https://www.scmp.com/rss/519813/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 The family of a child who was allegedly abused by a babysitter has said it is struggling to afford and identify proper rehabilitation treatment for the young girl, as she is no longer benefiting from targeted care provided during her seven-month hospital stay. Allegations that the infant, known affectionately as “Little Suet-yee” by her family, had been physically abused attracted citywide attention in late January. Her mother, who only gave her surname as Tang, told the Post that further checks... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3277616/hong-kong-family-little-suet-yee-struggling-find-right-treatment-after-hospital-stay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3277616/hong-kong-family-little-suet-yee-struggling-find-right-treatment-after-hospital-stay?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:00:14 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo A 73-year-old Hong Kong man in a wheelchair narrowly escaped death after accidentally reversing off a train platform and falling onto tracks in the New Territories on Monday. The man was waiting for a train at Tai Hing (North) light rail stop on Tai Fong Street in Tuen Mun at around 5.30am when he fell onto the tracks, a source familiar with the matter said. According to a police spokeswoman, the man was discovered by a passer-by who called officers. The man sustained head injuries and was taken... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3276829/elderly-hong-kong-man-wheelchair-train-station-falls-platform-tracks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3276829/elderly-hong-kong-man-wheelchair-train-station-falls-platform-tracks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:26:06 +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 A cross-border truck driver died of natural causes after he spent more than six hours in a Hong Kong public hospital without receiving treatment, the Coroner’s Court has ruled. A five-member jury delivered the unanimous verdict on Friday after Coroner Arthur Lam Hei-wei found no evidence to suggest Wong Yun-chuen’s death at Tuen Mun Hospital in 2021 involved an accident or a slip-up in medical procedure. Lam said he believed the five-day inquiry represented “a big step towards the truth”, but... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3271151/hong-kong-truck-driver-died-untreated-hospital-natural-causes-coroners-court-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3271151/hong-kong-truck-driver-died-untreated-hospital-natural-causes-coroners-court-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:21:32 +0000 A cross-border truck driver with acute liver failure was left untreated at a Hong Kong hospital for more than six hours before his death on what was described as a “disaster day” that saw a sudden surge of emergency cases, an inquest has heard. A nursing officer at Tuen Mun Hospital told the Coroner’s Court on Tuesday he and his colleagues were unable to closely monitor Wong Yun-chuen’s condition after he was transferred from a medical institution in mainland China on August 18, 2021. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270615/hong-kong-truck-driver-dies-untreated-hospital-disaster-day-inquest-hears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270615/hong-kong-truck-driver-dies-untreated-hospital-disaster-day-inquest-hears?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:30:40 +0000 A Hong Kong man was injured in an attack at a public housing estate in the New Territories on Wednesday, about half an hour before he was scheduled to attend a court hearing for an assault case. As of Wednesday afternoon, police were still searching for three assailants who attacked the 39-year-old victim outside Ching Pik House at Tin Ching Estate in Tin Shui Wai at around 8.25am. The circumstances behind the man’s scheduled court appearance are not currently known. A source familiar with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3269062/hong-kong-man-attacked-35-minutes-scheduled-appearance-assault-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3269062/hong-kong-man-attacked-35-minutes-scheduled-appearance-assault-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:16:11 +0000 A seven-year-old boy has drowned while swimming in a Hong Kong hotel’s pool, prompting police to investigate whether child neglect was involved. A source familiar with the case said the boy and his brother were taken by their father, 49, to the Gold Coast Hotel in Tuen Mun for a swim shortly before 10am on Monday. “At around 10.50am, the seven-year-old boy was found unconscious in the hotel’s swimming pool,” the insider said on Tuesday. According to the force, the boy was pulled out of the water... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3268892/boy-7-drowns-hong-kong-hotel-pool-police-investigating-possible-neglect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3268892/boy-7-drowns-hong-kong-hotel-pool-police-investigating-possible-neglect?