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SCMP Hong Kong·Saturday, December 13, 2025

SCMP Hong Kong - Saturday, December 13, 2025

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01

Filipino helper killed in Hong Kong fire ‘was going home for good to be with son’

A domestic helper who died in Hong Kong’s devastating Tai Po fire last month planned to return home permanently to the Philippines to be with her 10-year-old son and was due to leave on Saturday, the Post has learned. Maryan Pascual Esteban, 39, died with her ward, five-year-old Hannah, in the inferno at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, which killed at least 160 people and displaced more than 4,000 residents. Ten domestic workers – Esteban and nine Indonesians – were among the fatalities when.

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02

Hong Kong launches professional services platform for mainland Chinese companies

Hong Kong authorities have launched a professional services platform to provide support for mainland Chinese companies expanding overseas, while boosting business opportunities for local sectors. Speaking at the launch ceremony for the Hong Kong Professional Services GoGlobal Platform on Saturday, Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan said the sectors’ international outlook, uncompromising standards and nuanced understanding of both Chinese and global contexts allowed them to...

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03

More than 30 people evacuated after warehouse catches fire in Hong Kong

A warehouse in northern Hong Kong caught fire on Saturday, forcing more than 30 people including dozens of residents of a nearby nursing home to evacuate. Police received multiple calls about the fire breaking out in the warehouse on Ma Liu Shui San Tsuen’s Lung Ma Road in Sheung Shui at around 5.27pm. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within an hour, and no injuries were reported. A manager and three staff members were in the warehouse when the fire started but moved to safety immediately,...

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04

Hong Kong expo vendors expect 20% sales boost amid bigger crowds, good weather

Exhibitors at one of Hong Kong’s largest annual bazaars expect sales to rise by up to 20 per cent from last year, citing higher attendance and good weather as they introduce modern twists to some traditional food products. The 59th edition of the Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo, organised by the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, opened on Saturday at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay and will run until January 5. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po was among the first customers,...

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05

Hong Kong police arrest man, 71, for alleged attack on 2 others over smoking dispute

Hong Kong police have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of attacking a woman and her son with a water bottle following a dispute over smoking. The 58-year-old mother called police at about 8.30am on Saturday, reporting that the man had poured water on her and used a water bottle to attack her 29-year-old son at a pedestrian tunnel at Che Kung Miu Road in Tai Wai. According to the force, the mother and son had complained about the man smoking inside the tunnel. “They had a dispute, and the.

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06

Yau Tong project nearly sells out, raising hopes of market recovery in 2026

A residential project in Yau Tong triggered buying euphoria on Saturday, with more than 70 per cent of the 150 units on offer snapped up by midafternoon amid heightened expectations for a recovery in Hong Kong’s home market next year. The flats at One Park Place, priced between HK$4.23 million (US$543,684) and HK$9.51 million, were in high demand after developers Sino Land, CSI Properties and MTR Corporation offered discounts of up to 15 per cent to lure buyers. The strong homebuying interest...

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07

Record tally of spoiled votes in Hong Kong poll ‘not due to pressure on public’

Hong Kong’s constitutional affairs chief has dismissed suggestions that a record number of invalid ballots cast in the recent Legislative Council election was due to some people being forced to vote, adding that authorities may reconsider introducing “smart ballot boxes” to address the issue. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai also said on Saturday that last month’s deadly Tai Po fire had affected the voter turnout in the poll. Last Sunday’s election yielded a

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08

Temperature in Hong Kong to drop to 14 degrees and remain cool till midweek

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Temperatures in Hong Kong are set to dip to as low as 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) on Sunday after a cold front moves across the coast of Guangdong province, bringing cooler weather until the middle of next week, according to the Observatory. The weather forecaster said on Saturday

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09

Bump in nostalgia sales, but 183-year Hong Kong umbrella shop set to fold for good

At a packed and tiny storefront in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po, Yau Yiu-wai busily explains the best way to open and shut umbrellas to an endless stream of interested buyers. But the 73-year-old shop owner only received a bump in customers after announcing earlier this week that he would be closing down the 183-year-old family business – one of the city’s last remaining umbrella shops with repair services – by the end of this month. As the fifth-generation owner of the Sun Nga Shing Umbrella Store,

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10

Hong Kong government ‘confident’ of finding site to rehouse Tai Po blaze residents

Hong Kong authorities have expressed confidence in swiftly identifying a location in Tai Po to build subsidised flats as part of resettlement options being reviewed for residents left homeless by the deadly inferno last month. Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun on Saturday outlined several options to resettle the displaced residents of Wang Fuk Court, while underscoring the importance of first gauging their views at this stage. Among the options on the table were purchasing property

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