https://www.scmp.com/rss/519814/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jiang Chuqin Jiang Chuqin Flu cases in Hong Kong are likely to rise as temperatures start to dip, health authorities have warned, with the government stepping up efforts to get more toddlers vaccinated. The Hospital Authority said it would launch its seasonal influenza vaccination programmes on Thursday, including special outreach projects targeting schools and residential care homes. The latest list of venues offering seasonal flu jabs will also include 16 district health centres. From 9am on Wednesday, families can... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3279492/hongkongers-urged-get-flu-jabs-experts-warn-cases-likely-surge-when-mercury-drops?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3279492/hongkongers-urged-get-flu-jabs-experts-warn-cases-likely-surge-when-mercury-drops?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Sep 2024 23:30:18 +0000 A group of about 50 migrant workers embroiled in a pay dispute with a middleman will be back on site on Thursday at a public hospital project in Hong Kong after authorities intervened. The case unfolded on Monday when about 30 plasterers from mainland China protested outside the construction site at United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, saying their management company in Shenzhen had charged exorbitant intermediary fees and other costs. They were allegedly later fired by the mainland company,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3278136/migrant-workers-will-be-back-hong-kong-site-after-authorities-intervene-pay-dispute?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3278136/migrant-workers-will-be-back-hong-kong-site-after-authorities-intervene-pay-dispute?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:59:14 +0000 A group of migrant workers tied to a Hong Kong Hospital Authority project have filed a report to police across the border after they were fired and allegedly had their wages docked by a mainland Chinese firm, a labour union has said. Chiu Kin-keung, vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union, said on Tuesday a subcontractor for the United Christian Hospital expansion project in Kwun Tong had resolved payment for about 50 imported workers on Monday, after a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3277937/migrant-workers-seek-mainland-police-help-over-firings-docked-wages-hong-kong-union?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3277937/migrant-workers-seek-mainland-police-help-over-firings-docked-wages-hong-kong-union?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:33:44 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 66-year-old minibus driver after his vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian outside a shopping centre. Police said the vehicle hit the female pedestrian, 47, as it turned off Lung Poon Road into a minibus terminal at the Plaza Hollywood shopping centre in Diamond Hill at around 10.55am on Wednesday. The woman suffered multiple injuries and was taken unconscious to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, where she was pronounced dead just before 1pm. A police... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3276234/hong-kong-woman-dies-after-being-hit-minibus-outside-shopping-centre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3276234/hong-kong-woman-dies-after-being-hit-minibus-outside-shopping-centre?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:50:15 +0000 A group of more than 10 knife-wielding assailants stormed a Hong Kong party room and tied up four visitors from mainland China and Taiwan, robbing them and forcing one to transfer HK$110,000 (US$12,830) during a four-hour ordeal on Wednesday morning. A source familiar with the case said the attackers stole valuables and several hundred dollars of cash from the victims – all men aged 28 to 33. The insider said a citywide search was still under way as of midday. The tourists – three from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3273559/knife-wielding-gang-ties-4-tourists-hong-kong-party-room-steals-hk110000?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3273559/knife-wielding-gang-ties-4-tourists-hong-kong-party-room-steals-hk110000?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:24:54 +0000 Two people were injured outside a construction site at a Hong Kong public hospital in Kwun Tong after a water pipe burst during an amber rainstorm warning on Saturday morning, flooding a road and leaving passers-by stranded. The Transport Department said part of the Shun Lee Estate-bound lanes of Sau Mau Ping Road and the slow lane of Hip Wo Street in the direction of Kwun Tong Road remained closed to traffic as of 9pm. Police received reports at around 9am that a water pipe had burst with about... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3272139/2-hurt-near-hong-kong-public-hospital-construction-site-after-water-pipe-bursts-road-floods?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3272139/2-hurt-near-hong-kong-public-hospital-construction-site-after-water-pipe-bursts-road-floods?