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:43:32 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly attempting to kill his wife and three teenage daughters by burning charcoal in their home in the New Territories. The man’s wife, 44, called police at 6.17am on Wednesday to report that signs of burning charcoal had been found in the living room and that the door and windows of the public housing flat in Tuen Mun had been sealed with tape. A container of doused charcoal was found in the kitchen, said Chief Inspector Sum Ho-man of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3268090/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-who-allegedly-tried-kill-wife-children-after-burning-charcoal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3268090/hong-kong-police-hunt-man-who-allegedly-tried-kill-wife-children-after-burning-charcoal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:19:22 +0000 A Hong Kong child allegedly abused by a babysitter has undergone a three-hour operation to mend her skull, after “irreversible” damage was inflicted on her brain in January. The one year-old girl, known affectionately as “Little Suet-yee” by her family, had suffered a blood clot in her brain and previously went through an operation that temporarily removed part of her skull to relieve excess pressure caused by her injuries. Hong Kong Caring Power, a non-profit group supporting the toddler’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3265241/hong-kong-girl-little-suet-yee-undergoes-successful-3-hour-surgery-mend-her-skull?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3265241/hong-kong-girl-little-suet-yee-undergoes-successful-3-hour-surgery-mend-her-skull?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:44:48 +0000 A Hong Kong motorcyclist has died and his younger brother has been injured after their bike slammed into a roadside railing in the New Territories. The man, 33, was travelling along Tai Tong Shan Road in Yuen Long, with his 25-year-old brother riding pillion, when he crashed at around 12.27am on Thursday. “Initial investigations showed the rider lost control of his motorcycle while trying to overtake a car in front,” a source familiar with the case said. The insider added that the two brothers... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3264662/hongkonger-dies-brother-injured-after-motorcycle-crashes-roadside-railing-new-territories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3264662/hongkonger-dies-brother-injured-after-motorcycle-crashes-roadside-railing-new-territories?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 May 2024 04:42:10 +0000 A Hong Kong psychologist has called for mental health support for students affected by traumatic events such as a recent knife attack in a school. On Thursday, a 13-year-old girl allegedly attacked a classmate with a 30cm-long (12 inch) knife at a Tuen Mun school. She appeared in Tuen Mun Court on Friday after she was arrested and charged with wounding. Adrian Low, president of the Hong Kong Association of Psychology and a chartered psychologist, said it was crucial that students who witnessed... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3263136/psychologist-urges-mental-health-support-students-traumatised-hong-kong-school-knife-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3263136/psychologist-urges-mental-health-support-students-traumatised-hong-kong-school-knife-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 May 2024 12:39:51 +0000 A 13-year-old girl in Hong Kong has been arrested after she allegedly attacked a classmate with a 30cm-long (12 inch) knife at a school in Tuen Mun. Police said the girl brandished the knife as she confronted another pupil, also aged 13, who was sitting in front of her during class at around 3.50pm on Thursday. The victim sustained multiple knife wounds to his right shoulder, back and arm. He was taken to Tuen Mun Hospital for treatment, where he was in a stable condition. The suspect and victim... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3262965/hong-kong-girl-13-arrested-after-allegedly-attacking-classmate-30cm-long-knife-during-lesson?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3262965/hong-kong-girl-13-arrested-after-allegedly-attacking-classmate-30cm-long-knife-during-lesson?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 May 2024 13:38:26 +0000 A middle-aged cabbie died after passing out behind the wheel and hitting a kerb while driving along a busy interchange in Hong Kong on Wednesday, although fortunately no passengers were inside the vehicle at the time. Police said the 52-year-old man, whose surname was Yeung, was driving at the Lam Tei Interchange in Tuen Mun district towards Yuen Long at around 12.30pm on Wednesday. He suddenly fell unconscious while driving, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a kerb. Other drivers on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3262786/hong-kong-taxi-driver-52-dies-after-passing-out-wheel-and-crashing-kerb?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3262786/hong-kong-taxi-driver-52-dies-after-passing-out-wheel-and-crashing-kerb?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 May 2024 09:03:33 +0000 A 61-year-old worker suffered burns to more than 50 per cent of his body in a factory fire in northwestern Hong Kong that took about 140 firefighters three hours to extinguish on Friday. The blaze ignited a two-storey plastics factory in the rural village of Wing Ning Tsuen on Yung Yuen Road in Yuen Long at around 12.39am. Chief Inspector Mak Sze-wai, an assistant Yuen Long divisional commander, said the factory worker was in the first-floor resting room when the fire broke out. “He attempted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3262147/hong-kong-worker-61-seriously-injured-factory-fire-3-others-escape-unscathed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3262147/hong-kong-worker-61-seriously-injured-factory-fire-3-others-escape-unscathed?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 May 2024 06:12:54 +0000 A Hong Kong infant allegedly abused by a babysitter has suffered “irreversible” brain damage which has impaired her learning ability, cognition and senses, her mother has said, describing the family’s “living hell”. The mother of the baby girl, known affectionately as “Little Suet-yee” by her family, told the Post a recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan had revealed the extent of the impact. “The damaged parts of the brain were in charge of different functions and abilities, and they were... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3261475/hong-kong-baby-little-suet-yee-has-irreversible-brain-damage-after-alleged-abuse-babysitter-mother?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3261475/hong-kong-baby-little-suet-yee-has-irreversible-brain-damage-after-alleged-abuse-babysitter-mother?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 May 2024 08:00:14 +0000 A middle-aged man has been hospitalised following a knife attack by a gang of assailants in the early hours in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Police received a report around 1.29am on Sunday that a 63-year-old man, surnamed Pang, had been attacked in Sheung Shui by three men wielding knives and “hard objects”, a source familiar with the case said. The suspects then jumped into a private vehicle and fled the scene. Hong Kong police hunt for trio who stole HK$3 million in gold powder at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3259782/hong-kong-man-hospitalised-after-knife-attack-3-suspects-early-hours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3259782/hong-kong-man-hospitalised-after-knife-attack-3-suspects-early-hours?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Apr 2024 03:36:38 +0000 An elderly angler has died after falling into the water near a Hong Kong village in Tsuen Wan while fishing on rocky shore. Police said on Saturday that the man, who was around 61 years old, fell into the water at about 11.49am near Ka Loon Tsuen in Tsuen Wan. The man lost consciousness as he drifted about 30 to 40 metres (131 feet) offshore. Firefighters later located the man about 10 to 20 metres offshore and rescued him. The man was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital in the New Territories, where he... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3259753/hong-kong-angler-dies-after-falling-water-near-village-tsuen-wan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3259753/hong-kong-angler-dies-after-falling-water-near-village-tsuen-wan?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:31:38 +0000 A pilot cross-border ambulance scheme will start with patients sent to Hong Kong from a mainland Chinese hospital and one in Macau, but would not be a two-way street, the city’s health chief has said. Lo Chung-mau, the health secretary, told lawmakers on Friday that the door-to-door service would not be reciprocal at first because of the more complex procedures needed to preapprove the vehicles, doctors, medical equipment and medicines travelling from Hong Kong to the mainland or Macau. He added... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3258830/pilot-door-door-hospital-transfers-mainland-china-and-macau-will-not-be-two-way-street-first-health?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3258830/pilot-door-door-hospital-transfers-mainland-china-and-macau-will-not-be-two-way-street-first-health?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:31:19 +0000 A motorcyclist died after slamming into a barrier on a Hong Kong highway early on Friday morning. Police said the 43-year-old crashed his motorcycle on Tuen Mun Road in Siu Lam at around 6.27am. “When approaching the Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange, [he] reportedly lost control and rammed into barriers,” the force said. Police said the rider suffered serious head and body injuries. He had lost consciousness and was taken to Tuen Mun Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7.23am. Officers... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3258760/hong-kong-motorcyclist-dies-after-slamming-barrier-highway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3258760/hong-kong-motorcyclist-dies-after-slamming-barrier-highway?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:28:11 +0000 Doctors are hopeful a nine-month-old Hong Kong baby alleged to have been abused by a babysitter can undergo brain surgery next month, as the child has shown some improvement and responded to stimuli. A Facebook post on Thursday said staff at Tuen Mun Hospital, where the girl was being treated, had provided a written report to her parents with details of the child’s condition. “The hospital has scheduled a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination for [the girl] in April. If the patient’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3256278/doctors-hopeful-9-month-old-hong-kong-girl-suspected-be-victim-abuse-can-undergo-operation-soon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3256278/doctors-hopeful-9-month-old-hong-kong-girl-suspected-be-victim-abuse-can-undergo-operation-soon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:50:44 +0000 A nine-month-old Hong Kong girl alleged to have been abused by a babysitter could be left permanently paralysed and blind, her parents have revealed. In an emotional video interview with a former kindergarten head posted on Facebook on Friday, the parents of the infant, who earlier suffered a blood clot on the brain and lapsed into a coma, said her doctor had told them the baby’s condition was “not optimistic or ideal”. The mother added the child would also need major and life-threatening brain... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3255608/hong-kong-infant-allegedly-physically-abused-babysitter-could-be-left-paralysed-and-blind-family?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3255608/hong-kong-infant-allegedly-physically-abused-babysitter-could-be-left-paralysed-and-blind-family?