China protests US alert over security rules change in Hong Kong
- 30-Mar-2026
China’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has met the senior U.S. diplomat in the city to protest against a U.S. public alert over new security rules in Hong Kong, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. In a statement released late on Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry’s Hong Kong office said Commissioner Cui Jianchun met U.S. Consul […]
Hong Kong Actor Lee Lung Kei Confirms Breakup with Much Younger Partner
- 31-Dec-2025
Hong Kong veteran actor Lee Lung Kei has revealed that his 14-year relationship with his much younger partner, Chris Wong, has come to an end. The 75-year-old actor said he recently discovered that Wong, 38, is married with children in mainland China, leaving him shocked and heartbroken. Lee Lung Kei became emotional as he explained […]
Hong Kong faces low election turnout as residents mourn deadly fire
- 05-Dec-2025
Turnout is expected to be low for Hong Kong’s “patriots only” legislative election on Sunday, with subdued political campaigning as the population reels from the city’s deadliest blaze in decades that has killed 159 people so far. Volunteers tentatively handed out flyers and hung banners outside subway stations and crowded intersections on Friday, but they […]
Hong Kong arrests more suspects in fire probe as death toll hits 151
- 02-Dec-2025
Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for fuelling a blaze that has claimed at least 151 lives. Police continued to sweep the seven burnt-out towers engulfed in Wednesday’s disaster at the Wang […]
Hong Kong police arrest construction firm bosses over fire; death toll hits 83
- 28-Nov-2025
Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 83 people with scores more listed as missing. Firefighters had mostly contained the blaze that tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in the northern […]
Hong Kong buildings blaze kills 55, nearly 300 missing
- 27-Nov-2025
At least 55 people were killed and nearly 300 are missing on Wednesday after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in flammable bamboo scaffolding, authorities said. Hours after the fire started in the northern Tai Po district, flames and thick smoke still engulfed the 32-storey towers where many […]
Hong Kong fire: At least 14 dead as blaze engulfs apartment buildings
- 26-Nov-2025
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Hong Kong reopens after world’s most powerful cyclone Ragasa
- 25-Sep-2025
Hong Kong resumed flights out of its international airport on Thursday after a 36-hour suspension, reopening businesses, transportation services and some schools after the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year lashed the financial hub. Ragasa brought the densely populated city to a standstill from Tuesday afternoon, after sweeping through the northern Philippines and Taiwan […]
Super Typhoon Ragasa soaks Hong Kong, death toll rises in Taiwan
- 24-Sep-2025
Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, while heavy downpours in Taiwan resulted in the deaths of 14 people. A barrier lake in Taiwan’s eastern Hualien county overflowed and sent a wall of water into a town, as heavy rains […]
Hong Kong shuts down ahead of world’s biggest typhoon this year
- 24-Sep-2025
Hong Kong shut down ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, with authorities urging people to stay at home, while most passenger flights were due to be suspended until Thursday. People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, as panic buying set in and residents stocked […]