial investigations suggested that the father woke the boy up to go to school, but the teenager expressed his unwillingness to attend,” a source familiar with the case said. The source said that after the father returned to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3252395/hong-kong-police-arrest-16-year-old-boy-suspicion-attacking-father-knife-kowloon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3252395/hong-kong-police-arrest-16-year-old-boy-suspicion-attacking-father-knife-kowloon?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:59:40 +0000 “Traffic police will today begin a detailed inquiry into how a float in a Lunar New Year parade careered into a Tsim Sha Tsui crowd, killing a tourist and injuring 31 people,” reported the South China Morning Post on February 9, 1997. “The Hong Kong Tourist Association, which organised Friday’s parade [February 7, 1997] to provide holiday entertainment for foreign visitors, and float sponsors the Better Hong Kong Foundation, held meetings yesterday to see how they could assist the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3250945/when-hong-kong-lunar-new-year-parade-turned-deadly-driver-ploughed-float-crowd-killing-tourist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3250945/when-hong-kong-lunar-new-year-parade-turned-deadly-driver-ploughed-float-crowd-killing-tourist?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:15:11 +0000 A four-year-old mainland Chinese girl has suffered facial injuries after being accidentally hit when about 10 attackers rushed into a Hong Kong restaurant and assaulted three other diners. Police said the girl was eating a late-night meal with her 30-year-old mother and their family friend at the Kimberly Road restaurant in the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district when the gang attacked diners at a nearby table at around 12.10am on Wednesday. “Some of the assailants were armed with weapons... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250398/4-year-old-mainland-chinese-girl-accidentally-hit-face-when-10-assailants-attack-group-diners-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250398/4-year-old-mainland-chinese-girl-accidentally-hit-face-when-10-assailants-attack-group-diners-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:07:51 +0000 Hong Kong police arrested a 71-year-old taxi driver in connection with a hit-and-run just hours after his cab allegedly hit a 65-year-old man and sped away early on Tuesday morning. The vehicle struck the man on Queen’s Road West near the junction with Woo Hop Street in Western district soon after 2.30am, police said. “A taxi hit the victim as he was crossing the road,” a source familiar with the case said. “An initial investigation suggested it did not stop and left the scene.” Hong Kong taxi... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250258/hong-kong-police-arrest-71-year-old-taxi-driver-over-alleged-hit-and-run-victim-critical-condition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250258/hong-kong-police-arrest-71-year-old-taxi-driver-over-alleged-hit-and-run-victim-critical-condition?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:32:13 +0000 At least six people were injured after two Hong Kong minibuses and a truck collided in Kowloon Bay on Sunday afternoon. Police said four men and two women, aged between 17 and 76, were hurt when the vehicles crashed on Kwun Tong Road as they headed towards Choi Hung. They added a 76-year-old minibus driver suffered injuries to his face and head and was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. The five other passengers were taken to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong. A police... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3250056/2-hong-kong-minibuses-and-truck-collide-injuring-least-7-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3250056/2-hong-kong-minibuses-and-truck-collide-injuring-least-7-people?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jan 2024 08:39:21 +0000 Eleven people were injured when two public buses collided at the Kowloon entrance of a cross-harbour tunnel in Hong Kong on Friday, disrupting traffic for more than two hours. Police said the collision took place at around 12.04pm after the two KMB vehicles passed the toll plaza of the Western Harbour Tunnel. The 11 passengers – four men and seven women – from the two buses suffered minor injuries, according to a force spokeswoman. She said three of the injured were rushed to Queen Elizabeth... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3249826/5-vehicle-pile-near-hong-kongs-island-eastern-corridor-leaves-9-injured?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3249826/5-vehicle-pile-near-hong-kongs-island-eastern-corridor-leaves-9-injured?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:33:21 +0000 The recent debate over a potential increase in accident and emergency (A&E) charges at public hospitals has reignited the discussion on how to address the misuse of emergency services in Hong Kong. While some say that raising the fees would be a sufficient deterrent, a more comprehensive strategy is required to address the complex factors that drive people to A&E departments for non-urgent issues. Instead of focusing on fees only, we must adopt a more holistic approach that prioritises primary... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3249099/cut-hong-kong-ae-abuse-higher-fees-only-part-healthcare-solution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3249099/cut-hong-kong-ae-abuse-higher-fees-only-part-healthcare-solution?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:30:12 +0000 The winter flu season is here. Health officials have made that official. The number of outbreaks in schools and care homes has doubled and is expected to keep rising for some weeks. Masks, though not mandatory, are back, with many people heeding calls to wear them on public transport and in crowded areas. As long as we have received the flu vaccination and remain vigilant when it comes to personal hygiene, there should be little to worry about. Health complications from catching the flu are... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3248241/cathay-pacifics-failures-must-inform-hong-kongs-ae-crisis-response?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3248241/cathay-pacifics-failures-must-inform-hong-kongs-ae-crisis-response?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jan 2024 01:30:14 +0000 Recent events are revealing some interesting facts about healthcare in Hong Kong, in particular the continuing widespread reluctance to get vaccinated. Our accident and emergency departments have been under siege, as families rushed their children and seniors – the two most vulnerable groups – there for treatment at the first sign of flu. Waiting times have skyrocketed to eight hours and beyond in some hospitals. The immediate cause of the panic has been the arrival of the annual flu season... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3248098/come-flu-season-hong-kong-hospitals-are-mobbed-again-why-wont-everyone-just-get-jabbed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3248098/come-flu-season-hong-kong-hospitals-are-mobbed-again-why-wont-everyone-just-get-jabbed?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:30:16 +0000