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:01:21 +0000 A medical blunder resulted in a 59-year-old woman having her reproductive organs removed at a Hong Kong public hospital after she was wrongly diagnosed with endometrial cancer, health authorities have said. The Hospital Authority apologised to the patient on Friday and said the incident occurred when biopsy samples from the woman and a 71-year-old patient diagnosed with cancer were mixed at Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen Long. The woman had her reproductive organs removed at Tuen Mun Hospital on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3255589/hong-kong-womans-reproductive-organs-removed-accident-after-wrong-diagnosis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3255589/hong-kong-womans-reproductive-organs-removed-accident-after-wrong-diagnosis?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:03:03 +0000 Hong Kong police launched an investigation after a fire broke out at the TLC Water Club that left a man severely burned on Friday. Emergency personnel were called to the club on Tai Lam Chung Road in Tuen Mun when the force received multiple fire reports at around 6.24am. A police spokesman said the man, 48, suffered serious burns to his limbs and face. He was found semi-conscious at the scene but later fell unconscious and was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital. Firefighters took about 20 minutes to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3255482/arson-investigation-launched-hong-kong-water-activities-club-fire-left-man-severely-burned?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3255482/arson-investigation-launched-hong-kong-water-activities-club-fire-left-man-severely-burned?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:17:24 +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 An alleged dispute between two triad gangs over a woman triggered three car-ramming attacks in northwestern Hong Kong within the space of four hours that left three men in hospital on Wednesday. In the first case, a white Mercedes-Benz driven by a 19-year-old man was intercepted by three other vehicles at the junction of Hoi Wing Road and Castle Peak Road near Sam Shing railway station in Tuen Mun at around 1.39am, according to a source. “More than 10 black-clad assailants jumped out from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3255203/3-car-ramming-attacks-hong-kong-linked-dispute-between-triad-gangs-over-woman-leave-3-men-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3255203/3-car-ramming-attacks-hong-kong-linked-dispute-between-triad-gangs-over-woman-leave-3-men-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:35:37 +0000 Three men have suffered severe burns in a garage fire at a rural village in northwestern Hong Kong. The blaze took place on Monday in a village called San Sang Tsuen on Tin Ha Road in Yuen Long at about 8.44am. Emergency personnel discovered three men in the vicinity with serious burns and dense smoke billowing from the garage on arrival at the scene, a police spokesman said. “One of the men suffered extensive burns all over his body, while the other two victims sustained burns to 30 to 50 per... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3255066/three-men-badly-burned-garage-blaze-northwestern-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3255066/three-men-badly-burned-garage-blaze-northwestern-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:14:41 +0000 A 63-year-old Hong Kong woman died on Monday after her gas stove set fire to her pyjamas and caused severe burns. The woman ran out of her public housing flat with her clothing ablaze to seek help from her neighbours. “The woman [with difficulty in walking] was shouting for help when she walked out of the flat, alerting her neighbours,” a source familiar with the case said. He added the clothing on the woman’s upper body was on fire, but extinguished outside her flat before emergency services... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3254990/hong-kong-woman-63-dies-burns-after-pyjamas-catch-fire-she-lights-gas-stove?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3254990/hong-kong-woman-63-dies-burns-after-pyjamas-catch-fire-she-lights-gas-stove?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:34:20 +0000 A worker in Hong Kong has died after collapsing at a construction site in Tuen Mun, where he remained undiscovered for seven hours. The 64-year-old man was working on a project to expand the West New Territories Landfill in Tuen Mun. The Environmental Protection Department, which oversees the landfill’s extension project, said in a statement that the deceased worker was responsible for site formation works, and that he was hired by a subcontractor in charge of design, build and operation. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3253952/hong-kong-workers-body-undiscovered-7-hours-after-he-dies-tuen-mun-construction-site?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3253952/hong-kong-workers-body-undiscovered-7-hours-after-he-dies-tuen-mun-construction-site?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:49:07 +0000 A Hong Kong construction worker has been jailed for 8½ months on child neglect and drug charges for accidentally letting his two young daughters eat cannabis-infused sweets. Magistrate Raymond Wong Kwok-fai told Tuen Mun Court on Monday that the 26-year-old father’s offences were more serious than failure to provide for a child’s basic needs. He highlighted the damage the banned sweets had on the defendant’s elder daughter, who ended up in intensive care after she lapsed into a coma. 2 girls... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3252373/hong-kong-father-jailed-8-1/2-months-child-abuse-drug-charges-after-sisters-aged-2-and-4-eat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3252373/hong-kong-father-jailed-8-1/2-months-child-abuse-drug-charges-after-sisters-aged-2-and-4-eat?