SCMP Hong Kong·Saturday, December 20, 2025

SCMP Hong Kong - Saturday, December 20, 2025

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Passenger flung from car as 3 arrested after high-speed chase in Hong Kong

Police have arrested three men in northern Hong Kong following a dramatic high-speed car chase, with dashcam footage posted online showing one suspect falling out of the vehicle during the pursuit. The car driver and his two passengers were arrested in Sheung Shui in the New Territories for a number of alleged offences including drug-related ones, a source said on Saturday. The chase began shortly after the car driver crashed into a vehicle parked at San Cheung Street in Sheung Shui at about 9am

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Worried residents demand halt to renovation plan after deadly Hong Kong fire

Worried residents of a Hong Kong housing estate are demanding a halt to a planned renovation project following last month’s deadly fire at nearby Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po after a man arrested earlier was linked to its consultant for the scheme. Wang Fuk Court was undergoing renovations when the inferno swept through seven of its eight scaffolding-clad residential buildings, killing 161 and leading to the arrest of 23 people in connection with the blaze. Tensions were high at a homeowners’...

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Hong Kong teaching hospital investigates staff over viral ‘water fight’ video

A Hong Kong teaching hospital has launched an investigation after a viral video showed its medical staff using syringes as “water pistols” inside a ward. In a post on social media on Thursday, several staff were filmed squirting liquid at each other with syringes while their colleagues looked on. “Playing with water at the nurse station of [ward] K20N at Queen Mary Hospital,” an online user named hospital_secrets wrote when posting the video. “Using syringes as water pistols while they are on...

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Hong Kong’s MTR Corp gets green light to plan 7.5km South Island line extension

Hong Kong’s rail giant has been asked to plan an extension to the South Island line, with construction expected to be completed by 2034, after the city’s key decision-making body gave the green light to proceed with an updated design on Saturday. The Transport and Logistics Bureau said the Executive Council had given the government approval to invite the MTR Corporation to proceed with the line’s western extension project, which was first proposed more than a decade ago. The 7.5km (4.7-mile)...

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Hong Kong minister urges landlords to avoid cashing in on Tai Po fire rent aid

Hong Kong’s home affairs minister has urged landlords against “fishing in troubled waters” by raising rents to pocket government subsidies meant to help displaced residents of the Tai Po fire. The appeal came days after the government announced it would provide affected homeowners of the Wang Fuk Court fire with an annual rental subsidy of HK$150,000 (US$19,280) for the next two years. “I hate to use the term, but it seems there are some landlords in the district who, as some people also say,...

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7 injured as car collides with oncoming bus in Hong Kong

Seven people have been injured and sent to hospital after a driver lost control of his car and crashed into an oncoming bus in Hong Kong’s Stanley. Police said on Saturday that officers were alerted at 12.44pm to the accident at No 32 Stanley Village Road. The male bus driver reported neck pain, while four passengers – three women and a man – sustained facial injuries, police said, adding that all were conscious and taken to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan. The driver and a.

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How Hongkongers can make the best use of new section of Central Kowloon Bypass

Hong Kong motorists and commuters will enjoy shorter travel times when the Yau Ma Tei section of the Central Kowloon Bypass opens on Sunday. The dual three-lane bypass, which connects Yau Ma Tei and Kowloon Bay, is designed to alleviate traffic congestion on major trunk roads in Kowloon by providing a shorter route that allows motorists to save fuel and time. The Post looks at how users can best use the new carriageway to get to different parts of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. 1. What is the Yau

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Chinese or Western medicine? Hong Kong to help residents decide

Hong Kong health authorities will guide residents on when to seek Chinese medicine treatment, identifying conditions where it is considered more effective than Western practice under a new blueprint for the sector’s development. Commissioner for Chinese Medicine Development Vincent Chung Chi-ho said on Saturday that only 9 per cent of the city’s about 10,000 Chinese medicine practitioners were using eHealth, the government’s electronic medical record platform. He added that authorities would...

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Hong Kong district officer apologises over outfit choice at firefighter’s funeral

A Hong Kong district officer has apologised for the clothing she wore at the funeral of firefighter Ho Wai-ho, who died battling the Tai Po blaze, after her choice of attire drew criticism from many online. In a social media post on Saturday, the Home Affairs Department said that following Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades – which killed at least 161 people – Tai Po district officer Eunice Chan Hau-man and her team had been doing their best to deal with the aftermath. “However, the choice of...

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Operation Santa Claus: Hong Kong Disneyland spreads magic to support charity drive

Hong Kong Disneyland has joined an annual fundraising drive to bring holiday warmth to communities across the city, extending a partnership that began in 2019. Operation Santa Claus (OSC), jointly established by the Post and public broadcaster RTHK in 1988, invites supporters to build connections across different parts of society. Disneyland has participated through a blend of creative merchandise, guest engagement and staff involvement. The Holiday Wishes Postcards, first introduced in 2019,...

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