Celebrating Chinese New Year on Lantau
Coming up: Lantau events over Chinese New Year Jan 18: Silvermine Bay School Open Day. 1F Silver Centre Building, 10 Mui Wo Ferry Pier Rd. 11am-2pm. Details: [...]
Woman dies after 15m Lantau Peak fall
A 42-year-old woman has died after a 15-metre fall on Lantau Peak on Saturday afternoon. The woman, surnmed Sze, sustained multiple injuries after losing her footing while [...]
Police to hold autopsy into Lantau camper death
Police will hold an autopsy into the death of a 31-year-old camper at Nei Lak Shan near Ngong Ping on Monday. The man, surnamed Lau, was found unconscious in his tent by a [...]
Pan-dems to reshape Islands council after stunning poll result
Pro-democratic candidates have dominated the Islands District Council poll to take seven of the ten elected seats. In the most high-profile victory the memorably-named Sheep [...]
Randy Yu defies democratic wave to retain Lantau seat
Randy Yu has hung on to his Islands District Council seat in the face of the massive democratic wave that swept Hong Kong yesterday. Fung Siuyin from the pro-democratic [...]
Election ’19: Randy Yu, the man for the status quo
If you’re looking for a politician to represent Hong Kong’s political moment you could hardly do worse than Randy Yu. A surveyor and property executive by occupation, [...]
Pui O wetlands ‘close to unviable’ as govt fails to act
Lantau activists have slammed government officials over their failure to stop the continued destruction of the Pui O wetlands. Ham Tin resident Martin Lerigo, who has led a [...]
Police called after campaign worker alleges assault in Tong Fuk
Police were called to Tong Fuk this evening after a canvasser for candidate Fung Siu Yin alleged she was assaulted by an unknown man. The woman, a Mui Wo resident who [...]
Election ’19: Fung Siu Yin, reform candidate
Fung Siu Yin is the challenger in Sunday’s district council poll and a part of a new face in local politics. Standing for the Lantau seat, she is pro-democratic, green [...]
Explainer: Island District Council election 2019
If Hong Kong leaders were trying to avoid controversy ahead of the District Council election, banning Joshua Wong was maybe not the way to go about it. The exclusion of the [...]