A collision between two buses in a tunnel yesterday morning left 25 people injured, six seriously. The two Kowloon Motor Bus vehicles, both bound for Nina Tower in Tsuen Wan, collided in the Shing Mun Tunnel in Sha Tin at about 11am. The two drivers and 23 passengers, aged between five and 70, were hurt. Most of the injured passengers suffered head injuries.
Flats in a project dominating the skyline in Tsim Sha Tsui are being sold at sky-high prices after the developer used a now-closed loophole to win approval for a building density that planners say should never have been allowed. The Masterpiece, which rises 67 storeys in Hanoi Road, was built to density standards usually applied to commercial developments although it includes 345 apartments that are on the market for an average HK$20,000 a square foot - while one sold recently for a record-setting price of more than HK$30,000 per sq ft.
The government is considering setting up its own insurance company to compete for the proposed voluntary medical insurance scheme in an effort to keep the existing players "honest". A government official said such a "public option" could ensure there was real competition in the market, to guard against price-fixing.
A 68-year-old woman paid out HK$1.28 million to telephone scammers who tricked her out of money 32 times in a week. She was among four elderly victims who paid out sums ranging from HK$800,000 to HK$1.39 million to tricksters who played on traditional Chinese concerns for family members to extort cash from them.
The cold snap may have come as a shock to the scantily clad San Diego Charger Girls, who formed part of the post-racing entertainment at Sha Tin yesterday, but not to Hongkongers who braved the conditions to enthusiastically usher in the Year of the Tiger. The Jockey Club imported the stunning San Diego cheerleaders, a dance ensemble from Russia and a flag-waving troupe from Italy to join the Hong Kong Police Band in performing after the final race, although it seemed fans already had everything they wanted to celebrate the Lunar New Year as they lifted betting turnover by 9.5 per cent on last .
A 53-year-old man with diabetes became the city's 59th swine flu death yesterday. He was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital last Thursday with symptoms of fever and pneumonia, and was transferred to intensive care the following day. He was confirmed with swine flu on Saturday.
When The Masterpiece made headlines in September for the record-setting sale of the smallest flat in the project - an 816 square foot, one-bedroom unit that fetched HK$24.5 million - the project was a far cry from the original concept floated by the Land Development Corporation (LDC) in 1997.
A recent breakthrough in face-recognition technology may save police officers hundreds of hours of painstaking work trying to identify culprits from video footage. New software offered by the University of Hong Kong scientists may even provide a vital tool to help investigations into the acid attacks in the city.
How many times have you seen one of those shrivelled old women hauling a heavy load of discarded cardboard boxes to sell for a living? Or pictures of elderly men living in caged bed spaces? Doesn't it make you wonder why they have to suffer such hardships at their age in wealthy Hong Kong?
Some medical insurance policies are making handsome profits from public money because their policyholders - facing inadequate coverage and benefits for private services in their plans - are forced to stay with the much cheaper public hospitals, a government official said.
Soccer star and actor Wan Chi-keung - dubbed "Asia's best centre-forward" during his heyday on the pitch 30 years ago - has died aged 53 from organ failure related to his cancer treatment. Wan, best known by his nickname Wan Lo, made the "best 11" at the Hong Kong Top Footballers Awards for three consecutive years, from 1978 to 1980, before retiring and becoming in actor, appearing in several popular movies as well as ATV dramas.
A 101-year-old street sleeper said to be too independent to accept help was found dead yesterday morning as the city's temperature dropped to the lowest this winter. The man, identified only as Kwok, was found unconscious on an abandoned couch in a Yau Ma Tei alley by a shop employee who was throwing out rubbish. Police who answered a call at 7.28am found him dead.
Professioneller Visumdienst, innerhalb von 1 bis 2 Werktagen direkt von der Botschaft beschaffen. China Visum Service Antragsformular, können Sie hier herunterladen.