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jul 2024 09:47:16 +0000 Hong Kong needs a new “high quality” medical school that will have a “positive impact” on healthcare talent and innovation, the city’s health minister has said after three city universities started a race to tackle a staffing shortfall in the profession. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau on Saturday said the new medical school must be fully prepared and ensure students would fulfil the standards of the city’s licensing council. “Setting up the third medical school will have a positive impact on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3272128/hong-kong-must-establish-high-quality-new-medical-school-train-top-talent-health-chief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3272128/hong-kong-must-establish-high-quality-new-medical-school-train-top-talent-health-chief?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jul 2024 07:36:54 +0000 “Six workers plummeted seven floors to their death yesterday when the cable of a construction lift snapped,” reported the South China Morning Post on July 23, 1979. “The victims – all men – were taking the lift up to the roof of a Telford Gardens block under construction above the Mass Transit Railway depot in Ngau Tau Kok when the accident occurred about 4.30pm. “Site workers reported that the six were all trapped in the lift when it landed on the base of a 12-storey-high lift derrick. “‘They... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3271780/telford-gardens-tragedy-1979-six-construction-workers-died-when-cable-their-lift-snapped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3271780/telford-gardens-tragedy-1979-six-construction-workers-died-when-cable-their-lift-snapped?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:15:10 +0000 Two Hong Kong public hospital doctors have failed to recover legal costs of an abandoned manslaughter case in which they were held liable for a liver patient’s death in 2017. Eastern Court on Thursday found Lam Chi-kwan and Chan Siu-kim had brought suspicion upon themselves by failing to prescribe an antiviral drug to hepatitis B carrier Tang Kwai-sze while she was undergoing steroid treatment. Deputy Magistrate Leona Chan Pui-man said the pair had breached their duty of care for the deceased by... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270959/2-hong-kong-doctors-fail-recoup-legal-costs-abandoned-manslaughter-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270959/2-hong-kong-doctors-fail-recoup-legal-costs-abandoned-manslaughter-case?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:57:16 +0000 Emergency responders mounted a joint effort to rescue a 77-year-old man who fell out of a flat window while putting up laundry and was left hanging upside down for nearly half an hour in Hong Kong on Friday. Police were alerted at 3.13pm by a resident of Tsui Lau House in Tsui Ping North Estate, who heard a man crying for help while hanging out of the window with a foot caught on the laundry rack. Officers said the caller rushed to the man’s aid, holding his right foot while waiting for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3270307/hong-kong-man-77-rescued-after-falling-window-dangling-upside-down-30-minutes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3270307/hong-kong-man-77-rescued-after-falling-window-dangling-upside-down-30-minutes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:12:48 +0000 A truck driver in Hong Kong had a narrow escape at a wholesale fish market on Tuesday, after he accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal and drove his vehicle into the sea. A police spokesman said the truck, with the 44-year-old man behind the wheel, plunged into the waters near the Kwun Tong Wholesale Fish Market on Tung Yuen Street in Yau Tong at 7.21am. “The driver was able to get out of the truck and swim ashore,” the spokesman said. The force said the driver passed a breathalyser test,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3268826/hong-kong-delivery-driver-drives-truck-sea-wholesale-fish-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3268826/hong-kong-delivery-driver-drives-truck-sea-wholesale-fish-market?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2024 06:02:10 +0000 A 22-year-old Hongkonger was attacked with a pocket knife after he asked a 48-year-old man to stop smoking at a minibus terminus in a dispute that left both of them injured. Police received a report shortly before 10.30pm on Tuesday that the pair were arguing outside exit A2 of Choi Hung MTR station and that the older man attacked the younger. The two men got into an argument after the younger man asked the other to stop smoking, the Post learned on Wednesday. The smoker then attacked the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3268076/hongkonger-attacked-knife-outside-mtr-station-after-dispute-over-smoking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3268076/hongkonger-attacked-knife-outside-mtr-station-after-dispute-over-smoking?