Two mainland men were seen begging for money in Quarry Bay on Thursday afternoon but fled after they learned that street begging is illegal in Hong Kong. Some netizens suspected the duo might have bee ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
Hong Kong marine police arrested 25 asylum seekers of South Asian origin aboard a motorized boat in the waters off Chek Lap Kok airport on Wednesday morning. But the fact that the illegal migrants cro ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Shenzhen authorities have arrested a mainland woman after she allegedly attacked a customs officer at Futian port with a stun gun. According to media reports, the attack took place Sunday evening foll ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
A woman who stood in front of a Light Rail car and dared the driver to run over her will face prosecution for breach of regulations. MTR Corp. has sent a notice to the woman, surnamed Lau, that it int ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
Hong Kong employment agencies are looking further afield after Indonesia decided to stop sending its citizens abroad to work as domestic workers. The ban will not affect Hong Kong for some time, accor ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
Hong Kong police are looking for an Indonesian domestic helper who is suspected to have stolen around HK$200,000 from her elderly employer. The search follows a complaint from an 87-year-old man that ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
The Department of Justice has dropped charges brought by the police against Apple Daily and Ming Pao Daily, which were accused of violating a rule that bans media from reporting details of bail proced ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
A bus carrying more than 20 schoolchildren caught fire in Admiralty shortly after it was evacuated. No one was hurt. The incident occurred at 8 a.m. on Wednesday when the bus was traveling in Queenswa ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
Some ophthalmologists suspect that head-down yoga positions, such as the standing forward bend, are related to cases in the elderly of bleeding inside the eyes as a result of broken vessels, Sing Tao ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
A man who repeatedly raped his five-year-old daughter for three years has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after the judge condemned him for being "utterly devoid of conscience". The jobless man i ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
Hundreds of MTR passengers were evacuated after explosions filled several compartments of a Central-bound train with sparks and smoke. No one was seriously injured but most of the 600 passengers were ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
The government could revise its so-called belt and road scholarship program to focus more on assisting local students, rather than young people from overseas, in cross-border travel and exchanges. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-27
A 43-year-old man who masturbated behind his former domestic helper has been sentenced to five weeks in jail. Shek Kwok-ngai was convicted of one charge of attempted indecent assault but was cleared o ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
Sik Chi-ding, the Buddhist nun accused of stealing money from the Ting Wai Monastery in Tai Po last October, was found to have organized two Buddhist ceremonies to “release souls from purgatory”, char ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
The suspected mastermind in the gruesome murder of Hilary Bower, a 60-year-old language teacher from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said she killed him because he wanted to break up with her an ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
Tests conducted on an artificial turf at the Harrow International School in Tuen Mun have revealed that the rubber materials used for the facility contain toxic chemicals, Sing Tao Daily reports. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
A 50-year-old Hong Kong man was arrested after he tried to smuggle 10 gold bars worth HK$3 million into Shenzhen by hiding them in a specially designed vest, Sing Tao Daily reports. The gold bars, wei ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
Students who recently took part in an activity to experience the life of street sleepers said they have come to understand a lot more the difficulties faced by underprivileged people, including being ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
While many news outlets are bidding farewell to their readers and audiences, it may be baffling to note that new entrants are still flocking to Hong Kong's seemingly bleak media sector. When the debt- ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Some young college graduates, still a bit wet behind the ears, founded the Hong Kong National Party last month with a pro-Hong Kong independence platform. Beijing lost no time hitting out with severe ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
