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Accidents and personal safety in Hong Kong
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A simulated emergency operation at a collapsed building, held as part of the Hong Kong-led joint exercise with Macau and Guangdong fire and rescue services. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong leads Guangdong and Macau rescuers in cross-border disaster drill

Operation tests coordination and command system in which rescue vehicles from other places in Greater Bay Area are deployed to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong suspends use of 200 lamp sets at public hospitals after safety scare

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong launches probe after hospital lamp falls and hits doctor, worker

Hong Kong firefighters rescue worker stranded mid-air on scaffolding

Worker hit by falling bamboo that caused him to slip and become trapped near the roof of Lotus Mansion in Taikoo Shing.

Hong Kong rescuers rushed the worker to hospital at around 5pm on Monday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Water leak during eye surgery at Hong Kong teaching hospital prompts probe

Doctors and medical staff at CUHK Medical Centre in Sha Tin covered patient with cloth to prevent her from getting wet.

Road safety in Hong Kong

Elderly Hong Kong taxi driver injured after accelerating down Sai Kung slope

Police say 66-year-old accidentally accelerated, causing vehicle to drive down three-metre slope and leaving him with neck and back pains.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong driver arrested after crane hits overhead cable for light rail services

MTR Corp says services gradually resuming in Tin Shui Wai as damage is repaired following disruption.

Workers carry out repairs following the damage to the cable. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police to crack down on traffic offences after fatal accidents rise 40%

Officers to target both drivers and pedestrians by filming from elevated spots, along with plain-clothes patrols.

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Hong Kong

Woman critically injured, 10 others hurt in Hong Kong bus crash

Double-decker bus smashes into a road barrier on a highway in Tai Po.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Another Hong Kong school trip to mainland hit by gastroenteritis outbreak

Centre for Health Protection says five students from S.K.H. St Michael’s Primary School in Fortress Hill had symptoms.

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S.K.H. St Michael’s Primary School in Fortress Hill had organised a trip to Xian. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Fire engulfs car on Hong Kong road, as driver and 2 passengers escape unhurt

Only a charred shell remained of vehicle on Kwai Chung Road, with online footage showing thick black smoke billowing into the sky.

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Firefighters attended the scene and put out the blaze. Photo: Handout
Road safety in Hong Kong

3 people, including child, injured after truck crashes into Tesla in Hong Kong

Two female car passengers, aged 36 and 59, complain of chest pain, while seven-year-old boy suffers headache after accident.

Road safety in Hong Kong

Hong Kong van driver dies after crashing into fire engine on West Kowloon Highway

Fire engine had stopped on highway to attend to separate traffic accident.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Car seats right route to take on Hong Kong child safety

New Hong Kong rules mandating that passengers under eight years old in private cars use such seats or similar restraints take effect in November.

Children aged under eight years old will need to ride in car seats in Hong Kong from November. Photo: Shutterstock
Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay to keep allowing power banks, after Singapore Airlines’ move

Fire on board an Air Busan plane earlier this year has sparked reassessment of rules for carry-on luggage among carriers.

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Flames ripped through the Air Busan plane that was set to depart for Hong Kong in January. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Restaurants linked to gastroenteritis cases off-limits on Hong Kong school trips

Authorities say cases reported from seven schools on student exchange tours to mainland China.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong driver pinned to ground after Mercedes hits 4 vehicles in wild ride

Drama unfolds in Mong Kok when Mercedes-Benz reportedly speeds through crowded streets, hitting four vehicles, including police van.

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Hong Kong rescue services

Lit cigarette suspected to have caused flat fire that killed Hong Kong woman

Blaze reported at flat in Lung Hei House at around 10.30am, with woman certified dead in hospital.

A woman has died after being rescued from a fire at Lung Hei House, Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate in Kowloon. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Gastroenteritis outbreak among Hong Kong pupils, teachers grows to 52 cases

Students, teachers from two more schools stricken after dining at same restaurants on Guangdong tours, Centre for Health Protection says.

Hong Kong

Pedestrians help to lift taxi off Hong Kong girl’s leg after accident

Girl, 13, was hit by a taxi while crossing street in Laguna City estate, leaving her right ankle trapped under wheel.

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Hong Kong

Driver arrested after fleeing scene of 3-car pile-up in Hong Kong with 4 injured

Car collided head-on with taxi in Shing Mun Tunnels and flipped it over, leading another vehicle to crash into cab from behind.

Four people have been injured after a vehicle collided head-on with a taxi traveling in the opposite direction inside Shing Mun Tunnel. Photo: Handout

Driver flees and leaves behind injured passenger after car crash in Hong Kong

Car was travelling in fast lane near Wo Hop Shek when it slammed into roadside barriers and rolled over five times.

A screengrab shows the white car rolling over in an adjacent lane. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

73-year-old Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after cyclist dies in road collision

Police arrest driver on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death after his vehicle allegedly hit cyclist on Castle Peak Road.

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Hong Kong housing

Trial run to offer property services to ageing Hong Kong residential buildings

Old buildings in Yau Tsim Mong will receive property management services, followed by Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City and Tsuen Wan.

Hong Kong transport

‘Despicable’: 4 Hongkongers condemned after attacking, injuring taxi driver

‘Such an assault and terrible attitude will scare drivers,’ Hong Kong Taxi Council says.

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A Hong Kong taxi driver has been attacked by four people. Photo: Facebook/Kitty Chau
Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman, 26, dies after being hit by bus in Tsuen Wan

Bus firm KMB sends condolences to victim’s family, says it will cooperate with police in investigations.

PA woman died after she was hit by a bus. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong society

Fire breaks out at late ‘King of Gambling’ Stanley Ho’s former Hong Kong home

Blaze at No 1 Repulse Bay Road starts after water pump for an aquarium short-circuits and explodes; seven workers flee.

Hong Kong

Authorities investigate ‘loosened tubing’ at gas blast Hong Kong flat

Explosion injures three people, including one critically, and blows air conditioner, a window frame and glass from flat onto ground.

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