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jun 2024 05:03:52 +0000 A leading infectious disease expert from Hong Kong has told how his childhood fascination with animals and even astronomy helped him become a top microbiologist, as he looks back on his life in a soon-to-be-released autobiography. My Life in Medicine: A Hong Kong Journey is to be published in mid-July, with the English-language book delving into the life of Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, 67, covering his early years all the way up to his work as a government adviser during the Covid-19... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3266807/hong-kongs-yuen-kwok-yung-shares-his-journey-becoming-top-disease-expert-new-book?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3266807/hong-kongs-yuen-kwok-yung-shares-his-journey-becoming-top-disease-expert-new-book?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Jun 2024 01:00:23 +0000 A Hong Kong man said to be armed with a knife was arrested on suspicion of injuring two people in an attack at a shopping centre in Kowloon on Thursday. Emergency personnel raced to Kai Tin Shopping Centre on Kai Tin Road in Lam Tin after police were alerted to the incident by several calls at around 1.21pm. The two injured men, aged 25 and 48, were workers at a vegetable stall in a market on the ground floor of the shopping centre and they did not know the 19-year-old suspect, according to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3263769/hong-kong-man-arrested-after-2-injured-knife-attack-shopping-centre-just-18-hours-after-another?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3263769/hong-kong-man-arrested-after-2-injured-knife-attack-shopping-centre-just-18-hours-after-another?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2024 07:15:45 +0000 Hong Kong police are searching for at least two men after a knife attack on a suspected triad member in the early hours of Monday. A 51-year-old man, a suspected 14K triad member, was injured after he left his car in a Wong Tai Sin car park, a source familiar with the case said. The insider added that officers were investigating whether a dispute between a Wo Shing Wo triad gang and its rival 14K group on Minden Row in Tsim Sha Tsui last month sparked the attack. “Two knifemen suddenly turned up... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3263337/hong-kong-police-conduct-manhunt-2-assailants-linked-knife-attack-suspected-triad-member?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3263337/hong-kong-police-conduct-manhunt-2-assailants-linked-knife-attack-suspected-triad-member?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 May 2024 07:15:23 +0000 The plight of a hepatitis B patient who became seriously ill after a medical blunder and died despite two liver transplants touched the hearts of Hong Kong people. The death of Tang Kwai-sze in 2017 also raised many questions concerning the state of the public health system. A coroner’s inquest concluded last week, with a jury returning a verdict of death by misadventure. Lessons need to be learned so that similar tragedies do not occur. Tang was treated for kidney disease at United Christian... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3262703/death-hong-kong-hepatitis-b-sufferer-reminder-put-patient-safety-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3262703/death-hong-kong-hepatitis-b-sufferer-reminder-put-patient-safety-first?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 May 2024 23:45:10 +0000 A 76-year-old man has been charged with one count of wounding after he allegedly threw two plastic bottles containing acid out of the window of a Hong Kong public housing flat, injuring an elderly passer-by. Police said on Thursday that the two bottles containing what appeared to be drain cleaner fell from Hon Pak House at Wan Ho Estate in Kwun Tong at around 1.23pm on Tuesday. The 73-year-old pedestrian was splashed with the acid on her neck and hands and was rushed to United Christian... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3261195/hong-kong-police-charge-man-76-over-allegedly-wounding-elderly-passer-after-throwing-2-acid-bottles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3261195/hong-kong-police-charge-man-76-over-allegedly-wounding-elderly-passer-after-throwing-2-acid-bottles?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 May 2024 09:05:27 +0000 A Hong Kong public hospital specialist linked to the high-profile death of a hepatitis B patient seven years ago has told the Coroner’s Court he only followed the prescription of the doctor who last treated the woman and did not consider using an antiviral drug usually needed for cases involving liver disease. Chan Siu-kim, a nephrologist, told the court on Tuesday that he assumed hepatitis B carrier Tang Kwai-sze had been well-informed about the consequences of not taking an immunosuppressive... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3259233/hong-kong-doctor-tells-coroners-court-he-followed-prescription-earlier-doctor-hepatitis-b-case-where?