Workplace sexual harassment in Hong Kong rose in 2015 from the previous year but many of the victims refused to speak out for fear of losing their job. A women's concern group said it received 1,151 c ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Hong Kong police said they met missing bookseller Lee Bo at a hotel in mainland China Monday morning and took a statement from him, in which Lee claimed he had gone to the mainland of his own accord. ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
A 33-year-old foster mother was arrested on suspicion of child abuse after a one-year-old baby girl under her care was found to have cerebral hemorrhage. However, the suspect, surnamed So, was later r ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
Put this one down as the luckiest number in the Year of the Monkey, if not the most auspicious ever. An anonymous bidder found the number "28" so auspicious the person paid HK$18.1 million (US$2.3 mil ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
Five electric buses purchased by New World First Bus Services Limited (NWFB) and Citybus Limited for trial operation in Hong Kong were found to have faults, including wheel failure and faulty door par ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
An Indonesian domestic helper has been arrested after being accused of trying to breastfeed her employer's four-year-old son. The 24-year-old woman was questioned by the police on suspicion of ill tre ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Five youngsters were arrested over the weekend for destroying more than 200 urn graves in Tin Shui Wai in the New Territories. The suspects, with ages ranging from 13 to 20, told police that by desecr ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Live coral has practically been wiped out at Hoi Ha in Sai Kung, am730 Daily News reported Thursday, citing The Professional Commons. The think tank said the coral cover -- a measure of the proportion ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
The case of the five missing booksellers has now become an international issue. It's not just because two of the personalities involved are foreign nationals, or because it could be a violation of the ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
Missing bookseller Lee Bo and his wife met in a hotel in an undisclosed location in mainland China over the weekend, and he handed a letter addressed to the police saying he was safe and free, Hong Ko ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
Grab your warmest woollens and be prepared for a blast of winter chill in the next few days. Confirming previous forecasts, the Hong Kong Observatory issued a cold weather warning Thursday, predicting ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
An Indonesian domestic helper has been arrested on drugs charges after her employer reported her suspicious behavior to the police, Sing Tao Daily reported over the weekend. The maid, a 37-year-old wh ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
What would you do if you were caught on camera making out in a public park? Stop and leave? Or get up and go after the interloper? A pair of smitten lovers apparently were so worried they might end up ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
A lawmaker has slammed the Immigration Department for ignoring a call for help from a Filipino maid who said she was taken to mainland China by her Hong Kong employer to work, Sing Tao Daily reported ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
Police have arrested 31 suspected triad members who gathered at a housing complex in Tin Shui Wai in preparation for an armed conflict between rival factions of the gang. The detainees, who were betwe ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
Police have dismissed claims made in some online audio clips about purported robberies by knife-wielding South Asians. There is no truth in the allegations that "fake refugees" are accosting people w ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
A man who claimed to be a plainclothes police officer approached and searched a schoolboy on his way home from school near the Nam Cheong MTR station in Sham Shui Po, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday. ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
The Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution saw prisoners stage a sit-in on Monday in a protest against disciplinary action taken by authorities recently on some inmates found in possession of unauthor ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
Virgin Atlantic Airways officials are preparing to hold discussions with representatives of a Hong Kong flight attendants union following a row over some laid-off cabin crew. Talks will begin Wednesda ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
A four-decade-old bronze statue has gone missing from a Buddhist temple in Tsuen Wan, prompting an investigation by the police. A security guard at the Western Monastery discovered Sunday that the 2-f ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
