4 cinemas run by Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest expected to shut down on Saturday
[South China Morning Post] - 01/10/2025
Cinema chain has stopped selling tickets from January 11 onwards in those theatres as trend of theatre closures continues in the new year.
In Hong Kong newspapers
China says mpox outbreak ‘effectively handled’ after recording 5 cases of new strain
China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the “outbreak has been effectively (…)
[HKFP] - 10/01/2025
Hongkongers report tremors after quake near Shanwei
The Observatory (HKO) on Friday said a 4.2 magnitude earthquake stuck the sea south of Guangdong. The forecaster (…)
[RTHK] - 10/01/2025
Kenmuddy Town? Hong Kong power firm apologises for botched road markings
A viral image showed the Chinese name for ‘Kennedy Town’ written wrongly, with the first character in simplified (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Hong Kong former lawmaker and prison rights activist Shiu Ka-chun dies at 55
Former Hong Kong lawmaker and prison rights activists Shiu Ka-chun has died at 55, following a cancer diagnosis that (…)
[HKFP] - 10/01/2025
PolyU receives nearly HK$92mil in research funding
Polytechnic University (PolyU) on Friday said that artificial intelligence, cancer treatment and innovative (…)
[RTHK] - 10/01/2025
'Govt to release report on care teams after deal ends'
Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Alice Mak, on Friday said the government would publish a comprehensive report (…)
[RTHK] - 10/01/2025
Activist Tam Tak-chi’s lawyer quotes Gandhi as Hong Kong top court hears appeal against conviction, sentence
A Hong Kong lawyer has quoted prominent Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi in a landmark appeal against the conviction and (…)
[HKFP] - 10/01/2025
Flu outbreaks surge at Hong Kong schools as cold weather warning issued
The forecaster issued the warning at 6am, expecting the weather to be persistently cold over next few days.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Ex-Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun dies at 55 after cancer battle
Shiu, who underwent a procedure to remove half of his stomach in November, died at 12.41am on Friday.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Tremors felt in Hong Kong as 4.2 magnitude quake strikes off Guangdong
Observatory says it received more than 10 reports of minor shaking, with duration of a few seconds.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Driver killed in Kowloon Bay taxi crash
A taxi driver was killed in a crash in Kowloon Bay this morning. Police received a call at around 5am that a taxi (…)
[RTHK] - 10/01/2025