- The number of deaths from the fifth-level fire in Hongfu Court, Tai Po has increased to 160. The police took samples of different parts of the remains that had been removed from the scene earlie…
- The second-hand property market has continued to rebound recently, and even the Tuen Mun Sao Guan Hu An, which has repeatedly recorded second-hand losses, has rarely recorded short-term speculat…
- Our mascot derives from the Chinese expression “to point at a deer and call it a horse” – which refers to being deceptive for ill gain. HKFP will always call a deer a deer, and now you can own a…
- After the United States released a new version of the National Security Strategy last week warning that Europe will face the "death of civilization", President Trump criticized Europe for "decay…
- Cecilia Cheung was sued by former manager Yu Yuxing for breach of contract and filed a claim for at least 12.76 million yuan, and the case was filed in the High Court yesterday. Cecilia Cheung's…
- Stocks on Wall Street were mostly down on Monday as investors avoided risks ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting, which may yield clues as to the direction of interest rates in the comin…
- The 2025 Legislative Council General Election was held today (7 December), and the Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Mr Justice Luk Kai-hong, appealed to voters to vote enthusiastica…
- The United States earlier tightened the export of high-end AI chips to China on the grounds of national security, restricting the flow of top chips such as H100 and Blackwell into China to avoid…
- White House Chief Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett, who is a popular candidate for the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, said that interest rates are likely to be cut next week, and the m…
- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara yesterday refuted China's claim that "Self-Defense Force aircraft interfered with the flight of Chinese military aircraft" and emphasized that "Sel…
- On December 6, local time, in the 15th round of the Premier League, the "dark horse" Aston Villa defeated the "leader" Arsenal 2:1 at home; Manchester City beat Sunderland 3:0 at home. As the bu…
- Lin Jun1, a singing instructor who participated in "The Voice of Middle-Aged", was accused of touching the lower body of a 15-year-old male student on the grounds of checking his body during cla…
- The National Security Department of the Police announced today (6th) that for the first time, a person who was invited to assist in the investigation was arrested for the first time under Sectio…
- JD.com (9618) issued a press release yesterday confirming that JD.com's holding investment entity purchased 50% of the interests of the Central Construction Bank Building held by Lixin Developme…
- The Observatory said that the northeast monsoon was affecting Guangdong. In Hong Kong, due to clear skies and weak winds, radiative cooling was more obvious in some parts of the New Territories …
- 🔸 High Court►093014 Judge Cheng Wai-hwa was dissatisfied with being delisted by the Buildings Department and then delisted after being delisted by the Buildings Department and then appealed|Not…
- An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White House said on Thursday, as fears mount of open conflict between the two…
- Scaffolding nets must be sampled on-site and pass safety tests by designated laboratories before they can be installed on building facades in future, the government announced on Thursday, as aut…
- The UK property market stabilized in November, and the average UK property price in November recently announced by Halifax, one of the UK's two major mortgage lenders, remained at nearly 3,010,0…
- Firefighter Ho Wai-ho, who died in the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, was posthumously awarded the honorary title of Fire Brigade Leader by the Fire Services Department today (11 February) in…
- Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as reporting that more than 10 holders of Vanke (2202) (SZ:000002) bonds participated in a 30-minute telephone meeting with Vanke representatives…
- After the Grade 5 fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the Government set up a "Working Group on Emergency Accommodation Arrangements" led by Deputy Financial Secretary Wong Wai-lun to be responsib…
- Today (December 7) is the voting day for the general election of the Legislative Council, and Chief Executive John Lee and his wife Lin Lichan went to vote early in the morning. John Lee once ag…
- In October 2023, the damage to the submarine gas pipeline and cable between Finland and Estonia attracted international attention. After investigation, the Finnish authorities said that it was s…
- Despite the pressure from the Trump administration in the United States to stop importing oil from Moscow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statem…
- Australia's new law restricting the use of the top 10 social media accounts by teenagers under the age of 16 officially came into effect yesterday, setting a global precedent. A closer look at t…
- Our mascot derives from the Chinese expression “to point at a deer and call it a horse” – which refers to being deceptive for ill gain. HKFP will always call a deer a deer, and now you can own a…
- A 28-year-old Pakistani male auxiliary police officer was charged with one count of common assault on suspicion of assaulting his wife at a unit in Tsz Lok Village, Wong Tai Sin, and the case wa…
- The Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing, announced that a one-off special subsidy of $100,000 will be disbursed to the owners of each unit in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po. In…