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3259233/hong-kong-doctor-tells-coroners-court-he-followed-prescription-earlier-doctor-hepatitis-b-case-where?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:39:19 +0000 A Hong Kong public hospital doctor linked to a liver disease patient’s high-profile death seven years ago told a Coroner’s Court on Monday that he did not prescribe a necessary antiviral drug during consultation because he was “distracted”. Lam Chi-kwan admitted that he failed to prescribe an antiviral drug to Tang Kwai-sze, a hepatitis B carrier, on January 20, 2017, although he did give her an immunosuppressive steroids drug. “During our consultation and prescription process, I believe I was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3259096/hong-kong-doctor-liver-patient-death-case-says-he-failed-prescribe-key-drug-he-had-been-distracted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3259096/hong-kong-doctor-liver-patient-death-case-says-he-failed-prescribe-key-drug-he-had-been-distracted?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:43:05 +0000 A Hong Kong hospital is investigating which of its staff failed to regularly monitor the vital signs of an 89-year-old patient who later died. United Christian Hospital, which is located in Kwun Tong, said on Friday that it reviewed the treatment process and found the medicine ward patient only had his blood pressure, heartbeat and blood oxygen level measured when he was admitted on February 20. The patient died two days later, despite instructions for his vital signs to be measured every four... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3253877/hong-kong-hospital-reviews-conduct-staff-after-patient-89-dies-amid-lack-vital-sign-checks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3253877/hong-kong-hospital-reviews-conduct-staff-after-patient-89-dies-amid-lack-vital-sign-checks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:11:11 +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 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 Hong Kong’s construction sector must improve its safety culture among workers to enhance risk management and precautionary measures as tougher punishments have failed to reduce the number of fatal industrial accidents, an industry leader has said. Thomas Ho On-sing, chairman of the Construction Industry Council, on Saturday said 70 to 80 per cent of fatal industrial accidents this year had been caused by the mentality and habits of frontline management staff and workers. “We did some analysis on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3246740/hong-kongs-construction-industry-must-improve-safety-culture-among-workers-reduce-deaths-industry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3246740/hong-kongs-construction-industry-must-improve-safety-culture-among-workers-reduce-deaths-industry?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Dec 2023 04:43:48 +0000 A contractor has apologised over a Hong Kong hospital safety scare involving an operating theatre light that crashed down and injured a worker, with the firm vowing improvements after authorities told it to publicly address the incident and cover all losses and expenses. “Our company would like to express sincere apologies to our customer, the [Hospital Authority], for all the inconvenience caused by the incident,” medical technology firm Getinge said in a statement published in several... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3243974/hong-kong-hospital-authority-orders-contractor-embroiled-surgical-light-safety-scare-apologise-cover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3243974/hong-kong-hospital-authority-orders-contractor-embroiled-surgical-light-safety-scare-apologise-cover?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:59:17 +0000 The mother of two intellectually disabled brothers found dead in their flat in September died last month, Hong Kong health authorities on Wednesday said. A Hospital Authority spokesman said the woman had been transferred from Kowloon Hospital to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, but her condition continued to deteriorate and she died on the morning of October 21. “The authority expressed its deepest condolences to the family of the patient,” he said. “A medical social worker will continue... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3239918/hong-kong-mother-died-month-after-2-intellectually-disabled-sons-found-dead-flat-health-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3239918/hong-kong-mother-died-month-after-2-intellectually-disabled-sons-found-dead-flat-health-authorities?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Nov 2023 05:02:32 +0000 Five people were injured in a collision between a Mercedes-Benz and a minibus in Hong Kong on Thursday morning. The crash occurred on Sin Fat Road outside private housing estate Laguna City in Kwun Tong just after 11am. A source familiar with the case said the car crossed into the opposite lane and slammed into a minibus which had pulled over at a stop. 1 dead, 2 hurt after van crosses lanes, crashes into Hong Kong bus The front of the Mercedes-Benz was seriously damaged in the incident. Its... