A deaf and mute woman working for a car cleaning service firm is said to have been robbed and sexually molested by an unknown assailant in Tai Kok Tsui. The victim, believed to be 45 years in age, was ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to six years in prison for trying to detonate explosives at a police station. Leung Kwok-hung (not to be confused with a Hong Kong legislator) was just 15 when he ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-18
Dozens of asylum seekers clashed with immigration officers at the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center (CIC) Sunday night, demanding their release from detention. The group, mostly South Asians, African ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
An apparently intoxicated man was arrested in Lan Kwai Fong in Central after causing a commotion as he brandished a cleaver while walking in the crowded entertainment district. The 37-year-old man, su ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
Nearly 19,000 Hong Kong residents opted to leave the city over the past year, compared to a net inflow in the previous year, official data released on Thursday showed. According to the Census and Stat ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
A Filipino domestic helper fell to her death while cleaning a window in a 49th floor flat in LOHAS Park. The 35-year-old woman, surnamed Dulluog, was found unconscious on the podium of the Hemera apar ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
Solicitor Mary Jean Reimer is said to be filing a lawsuit with the High Court on Monday against Sik Chi-ding, the Buddhist nun accused of stealing money from Ting Wai Monastery in Tai Po last October. ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
Hong Kong men and women have the longest life expectancy in the world, based on the latest data from the Census and Statistics Department. As of 2015, men in the city has an average life expectancy of ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
A Filipino domestic helper has won a HK$12,446 (US$1,685) judgment for unpaid wages. However, the Hong Kong Labor Tribunal denied the rest of her claim for HK$182,000 compensation from her employer fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
A 20-year-old woman died after she slipped and fell down a stream while hiking at the Tai Mo Shan mountain in New Territories on Wednesday. The young woman, who bears the surname Tang, slipped as she ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
It should have put the matter to rest. Instead, Leung Chun-ying's denial that he had anything to do with the abrupt departure of Rebecca Li, the former No. 2 in the Independent Commission Against Corr ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
Police are looking for a Cantonese-speaking man who fled with about HK$160,000 (US$20,623) after robbing a currency exchange shop in Wan Chai on Tuesday. A female employee of the shop, which is locate ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
Guangdong authorities rescued 10 South Asians seeking asylum in Hong Kong after the motorized boat they took was overturned by big waves, Sing Tao Daily reports. A body was also recovered, while two o ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-11
Hong Kong achieved the highest pass rate in the 2016 International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD) examinations, with 18 students scoring full marks. The number is down from 27 last year but the pass rate ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
An Indian national who was arrested after he and two accomplices robbed a foreign exchange shop in To Kwa Wan on Sunday night is suspected of participating in a similar robbery in Tai Kok Tsui six day ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