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:14:52 +0000 Hong Kong has welcomed the arrival of at least six newborns on the first day of Lunar New Year, with a boy and a girl being the first “dragon babies” of 2024. Miles, the second child of Kelvin and Judy Chan, was born at midnight, weighing 3.1kg (6.8 pounds), at the CUHK Medical Centre in Sha Tin. His mother said she was surprised he was among the first “dragon babies” of the year as little Miles’ expected delivery date was next Saturday. “We never planned it. It just so happened I started... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3251617/lucky-start-hong-kong-welcomes-6-dragon-babies-first-day-lunar-new-year-boy-and-girl-born-stroke?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3251617/lucky-start-hong-kong-welcomes-6-dragon-babies-first-day-lunar-new-year-boy-and-girl-born-stroke?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Feb 2024 06:26:59 +0000 The family of a 48-year-old man with heart failure has appealed to Hongkongers to consider organ donation, as doctors said the next two to three weeks were the golden time for a transplant. Mechanic Kwok Ho-wing is in an urgent need of a new heart because his own is functioning at just 20 per cent. “Ho-wing’s heart function is very weak,” said Dr Michael Wong Ka-lam, consultant of the cardiac medicine unit at Grantham Hospital. “His physical condition is very unstable and he heavily relies on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3251275/family-doctors-make-urgent-appeal-organ-donation-save-hong-kong-man-desperate-need-new-heart?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3251275/family-doctors-make-urgent-appeal-organ-donation-save-hong-kong-man-desperate-need-new-heart?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:58:53 +0000 A man who died a day after he resisted arrest by Hong Kong police over an alleged HK$100 million (US$12.79 million) cocaine smuggling ring was city racing driver Anson Wong Kwai-wah, the Post has learned. Wong, 57, who had a history of heart disease, died in hospital last Thursday, a day after he passed out following a struggle with police as he was being taken into custody. The driver took part in the Macau Grand Prix with the gambling hub’s Son Veng racing team. Wong was champion in the 2019... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250861/man-who-died-after-struggle-police-probing-alleged-hk100-million-cocaine-smuggling-ring-was-racing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250861/man-who-died-after-struggle-police-probing-alleged-hk100-million-cocaine-smuggling-ring-was-racing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:18:15 +0000 Pedestrians pulled a trapped Hong Kong truck driver free from his vehicle after it hit railings and overturned in the New Territories on Saturday afternoon. Police said the 49-year-old driver, identified only by the surname Wong, escaped without serious injury, but he was taken to Tuen Mun Hospital after complaining of dizziness. At least eight men were seen in a video posted on Facebook surrounding the truck, with some next to the cabin and others trying to smash open its windscreen to rescue... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3250849/hong-kong-truck-driver-rescued-passers-after-vehicle-hits-central-barrier-and-overturns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3250849/hong-kong-truck-driver-rescued-passers-after-vehicle-hits-central-barrier-and-overturns?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:58:09 +0000 The heartbreaking case of a baby girl severely hurt while under the care of a nanny recruited under a government-funded childcare scheme has again put a spotlight on the need for Hong Kong to do more to protect its youngest citizens. Initial investigations suggested the girl was physically abused. Early last month, her parents had asked the NGO Yan Oi Tong for a babysitter while their domestic helper went on leave. The father had left the nine-month-old with the carer last Thursday morning, but... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250636/hong-kongs-children-must-be-kept-harms-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250636/hong-kongs-children-must-be-kept-harms-way?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:30:25 +0000 A Hong Kong drugs suspect has died in hospital a day after he resisted arrest outside his office as police cracked down on an alleged HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) cocaine-smuggling ring. The 57-year-old – who had a history of heart trouble – was subdued by police, but later passed out and was rushed to hospital, a senior officer said on Thursday. Acting chief superintendent Chan Kong-ming of the force’s narcotics bureau added that the man at first cooperated with officers when they raided... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250628/suspected-drug-smuggler-dies-after-struggle-police-wake-raid-linked-alleged-hk100-million-cocaine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250628/suspected-drug-smuggler-dies-after-struggle-police-wake-raid-linked-alleged-hk100-million-cocaine?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:15:44 +0000 Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification. The Hong Kong government’s fiscal deficit has exceeded the financial secretary’s full-year estimate of HK$100 billion. Furthermore, the actual deficit for the financial year is expected to exceed... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3250433/boosting-revenue-hong-kong-should-not-be-borrowing-get?