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3238462/5-injured-collision-between-mercedes-benz-and-hong-kong-minibus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3238462/5-injured-collision-between-mercedes-benz-and-hong-kong-minibus?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Oct 2023 05:07:48 +0000 Most non-locally trained doctors recruited recently to help ease a manpower crunch in Hong Kong’s public healthcare system are at a junior level, the Hospital Authority’s boss has revealed. Authority chairman Henry Fan Hung-ling also said some healthcare professionals who were heading to the Greater Bay Area on exchanges would stay there for weeks only due to the serious staff shortages. Fan, who was giving a rundown on the latest staffing situation in public hospitals following an authority... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3235387/doctors-recently-recruited-overseas-hong-kongs-stretched-public-hospitals-mostly-junior-level?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3235387/doctors-recently-recruited-overseas-hong-kongs-stretched-public-hospitals-mostly-junior-level?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:09:25 +0000 A Hong Kong bus driver has been arrested after allegedly knocking down a colleague at a depot who later died in hospital on Thursday. The 49-year-old victim was found unconscious on the rooftop of the KMB depot on Lam Wah Street in Kowloon Bay at about 7.20am. Investigators suspect he was hit by the other driver, aged 45, shortly before 5am. The victim suffered serious injuries to his head and legs and was sent to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, where he was pronounced dead at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3233663/hong-kong-bus-driver-succumbs-injuries-after-suspected-accident-kmb-depot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3233663/hong-kong-bus-driver-succumbs-injuries-after-suspected-accident-kmb-depot?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Sep 2023 01:24:17 +0000 A 51-year-old Hong Kong woman has been charged with murder over the death of her elderly neighbour after a fight broke out in a health centre toilet earlier this week. Police on Friday said the charge was laid a day earlier, after the younger woman was arrested on suspicion of killing her neighbour, a 79-year-old woman, following the incident at Kwun Tong Community Health Centre just before 3pm on Wednesday. The case will be heard at Kwun Tong Court, the force added. Police earlier said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3233047/hong-kong-woman-charged-murder-over-death-elderly-neighbour-health-centre-toilet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3233047/hong-kong-woman-charged-murder-over-death-elderly-neighbour-health-centre-toilet?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:08:28 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a middle-aged woman on suspicion of killing her elderly neighbour after a fight broke out in a health centre toilet. The incident at Kwun Tong Community Health Centre on Hip Wo Street occurred just before 3pm on Wednesday. Assistant Kwun Tong district commander Tong Kam-wai said an investigation suggested the two women, aged 51 and 79, knew each other and the suspect had taken the older one to the general outpatient clinic to see a doctor. The women lived alone in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3232824/hong-kong-woman-70-dies-after-fight-another-female-kwun-tong-health-centre-toilet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3232824/hong-kong-woman-70-dies-after-fight-another-female-kwun-tong-health-centre-toilet?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:07:20 +0000 Hong Kong’s justice department has dropped a high-profile manslaughter case against two public hospital doctors linked to a liver patient’s death six years ago, saying the charges fell short of criminal prosecution standards. Prosecutors told Eastern Court on Tuesday they had decided to withdraw the arraignment after careful consideration of the Prosecution Code, but did not explain further. Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui Yee-mei granted the request, paving the way for separate inquest... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3232677/hong-kongs-justice-department-drops-manslaughter-case-against-2-doctors-linked-liver-patients-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3232677/hong-kongs-justice-department-drops-manslaughter-case-against-2-doctors-linked-liver-patients-death?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:39:46 +0000 A Hong Kong driver died and four passengers were injured, with two in critical condition, after his car crashed into a road divider at a roundabout in Yau Tong on Wednesday morning. The black Lexus was heading towards the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel along Cha Kwo Ling Road when it slammed into the median barrier at around 6am. According to surveillance video circulating on social media purportedly showing the incident, the car did not appear to brake before the collision and parts of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231238/hong-kong-driver-21-dies-4-passengers-injured-after-car-slams-road-divider?