A 43-year-old man and a four-year-old girl were lucky to escape serious injury after they were struck by an overtaking car in Tai Tam. The two, who appeared to be related, were trying to cross Tai Tam ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-20
A High Court judge is likely to give his sentence to Donald Tsang Yam-kuen on Monday after the former Hong Kong leader was found guilty of misconduct in public office. Tsang, 72, became the first chie ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-20
A man died and 30 people were injured in two fires that broke out in Sham Shui Po. The victim was found at the entrance to a subdivided flat in Yee Kuk Street with empty bottles believed to have conta ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
As it turned out, the suspicious parcel delivered to the back office of Hong Kong Disneyland came from a disgruntled customer. But it was obviously not meant to harm anyone. Still, it caused quite a ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
Police in Jiyuan city in Henan province are used to all sorts of surprises but a busload of characters from a famous Chinese opera was way over the top. Still, the unexpected discovery did not prevent ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
A man fell to his death while trying to evade arrest after a failed robbery at a money exchange. The 36-year-old suspect, surnamed Cheung, jumped from his room in his 27th-floor Chuk Yuen North Estate ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
Police have smashed a marijuana operation in the Yuen Long district and seized cannabis plants and buds estimated to be worth HK$11 million (US$1.41 million). The raid came two weeks after police rece ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
Three Indian men and a Pakistani charged with a 2015 knife attack in the Jordan MTR station were cleared by a judge who ruled that there were discrepancies and omissions in the witness identification ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
Hong Kong people will have to shell out more for taxi rides from April 9 as the government has agreed to a request from taxi operators for an upward revision in the fare mechanism. On Tuesday, the Exe ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
Authorities in Guangxi Autonomous Region are looking into a case in which a pangolin was cooked and served at a banquet. The move comes after a Hong Kong businessman posted some photos from the banque ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to kill his two children with rat poison at their home after his wife left them. The incident happened at a village house on Tong Hang Road in Tuen ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
A man who fled to the mainland after he was accused of killing his former girlfriend in 2013 has been handed over to Hong Kong police after his arrest in Shenzhen. Oscar Mok Chun-yin, 29, was escorted ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
A zoo in Guangzhou is denying it tried to conceal a zebra attack on a worker, saying the incident happened in December, not during the Lunar New Year. Chimelong Safari Park said the worker suffered on ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
Fire hit Wong Tai Sin Temple on Thursday but its operations are not expected to be affected. Believers can still make their offerings for the coming new year there at midnight on Friday, the eve of th ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
A man has been arrested in Hong Kong after he forced his eight-year-old son to cross a busy road on his knees as a way of punishment for alleged bad behavior. The father, a 40-year-old surnamed Li, wa ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-25
A 62-year-old van driver died and another person suffered minor injuries after an accident on the San Tin Highway in Lok Ma Chau on Sunday. The accident took place as a van rammed into a box truck tha ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
Two Mongolian nationals, aged between 34 and 41, were arrested on Sunday after they were caught red-handed during an apparent shoplifting spree in Tsim Sha Tsui. The thieves, a man and his female com ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
A 61-year-old Indian man was killed after his scooter collided with a delivery bicyle in Mong Kok. The man, surnamed Singh, died from serious head injuries. He was not wearing a helmet, Sing Tao Daily ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
Two domestic helpers from Indonesia have saved their elderly employers in Hong Kong from falling victim to telephone scammers. One case involved a 78-year-old lady who was being cared for by a maid na ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