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3250433/boosting-revenue-hong-kong-should-not-be-borrowing-get?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Feb 2024 03:30:17 +0000 A Hong Kong babysitter recruited under a government-funded childcare scheme has been granted bail following her arrest on suspicion of abusing a nine-month-old girl who suffered a blood clot on her brain. A government spokeswoman said the baby remained in a critical condition in Tuen Mun Hospital’s intensive care unit as of 11.30am on Monday. The 33-year-old suspect is required to report back to police next month, according to the force. A source familiar with the case said crime squad officers... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250130/hong-kong-babysitter-released-bail-after-arrest-over-allegedly-abusing-9-month-old-infant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250130/hong-kong-babysitter-released-bail-after-arrest-over-allegedly-abusing-9-month-old-infant?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:36:32 +0000 Hong Kong welfare officials plan to review the training of nannies recruited under a government-funded childcare scheme after a nine-month-old girl was alleged to have suffered severe injuries after being abused. The authorities made the move on Sunday as lawmakers warned that the incident could undermine public confidence over the neighbourhood support childcare programme and appealed to the government to set up a more comprehensive training framework for operators and more closely monitor... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250055/review-hong-kong-government-funded-childcare-scheme-launched-after-infant-girl-alleged-have-been?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250055/review-hong-kong-government-funded-childcare-scheme-launched-after-infant-girl-alleged-have-been?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jan 2024 08:42:52 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 33-year-old babysitter in connection with the suspected abuse of a nine-month-old girl who fell into a coma in hospital. Police on Saturday said Tuen Mun Hospital made a report at 8.18pm the previous evening, suspecting child abuse after the baby suffered a blood clot on the brain and fell into a coma. Hong Kong police arrest woman for allegedly attacking children over singing “After preliminary investigations, we believe the baby had been subject to maltreatment... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250013/babysitter-33-arrested-hong-kong-after-9-month-old-girl-falls-coma-blood-clot-brain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3250013/babysitter-33-arrested-hong-kong-after-9-month-old-girl-falls-coma-blood-clot-brain?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jan 2024 09:25:10 +0000 A mother of four has been arrested for allegedly attacking her children at their Fanling home after getting agitated by noise from their singing, a Hong Kong police spokesman has said. Police received a call around 11pm on Friday, alleging the 46-year-old woman physically assaulted her 19-year-old son and three daughters, aged 11, 16 and 17, with her hands and a water bottle at a flat on Luen On Street. Officers arrived at the scene and detained the suspect, an Indonesian who has a Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3249187/hong-kong-police-arrest-mother-four-allegedly-attacking-her-children-over-noise-singing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3249187/hong-kong-police-arrest-mother-four-allegedly-attacking-her-children-over-noise-singing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jan 2024 09:39:23 +0000 A giant electric pump fell off a moving truck on a busy highway in Hong Kong on Tuesday, blocking two out of the four lanes and disrupting traffic for more than three hours. The incident occurred on the Kowloon-bound lanes of Tuen Mun Road near Siu Lam at around 9.23am. A police spokeswoman said an electric pump had fallen off a medium goods vehicle, causing an obstruction on the first and second lanes of the highway. She said no casualties were reported. Before midday, the spokeswoman said a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3248589/electric-pump-falls-truck-busy-hong-kong-highway-disrupting-traffic-hours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3248589/electric-pump-falls-truck-busy-hong-kong-highway-disrupting-traffic-hours?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jan 2024 05:23:45 +0000 A crane truck driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after his vehicle hit an overhead cable on Friday, disrupting services on five light rail routes in northwestern Hong Kong for around five hours. The MTR Corporation said services were diverted after a cable near On Ting stop in Tuen Mun was damaged by a crane truck at about 8.10am as it turned left on to Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road from Yau Oi Road. Footage posted online showed the truck’s crane was not properly lowered or... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3248146/5-light-rail-routes-diverted-northwestern-hong-kong-after-crane-truck-hits-overhead-cable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3248146/5-light-rail-routes-diverted-northwestern-hong-kong-after-crane-truck-hits-overhead-cable?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jan 2024 02:21:36 +0000 Hong Kong should review how much it charges for accident and emergency (A&E) services to prevent abuses, the city’s leader has said, after a top minister suggested raising public service fees to combat a substantial budget deficit. “In the past, we saw a lot of people using the A&E services when they did not need them,” Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday before a meeting with the Executive Council, the city’s top political advisory body. “We will focus on preventing the abuse of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3247775/hong-kong-should-review-ae-charges-prevent-abuses-citys-john-lee-says-authorities-weigh-upping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3247775/hong-kong-should-review-ae-charges-prevent-abuses-citys-john-lee-says-authorities-weigh-upping?