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3231238/hong-kong-driver-21-dies-4-passengers-injured-after-car-slams-road-divider?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:44:22 +0000 The operator of a Hong Kong trampoline park has vowed to improve safety measures after a teenager was injured in a collision with another youth, as a sports expert called for authorities to step up regulations at commercial venues offering such activities. A spokeswoman for Ryze Ultimate Trampoline Park on Wednesday said staff were investigating the cause of the accident, a day after a 17-year-old teen suffered a head injury when he collided with a 14-year-old boy. “As we delve deeper into this... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231231/hong-kong-teen-17-suffers-serious-head-injuries-after-colliding-another-participant-trampoline-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3231231/hong-kong-teen-17-suffers-serious-head-injuries-after-colliding-another-participant-trampoline-park?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:17:15 +0000 A Hong Kong worker lost consciousness and six of his colleagues complained of feeling ill in a confined basement area at a construction site during a heat alert on Friday. Emergency services attended the Shing Fung Road site near the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal soon after 1pm after a report of workers suffering heatstroke. A source familiar with the case said the seven labourers, all men, felt unwell while working in the site’s basement. He added the area they were working in measured about 100 sq... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229278/hong-kong-construction-worker-loses-consciousness-6-others-complain-feeling-unwell-100-sq-ft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3229278/hong-kong-construction-worker-loses-consciousness-6-others-complain-feeling-unwell-100-sq-ft?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:04:07 +0000 A Hong Kong minibus driver, 26, has been arrested after his vehicle knocked down and killed an elderly woman in a busy district in the city. Police on Saturday said the incident happened at 11pm the night before on Wai Yip Street in Ngau Tau Kok towards Mong Kok, near the Kai Fuk Road flyover. The minibus hit a 65-year-old woman, who sustained serious leg injuries and was rushed unconscious to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong. She was certified dead at 11.54pm. 7 injured in crash between... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226213/hong-kong-minibus-driver-26-arrested-after-vehicle-knocks-down-and-kills-elderly-woman-ngau-tau-kok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3226213/hong-kong-minibus-driver-26-arrested-after-vehicle-knocks-down-and-kills-elderly-woman-ngau-tau-kok?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Jul 2023 05:36:04 +0000 Hong Kong police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of slashing his former supervisor on her arms and legs in a pedestrian underpass near a railway station hours after he was sacked last week. The man, who worked at a vegetable stall in Ngai Chi Wan Market in Choi Hung, allegedly carried out the attack after being laid off by the victim – a 43-year-old woman – on Thursday, the force on Monday said. “It is not a random attack. The victim and the suspect know each other. The victim is a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223830/hong-kong-police-arrest-27-year-old-man-connection-knife-attack-former-boss-pedestrian-underpass?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223830/hong-kong-police-arrest-27-year-old-man-connection-knife-attack-former-boss-pedestrian-underpass?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:40:36 +0000 A business dispute between two stall operators at a Hong Kong public market could have been the motive behind a knife attack in which a shop manager was slashed along her back and limbs in a pedestrian underpass on Thursday, the Post has learned. According to police, the 1.65-metre (5.4-foot) tall attacker, a man in his 30s, was still at large as of 9.30pm on Friday. A source familiar with the case said the assailant was suspected of being a triad member who had been paid to carry out the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223534/knife-attack-hong-kong-stall-manager-could-have-been-motivated-business-dispute-public-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223534/knife-attack-hong-kong-stall-manager-could-have-been-motivated-business-dispute-public-market?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:01:02 +0000 A woman has been stabbed in a knife attack by a stranger near a railway station in Hong Kong, sustaining non-life-threatening wounds to her back and limbs. The victim, 43, was on her way home when she was attacked in a pedestrian underpass connected to Choi Hung MTR station exit C in Wong Tai Sin at about 7.40pm on Thursday. A source said early investigations showed that the woman had no known connection to the attacker. Police are still hunting for the man, aged in his 30s to 40s. The incident... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223451/hong-kong-woman-stabbed-stranger-pedestrian-underpass-near-railway-station?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3223451/hong-kong-woman-stabbed-stranger-pedestrian-underpass-near-railway-station?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:43:30 +0000 A Hong Kong man who allegedly stabbed two women to death in a shopping centre has been charged with two counts of murder and is due in court on Monday, police have said. The force on Sunday said the suspect, a 39-year-old jobless man, was scheduled to appear at Kwun Tong Court in the morning. The Post earlier learned the two victims lived about 300 metres (984 feet) from the village house where some of the remains of model Abby Choi Tin-fung were found. Sources said the women, thought to be a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222887/hong-kong-mall-murders-2-victims-brutal-knife-attack-lived-just-300-metres-abby-choi-village-house?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222887/hong-kong-mall-murders-2-victims-brutal-knife-attack-lived-just-300-metres-abby-choi-village-house?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jun 2023 03:43:21 +0000 Hongkongers have been left reeling by the brutal murder of two women in broad daylight at a shopping centre, with authorities vowing to uphold law and order amid widespread concerns over public safety. The suspect behind Friday’s stabbings at Plaza Hollywood mall, a 39-year-old man, was subdued at the scene by police and taken away for questioning, with the case later being classified as murder. The stabbings follow a series of unrelated gruesome attacks in recent months. The Post breaks down... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222842/hong-kong-shocked-brutal-double-daylight-murder-shopping-mall-post-breaks-down-what-you-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222842/hong-kong-shocked-brutal-double-daylight-murder-shopping-mall-post-breaks-down-what-you-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jun 2023 06:47:58 +0000 Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to review the city’s mental health services after two women were stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a man who sources say was just days away from an appointment at a public clinic to manage his schizophrenia. After extending his condolences to the victim’s families on Saturday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu outlined four follow-up measures that disciplined services, health and welfare officials would take, while stressing the incident was an “individual... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222835/hong-kong-mall-murders-city-leader-expresses-sadness-over-fatal-stabbing-stresses-incident?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222835/hong-kong-mall-murders-city-leader-expresses-sadness-over-fatal-stabbing-stresses-incident?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:54:36 +0000 Two women were stabbed to death in a shocking, seemingly random knife rampage at a Hong Kong shopping centre on Friday, before the man who attacked them was subdued and arrested when police arrived. The assailant and the victims did not appear to know each other, according to Eileen Chung Lai-yee, a senior superintendent from police’s Kowloon East regional headquarters, who said their preliminary investigation had found “no concrete evidence” suggesting the two dead women had any ties to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222777/two-shoppers-left-unconscious-knife-attack-hong-kong-mall-alleged-assailant-subdued?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3222777/two-shoppers-left-unconscious-knife-attack-hong-kong-mall-alleged-assailant-subdued?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:17:01 +0000 Hong Kong public hospitals will be advised by a panel of experts to incorporate technology into building inspections and check facilities more frequently, following repeat incidents of falling objects earlier this year, the Post has learned. A source familiar with the situation said on Monday the committee, which was established in March, would submit its recommendations to the Hospital Authority on Thursday. The committee, comprising six experts in fields such as surveying, engineering and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3221451/hong-kong-hospital-facilities-need-intensive-care-more-safety-checks-boost-technology-use-expert?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3221451/hong-kong-hospital-facilities-need-intensive-care-more-safety-checks-boost-technology-use-expert?