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Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:27:04 +0800
Top court cancels stay of proceedings for drugs trial
The High Court was wrong to permanently stay the drug trafficking trial of a man from Brazil, after the judge applied incorrect legal principles to exclude some text messages from the suspect’s phone from the evidence. This is according to a writ...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:54:49 +0800
HK adds just over 6,000 new Covid cases
Health officials on Monday reported 6,014 new Covid-19 infections, including 556 imported cases. The daily tally was slightly down from the 6,575 reported on Sunday. Ten more patients with Covid have died.

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:41:57 +0800
Cathay to resume 70 percent of capacity by 2023
Cathay Pacific said on Monday that it expects to get back to 70 percent of pre-Covid passenger capacity by the end of next year, and full capacity by the end of 2024. Hong Kong’s flag carrier also said it’s on track to provide a third of its pr...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:35:08 +0800
Two firms issued privacy enforcement notices
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has issued enforcement notices against a medical service provider and a photofinishing chain, saying both violated the Personal Data Ordinance. Announcing the results of an investigation on Mo...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:52:31 +0800
Anthem mistake unacceptable: HK Olympic Committee
The Hong Kong Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SF&OC) on Monday said it is surprised to find out that the organiser of the Asian Rugby Seven Series had played the wrong song in place of the national anthem at a tournament in South Korea, addi...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:29:54 +0800
Yau Ma Tei train may have hit loose metal part: MTR
The MTR Corporation says an initial probe suggests that a train involved in an accident at Yau Ma Tei Station on Sunday morning may have hit a component that came off a metal barrier next to the track. Several doors were ripped off the train as it p...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:44:22 +0800
Passengers surprised to find MTR running normally
MTR passengers said they were surprised to see services on the Tsuen Wan Line had returned to normal on Monday morning, after engineers worked through the night following a train accident on Sunday at Yau Ma Tei Station. Several doors of a train cam...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:31:45 +0800
Govt demands probe into rugby anthem blunder
The government on Monday demanded that the Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) investigate after organisers of a tournament in South Korea played what the administration described as "a song closely associated with violent protests and the 'independence' mo...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:25:53 +0800
Tsuen Wan Line back in action after derailment
MTR services on the Tsuen Wan Line were back to normal on Monday morning after a day of chaos on the line following a train derailment at Yau Ma Tei on Sunday. The MTR Corporation confirmed that trains would run the full length of the line from 5.50...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:41:01 +0800
MTR races to reopen line for Monday rush hour
The MTR Corporation said late on Sunday that it was confident Tsuen Wan Line services could return to normal on Monday morning as engineers hurried through the night to repair damage from a train derailment at Yau Ma Tei Station that caused chaos on ...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:54:11 +0800
Revamped Pak Kok Pier on Lamma to open Monday
Development Secretary Bernadette Linn says the reconstruction of Pak Kok Pier on Lamma Island has been completed and it will reopen on Monday. It is the first project under the government's Pier Improvement Programme for upgrading public piers in re...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:22:35 +0800
HK adds 6,575 Covid infections
Health officials on Sunday announced they had recorded 6,575 new Covid infections, including 467 imported cases. The daily caseload was a jump from the 5,723 on Saturday. Nine more people with coronavirus have died. _____________________________ ...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:11:49 +0800
Chance of another Covid surge is slim: expert adviser
A government medical adviser, David Hui, said on Sunday that he doesn't think Hong Kong will see another surge in Covid cases, and testing of incoming travellers can be scaled back. The respiratory medicine professor from Chinese University pointed ...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:12:53 +0800
Outside experts to probe Yau Ma Tei incident: MTR
The MTR Corporation says outside experts will be asked to take part in a probe into a train incident on Sunday morning which prompted an evacuation that put one passenger in hospital and caused serious service disruption. Several doors were ripped o...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 15:22:57 +0800
'Tunnel escape for MTR passengers was a bad idea'
Passengers caught up in a drama on the MTR on Sunday morning should not have used an emergency exit to escape into the tunnel, according to lawmaker and former engineer at the railway company, Gary Zhang. Some 750 passengers were on board a Tsuen Wa...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 14:26:33 +0800
MTR line still blocked after train doors ripped off
Officials say they believe a partially derailed train bogie was to blame for an incident at Yau Ma Tei Station on Sunday morning that saw two sets of doors ripped off an MTR carriage, as they warned it could take "a rather long time" to clear the blo...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:07:58 +0800
Paul Chan 'not optimistic' about economic outlook
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says he's not optimistic about the outlook for Hong Kong's economy, citing a range of factors including falling export volumes and rising interest rates. On Friday, the government downgraded its GDP growth forecast for ...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:40:24 +0800
Wreaths laid at Cenotaph for Remembrance Day
For the first time in three years, wreath layers were able to go up to the Cenotaph in Central without Covid restrictions for the Remembrance Day ceremony. There was a full contingent of religious representatives for the annual event. The only Wo...

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:11:31 +0800
Several doors come off MTR train, one passenger hurt
Multiple doors came off an MTR carriage on Sunday morning, with at least one person injured during an evacuation of the train. Passengers said two sets of doors of a Tsuen Wan Line train bound for Central were damaged. Images from the scene showed ...

Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:49:49 +0800
Suspects in MIRROR show case granted bail
All five suspects arrested in connection with an incident that injured two dancers during a show by the popular boy band MIRROR were granted bail on Saturday. The four men and one woman taken into custody on Friday are workers for the main contract...



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