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jan 2024 06:21:02 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a driver in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a 77-year-old woman in Yuen Long. The force on Sunday said the 54-year-old man allegedly hit the pedestrian when his truck turned left onto Kam Sheung Road at around 1.36pm the day before. The woman was knocked down and suffered an injury to her leg, with the driver fleeing the scene, according to police. ‘Suspected Hong Kong triad member arrested’ over hit-and-run incident She was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3247555/hong-kong-police-arrest-driver-over-hit-and-run-killed-77-year-old-woman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3247555/hong-kong-police-arrest-driver-over-hit-and-run-killed-77-year-old-woman?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jan 2024 05:04:33 +0000 A Hong Kong teenager is believed to have been attacked with a cleaver by his mother, who later jumped to her death from a block of flats at a public housing estate. Police on Friday said they received a call from the 17-year-old at around 11.20pm the day before to report he had been attacked by his mother in their home. Officers said the 55-year-old woman had later jumped and was discovered unconscious at the foot of the building. She was taken to Tuen Mun Hospital, where she was pronounced... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3246614/hong-kong-teenager-17-allegedly-attacked-mother-who-then-jumped-her-death-public-housing-estate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3246614/hong-kong-teenager-17-allegedly-attacked-mother-who-then-jumped-her-death-public-housing-estate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Dec 2023 04:31:00 +0000 A Hong Kong doctor was granted bail on Friday after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the Hospital Authority of more than HK$110,000 (US$14,088) by making false declarations about his overtime attendance records. Wong Man-ho, 34, a resident doctor at Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan, admitted to a single count of fraud at West Kowloon Court, according to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). Magistrate Jason Wan Siu-ming adjourned the defendant’s sentencing until January 17 next... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3245209/hong-kong-doctor-granted-bail-after-guilty-plea-over-faking-overtime-defraud-hospital-authority?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3245209/hong-kong-doctor-granted-bail-after-guilty-plea-over-faking-overtime-defraud-hospital-authority?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:44:26 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested 46 people in a four-day anti-triad operation launched following an assault on security guards. The suspects included an alleged high-ranking member of the Sun Yee On triad and 13 of his followers, who were taken into custody in connection with the attack against three guards who attempted to impound illegally parked cars outside a public housing estate in Tuen Mun last week. The incident happened when five men were unhappy about their impounded vehicles in Shan... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3239675/hong-kong-police-arrest-46-people-anti-triad-operation-triggered-attack-security-guards-who-tried?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3239675/hong-kong-police-arrest-46-people-anti-triad-operation-triggered-attack-security-guards-who-tried?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:29:44 +0000 The drivers of two light rail trains have been suspended from duty following a collision during the Friday evening rush hour in Tin Shui Wai near the border with mainland China that left 24 passengers injured. The Yau Oi-bound train 751 ran into train 761P headed for Yuen Long at around 7pm near at the Hang Mei Tsuen stop in the New Territories. Rail operator MTR Corporation said a train driver stopped right after the collision and notified the control centre to alert police. “The company will... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3239487/2-hong-kong-light-rail-trains-collide-evening-rush-hour-injuring-25-passengers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3239487/2-hong-kong-light-rail-trains-collide-evening-rush-hour-injuring-25-passengers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:57:33 +0000 Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority chief has warned of an impending surge in flu cases, noting it will be the city’s first winter without the mandatory mask-wearing policy enacted during the Covid-19 pandemic and residents’ immunity has weakened. Authority chief executive Tony Ko Pat-sing made the prediction on Sunday after the Department of Health said it was investigating two cases of severe influenza A infection, including one involving a 16-year-old boy who was found unconscious two days after... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3238800/hong-kongs-hospital-authority-chief-warns-surge-flu-cases-city-enters-first-winter-season-without?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3238800/hong-kongs-hospital-authority-chief-warns-surge-flu-cases-city-enters-first-winter-season-without?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:46:07 +0000