Hong Kong ombudsman to probe slope safety amid concerns over landslide risks
[South China Morning Post] - 11/14/2024
Number of landslides in 2023 exceeds 600, higher than the annual average of about 300 in the past 30 years, watchdog says.
In Hong Kong newspapers
Hong Kong rises to No 7 in digital competitiveness ranking, Singapore takes top spot
Hong Kong rises three places in report by Swiss International Institute for Management Development, strong in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
‘Mastermind’ of thwarted 2019 bomb plot jailed almost 24 years in longest sentence related to Hong Kong protests
The “mastermind” of a thwarted bomb plot intending to target police during protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been (…)
[HKFP] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong child protection group logs spike in calls from professionals working with minors
Against Child Abuse says social workers, medical staff and teachers among those that made about 180 hotline calls, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong nurse warns of mental health crisis in Gaza after returning from second deployment
A Hong Kong nurse who has just returned from war-torn Gaza has warned of a deepening mental health crisis among (…)
[HKFP] - 14/11/2024
Stock market operated as usual during T8: lawmakers
Legislators on Thursday said Hong Kong’s stock market operated as usual during the first session under a T8. The (…)
[RTHK] - 14/11/2024
Why is Hong Kong getting typhoons in November and are more coming late in year?
Toraji is one of four storms to emerge simultaneously in November for the first time since records began in 1961.
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
Hong Kong Jockey Club chief expects ‘massive stimulus’ as sport is developed on mainland
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges believes there will be a racing and betting industry in mainland China in the future.
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
HK Express launches HK$2 flights for elderly Hongkongers. But are they the cheapest?
Cathay Pacific Airways’ budget arm reintroduces offer for one-way tickets for 20 destinations amid steep discounts (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024
'Professionals need guidance on child abuse reports'
A child welfare organisation on Thursday urged the government to offer professionals guidance before a mandatory (…)
[RTHK] - 14/11/2024
T8 to be downgraded at 10.20am as Toraji departs
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) said it will downgrade the T8 storm signal to T3 at 10.20am – in time for students (…)
[RTHK] - 14/11/2024
Manulife executive in Hong Kong slams employer for ‘clinically dumb’ policies in autism cases
Damien Green, chairman of Manulife Financial Asia, is ‘sad and frustrated’ by insurers’ treatment of autistic (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 14/11/2024