1 year agoDatang Mountain Fire】 A large mountain fire near Yangjia Village in Yuen Long from Tang Dynasty has not been extinguished until this evening. There are still two long lines of fire on the top of the mountain.
HongKong Polytechnic University (PolyU) expects the costs of repairing campus facilities damaged by rioters during the half-month-long occupation in November could reach as much as 700 million Hong Kong dollars (about 90 million U.S. dollars)
1 year agoLegislative Council president Andrew Leung expresses "deep disappointment" that deadlocked House Committee failed to elect a new chairperson. Leung calls on members to "act in best interests of the whole community and dutifully fulfil their constitutional duties"
1 year agoHK activists Joshua Wong Chi-fung and Agnes Chow have lodged a court challenge arguing that several warrants granted to the police to search their phones and information stored at the city's Facebook office have infringed their privacy
Hong Kong police today announced a record cannabis bust - 580kg of bud from Canada. Police said Canada has become a new route since recreational legalisation in 2018, increasingly supplanting Golden Triangle grown pot as the traditional supplier to Hong Kong
First time since March 16, HK recorded a single digit daily new cases - 4 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 1005, Centre for Health Protection reported
Hong Kong Appeal court rules Hong Kong's mask ban is constitutional at unauthorised protests
Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam denies that herself & her ministers taking a 10% pay cut for a year is due to "any political situation", "we've mulled the idea ever since we started discussing the latest round of anti-epidemic relief measures"
1 year agoHong Kong govt announced the updated total cost for relief measures is HKD137.5b (USD 17.7b), expecting this year's budget deficit will soar from 4.8% to 9.5%, said Chief Executive Carrie Lam. "COVID19 poses a close-to-catastrophic threat to HK's economy."
1 year agoHong Kong has 25 new coronavirus cases, from 8 weeks old to 71 years old. 11 males, and four females. 15 have travel history, so are imported cases. 4 patients are students
1 year agoLarge fire near West Kowloon Cultural district area.
Coronavirus: police raid finds 91 Hongkongers crammed into unlicensed pub amid citywide ban on bars, public gatherings
1 year agoHong Kong's Court of Appeal will hand down the judgement on controversial anti-mask law coming Thurs PM, which will also shed light if govt can invoke emergency power under the Emergency Regulation Ordinance
There were 24 new covid19 diagnoses in Hong Kong, 18 people had traveled abroad, and 5 of them returned to Hong Kong from Peru by special plane
Hong Kong records 43 new coronavirus infections, bringing city's tally to 845
1 year agoTwo days after a PLA helicopter crashed at Tai Lam country park, CLP sent 4 engineering cars to the park to fix at least one power tower that was damaged, local media reported
All karaoke lounges, beauty centres, massage parlours, nightclubs, club houses and and mahjong premises must close in HongKong. The order quietly came into effect. just over half an hour ago
1 year agoInMedia reports that at 10:30 at Tainan St & Prince Edward Rd W, police detained dozens of reporters, forced about 30 to produce press cards & searched them. Police accused citizens of posing as reporters. Police abuse of the press has been a mainstay of protests. HKPoliceState
1 year agoA 5th person arrested tonight in Prince Edward/Mong Kok. Police have raised the blue 'unlawful assembly' flag, claim citizens have thrown debris at them & loaded their shotguns
1 year agoCouple of livestreams already running, showing the monthly memorial building at Prince Edward MTR. Last month, policemen from the adjacent police station kept coming out in ever increasing amounts of armour to tear the flowers down
Newly confirmed 42 cases in Hong Kong, 37 with travel history and 5 related to bars
To curb Covid19 spread, Hong Kong will ban public gatherings of more than 4 people, and restaurants must limit and space out diners
Coronavirus: Hong Kong finance chief says tougher steps to enforce social distancing may be coming
1 year agoHong Kong McDonald's will suspend all seatings after 6pm starting tomorrow. Only take away & delivery services
39 new diagnoses confirmed in Hong Kong, 30 have travel history, a total of 357
HongKong 'to ban all tourists' as it battles coronavirus spread. Represents enormous blow to local economy that's already been brought to its knees by months of violent anti-government protests
1 year agoPolice employed bubble tactic again and arrested 6 downstairs
1 year agoTear gas dispersed on 2054 in Yuen Long after protestors threw Molotov
1 year agoIt is a scene not seen many months in Yuen Long. Black-clad protesters have blocked streets in the district with cardboards, styrenefoam boxes and slippery detergent. So far, police presence is not heavy, but is expected to increase if the situation worsens
1 year agoAs the July 21 Yuen Long mob violence sees its anniversary today, hundreds have assembled again commemorating the incident for the 8th consecutive month. People claim that that day marked a collusion of Hong Kong police and local mobs. Many were injured that day.