- Two former HKBU Students' Union members, Chan Chun-chun and Weng Pik-ki and a man, Chu Wan Sun, were accused of defrauding the HKBU Students' Union in the name of reimbursement between May 2023 …
- Following He Weidong, former member of the Communist Party of China and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Miao Hua, the second confidant of Xi's army, former member of the Ce…
- The trial of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Media, and three related companies of Apple Daily was accused of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious publica…
- The head of Hong Kong's first traditional Chinese medicine hospital has vowed to improve dispensing services after complaints of a long wait at the pharmacy from patients on opening day. The fac…
- US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of bei…
- In the second case of the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance, five of the eight defendants were found not guilty of all charges, including Ho Pui-yan. According to the latest website of the Court of Final…
- The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Sun Yuk-han, said that there are currently 1,900 registered households of the "One Social Worker" to support the victims of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, and…
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- A tram approached the West Kennedy Town swimming pool on Des Voeux Road last year, knocking down four people suspected of running a red light, among which a 3-year-old girl held by her grandfath…
- A 23-year-old man was involved in the use of illegal radio jammers, i.e. "pseudo-base stations", to send phishing messages pretending to be Alipay to nearby residents. The defendant pleaded guil…
- A 36-year-old mainland woman holding a two-way permit was involved in falsely claiming to have graduated from Monash University in Australia last year and applied to come to Hong Kong through th…
- The Hospital Authority (HA) has reported a suspected case of forgery involving a calibration certificate for vibration sensors used in a hospital construction project. According to the authority…
- President Xi Jinping personally accompanied French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Dujiangyan in Chengdu, Sichuan Province yesterday, to visit the 2,000-year-old water conservancy project, vi…
- Chinese Communist Party spokesman Lin Jian claimed on December 2 that Honduras has launched "fruitful cooperation" with Beijing since severing diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2023. As soon a…
- Eight men were involved in falsely claiming to hold driving licences from recognized countries and deceiving the Transport Department into granting them exemption from taking local driving tests…
- Police said on Tuesday they were investigating six reports that some housing estates had used falsified documents for scaffold nets installed during maintenance works. The estates are Baguio Vil…
- The Transport Department announced yesterday that the "Guangdong Vehicle Southbound" (urban part of entry) began accepting applications for eligible Guangdong private cars the day before yesterd…
- On December 10, the SCO Development Group (Almadgroup), founded by Zheng Zhigang, announced its official entry into the Middle East and North Africa market, reaching a landmark strategic coopera…
- The EPD said that it is launching an investigation into the oil pollution incident in the Tin Shui Wai nullah and is initially suspected to involve an illegal petrol filling station. Following a…
- In response to the Grade 5 fire at Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, the Advisory Committee on Mental Health today (11 February) announced the launch of a one-year "Watch & Walk" support programme for ber…
- Executive Councillor Lam Ching-choi on Saturday said the government would ensure that victims of the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po – especially those who lost loved ones – receive urgent mental-…
- A number of incumbent senior lawmakers are not running for re-election and intend to "hand over the baton", among which Zhuang Haofeng won the seat in the Northwest New Territories with 34,756 v…
- Nobel officials cancelled a press conference with Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado in Oslo on Tuesday, as it was unclear where the Venezuelan opposition leader was and whether she would…
- A level 5 fire broke out in Hung Fook Court on November 26, killing 159 people. After the accident, the adjacent Kwong Fuk Sitting-out Area has been visited by members of the public to pay their…
- In May 2022, a scaffolding worker fell to his death when the safety rope broke while setting up a scaffolding on the exterior wall of the 6th floor of an old building on Wu Chung Street in Yau M…
- Fitch Ratings released its sovereign rating outlook for Greater China next year, believing that the outlook will deteriorate, mainly reflecting the expectation that Chinese mainland's GDP growth…
- The Lamma shipwreck that killed 39 people in 2012 was held in May this year after nearly 13 years, and the closing arguments were completed in mid-September. No jury to be decided by the coroner…
- Construction Industry Council chairman Thomas Ho called on Saturday for fire safety management plans to be clearly written into all contracts involving building maintenance works to ensure that …
- Premier Li Qiang has called for greater mutual opening up among markets, and avoiding politicising and overstretching the concept of security in economic and trade issues. Li made the remarks on…
- The HKTDC expects Hong Kong's exports to grow by 8% to 9% year-on-year next year× mainly due to strong demand for AI-related electronics. According to the latest Export Confidence Index survey r…
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