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 May 2023 14:10:23 +0000 Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has stepped up efforts to ease the burden on its facilities from rising Covid-19 infections, but noted that flu cases had already peaked and were on the decline. The measures included opening another ward at an infection control centre, transferring stable patients to private hospitals, and adding manpower and beds as needed. “We noticed that for influenza, the number of cases has risen sharply in the past few weeks, but it seems over the past week it has already... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220100/coronavirus-hong-kongs-hospital-authority-steps-efforts-ease-burden-its-facilities-says-flu-cases?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220100/coronavirus-hong-kongs-hospital-authority-steps-efforts-ease-burden-its-facilities-says-flu-cases?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 2023 12:05:22 +0000 Some cancer survivors at Hong Kong’s public hospitals and clinics will be able to seek follow-up consultations from private practitioners at subsidised rates from next year, as part of an effort to shorten the queue for specialist care, health authorities have said. The initiative, expected to cover lymphoma patients first, is among more than a dozen public-private partnership schemes rolled out by the Hospital Authority in recent years to alleviate the healthcare burden against the backdrop of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3218943/eligible-hong-kong-cancer-survivors-able-seek-follow-consultations-private-practitioners-subsidised?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3218943/eligible-hong-kong-cancer-survivors-able-seek-follow-consultations-private-practitioners-subsidised?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:19 +0000 Hong Kong’s public hospitals have announced a raft of measures and technological improvements aimed at ensuring patient safety after the death of a woman who was found unconscious in a toilet as she waited for medical care, prompting the city’s health minister to express regret over the incident. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau offered his condolences two days after the 58-year-old chronically ill woman was found unconscious in a toilet for disabled people at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3217563/hong-kong-health-chief-expresses-regrets-over-death-woman-found-public-hospital-toilet-says-long?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3217563/hong-kong-health-chief-expresses-regrets-over-death-woman-found-public-hospital-toilet-says-long?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:14:20 +0000 Hong Kong police have launched a hunt for a taxi driver accused of switching lanes carelessly and causing a five-vehicle pile-up near Tseung Kwan O Tunnel that left 93 people injured. A third of the casualties in the Friday accident were primary school children on a class trip. The ages of those hurt ranged from eight years to 84. One man was in serious condition at United Christian Hospital while 43 were listed as stable in eight hospitals on Friday evening. The accident happened when the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3214695/75-people-injured-5-vehicle-pile-near-hong-kongs-tseung-kwan-o-tunnel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3214695/75-people-injured-5-vehicle-pile-near-hong-kongs-tseung-kwan-o-tunnel?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Mar 2023 06:17:44 +0000 Hong Kong’s ageing hospitals face maintenance challenges as most buildings were constructed more than 30 years ago, authorities have conceded, with safety at the institutions recently called into question following repeated reports of falling items. Dr Tony Ko Pat-sing, chief executive of the Hospital Authority, on Thursday said that the organisation’s board had recommended three criteria for determining whether a building safety incident should be revealed to the public. They were: whether a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3214632/hong-kongs-hospital-authority-admits-maintenance-tough-most-buildings-more-30-years-old-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3214632/hong-kongs-hospital-authority-admits-maintenance-tough-most-buildings-more-30-years-old-after?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:27:59 +0000 A recent spate of falling items in Hong Kong’s public hospitals should serve as a wake-up call for the government and public institutions to review the safety of their buildings and their maintenance plans, industry experts have said. Veteran structural engineer Ngai Hok-yan told the Post on Saturday authorities should inspect their facilities and make necessary repairs to prevent more mishaps. “The incidents in public hospitals have sounded an alarm to the government and other public... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3214025/experts-call-hong-kong-government-take-falling-objects-hospitals-wake-call-review-safety-all?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3214025/experts-call-hong-kong-government-take-falling-objects-hospitals-wake-call-review-safety-all?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:00:45 +0000