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
A Hong Kong woman has filed a lawsuit against a photography firm, which she says messed up her wedding photos three years ago. Elaine Choi, who is a teacher, is unhappy with the wedding photos taken b ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
A two-foot-long shark was spotted at Butterfly Beach in Tuen Mun on Thursday, prompting officials to close the area, Sing Tao Daily reports. The shark was first found trapped in the shark net but it d ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
A senior Taoist priest, or "daoshi", said he has never heard of "sexual intercourse for luck", which was used by a defendant as the reason to have sex with a young woman in a hotel. Appearing as an ex ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
An employment agency for domestic helpers was slapped with a fine of HK$9,000 after it charged an Indonesian maid with a commission fee that was almost 32 times the allowable amount. Gold Union Employ ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
It appears that those who had a direct hand in the booksellers' arrest and subsequent detention in the mainland are the men in black from Ningbo, an eastern mainland port city about 1,100 kilometers a ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-22
It's quite clear that the Communist Party of China was behind the disappearance of the five booksellers from Causeway Bay Books who went missing last year. We're only now beginning to see in detail th ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-20
Lam Wing-kee, one of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing last year, said his abduction by mainland agents was likely related to two books about President Xi Jinping that his bookstore was ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-20
Shenzhen customs officers arrested seven men attempting to smuggle 580 smartphones, estimated to be worth over 1.3 million yuan (US$197,300), into China. The men, aged between 40 and 50, were found to ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
A kindergarten in Yuen Long has stepped up surveillance and security measures after a middle-aged man is believed to have tried to abduct a child from the school earlier this week. On Tuesday, the pri ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (KMB), one of the franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, has come under the spotlight again over an accident involving a passenger within a moving vehicle. On Thursday, a 24-year ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
A 62-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday for attacking a fashion store owner in Wan Chai after she was caught red-handed trying to steal a handbag. The woman, surnamed Chu, who has no previous crim ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
A taxi driver was arrested for charging an undercover officer seven times the normal fare in a police operation Saturday targeting overcharging cab drivers, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. The cabbie, ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
Hong Kong makes its debut in the nascent FIA Formula E series in October, with hopes of making it a signature tourist event. That would also boost efforts to turn Hong Kong into an events capital in A ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
