- Although the social atmosphere has been affected by the fire in Hongfu Court in Tai Po recently, with the opportunity of the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again this month, the second…
- The death toll from the deadly blaze at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court has risen to 151 as officers discovered more bodies in their search, with some found burned beyond recognition. The force began it…
- A former consultant to the owners' corporation of Wang Fuk Court has urged law enforcement officers to launch a probe into the current committee of the Tai Po residential estate, where the city'…
- There is news every year, and this year there is a lot of it. Now that it is the end of 2025, bizarre news from China is coming out one after another. A particularly popular news recently is: On…
- President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday agreed to enhance political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, promote people-to-people and cultural exchange…
- Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India on Thursday on a two-day state visit aimed at bolstering bilateral economic and military ties, as New Delhi faces heavy US pressure to stop buyi…
- Democrats in the US Congress released photos and videos on Wednesday showing the luxury island home where convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly forced underage girls into sex with pow…
- The five trustees of the fund, including Cardinal Joseph Zen, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, barrister Margaret Ng, singer Denise Ho, former associate professor of Lingnan…
- Police on Tuesday laid a holding charge of murder against a 51-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing his wife to death and setting fire to their Tuen Mun flat. Officers were called to a unit in …
- The Buildings Department (BD) inspected after the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po and found that the maintenance works of Fu Chak Garden in North Point were covered with plastic panels, and the…
- If China's the loser, HK's the winnerTranslated by Chen-t'ang 鎮棠, written by Atsuna, edited by Yeung So-san Original: http://www.passiontimes.hk/article/04-19-2015/22431 (Bloomberg) "Kong girls"…
- Two directors of On Kei Court, Ngau Tau Kok, whose engineering consultant company Hung Yi Architects Limited, is the same as Wang Fuk Court, were arrested by the ICAC for corruption earlier. The…
- The new AI large model trained by the chip has also surpassed the leader OpenAI's ChatGPT to become the first in the industry, supporting the parent company Alphabet (US: GOOGL) The stock price …
- The Chief Executive, John Lee, announced today (2nd) the establishment of an "independent committee" chaired by a judge to examine the fire, its rapid spread and related issues, stressing that "…
- On the eighth day of the Grade 5 fire at Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, starting today (3rd), the Government has arranged for residents of Wang Chi Court who were not affected by the fire to return to …
- After the Grade 5 fire broke out in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, the police recently received reports of suspected donations from people who impersonated social welfare groups or pretended to be vict…
- Female Western doctor Choi Shuk-mei was charged with "dishonestly accessing a computer with the intention of deception" on the grounds of "vaccine phobia" in 2022, and she and her husband were a…
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- Last week, three men were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter on suspicion of manslaughter, and three were later released on bail. The Independent Commission Against Corruption announced that …
- The US services sector reported growth in November with most sectors seeing gains, although employment contracted for the sixth month in a row, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The I…
- Mainland biotechnology company Baoji Pharmaceutical (2659) from yesterday to this week 5 (5th) IPO, adopting a mechanism B offering without clawback, global offering of 3791.17100000% in Hong Ko…
- The eighth Legislative Council election was held on December 7 as scheduled. Earlier, there was a view that Hong Kong had just experienced a major disaster and that the Legislative Council elect…
- "I am pleased to announce that I have obtained a cryptocurrency certificate. When you see a reliable former colleague talking about a successful success story on Facebook about making a lot of m…
- 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 …
- Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to New Delhi on Thursday (4th) for a two-day state visit and attended the Russia-India annual summit, which is his first visit to India since the outbreak o…
- Democratic Party urban planner Wu Yonghui, ADPL Liao Chengli and Li Tingfeng were originally scheduled to hold a "press conference on Hong Kong's high-rise building maintenance policy" this afte…
- The URA has set up the "Building Rehabilitation Company Registration Scheme", which allows owners to learn about contractors or consultants through the website. According to the URA's website a …
- A male police officer of the National Security Division was arrested on suspicion of secretly filming a woman at a Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station during an off-duty period in January this year, and w…
- A 50-year-old man was charged with criminal damage after allegedly damaging a flagpole belonging to Cheng Wing-shun, a candidate for the Legislative Council Kowloon West General Election, outsid…
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- Wall Street stocks resumed their upward climb on Tuesday after the previous day's stutter, as markets weighed expected additional interest rate cuts and favourable seasonal dynamics against valu…
- Home affairs chief Alice Mak has pledged that the government will provide free housing to the survivors of the Tai Po inferno until they rebuild their homes. Officials had said there were some 1…
- Xiaozhi culture is not only a leisure, but also a medium that carries the voices of subcultures and marginalized groups. The streets of Tsim Sha Tsui are bustling with people on weekends, full o…
- On 26th November 2025, around 2:50pm, a fire broke out in one of the 31-story buildings in Wang Fuk Court, a 42-year-old Home Ownership Scheme housing estate in Tai Po, Hong Kong. The fire quick…
- From November 20 to December 4, Hong Kong Customs launched a special enforcement operation codenamed "Breaking the Formation" in Mong Kok to combat the sale of counterfeit goods, seizing about 7…
- A bowl of snail powder is one of the best comforts for those who have been locked down and quarantined during the new crown epidemic in the mainland, thus pushing the prefabricated industry of s…
- A 31-year-old male police officer belonging to the Tactical Unit (PTU) participated in the selection of the Flying Tigers and participated in a diving test in the sea off Lamma Island at noon ye…
- Finnish parliamentarian Päiviräsänen has just gone through her third trial for a 2019 tweet, after she had been acquitted twice before. In the tweet, she quoted a verse from the Bible to express…
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- A Grade 5 fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, and the community's demand for psychological support continued to rise. The Hong Kong Red Cross announced today (30 February) that it will p…
- Asian stocks on Monday made a steady start to the final month of 2025 as US rate-cut optimism lifted risk sentiment ahead of economic data while the Japanese yen firmed, with investors weighing …
- Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung on Monday said the public should be on guard against phishing text messages and websites that seek to scam donors who want to help survivors of the Tai Po blaze. I…
- The government on Wednesday announced that Wang Fuk Court residents have had their taxes for the previous financial year waived, as part of efforts by the administration to provide as much suppo…
- South Korea's "12.3 martial law" celebrated its first anniversary on Wednesday (3rd), and the social rift triggered by the incident resurfaced, with camps supporting and opposing then-President …
- A magnitude 5 fire broke out in Hung Fuk Court, Tai Po, killing 159 people and leaving nearly 2,000 families homeless. The party media "Ta Kung Pao" published a commentary article on its Faceboo…
- One evening a few days after the reunion, when the day was west, Wang Ma asked Xi Sheng to stain his face with soil, put on tattered clothes, and asked him to carry the guqin, saying that he had…
- A 51-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia was suspected of being emotionally abnormal after an argument with his wife, slashed his wife with a 28 cm long cleaver, and then lit paper and mis…
- Dec 3, 2025
