Real estate body backs Guishan idea with bridge to Lantau
The real estate industry has climbed aboard the Guishan bandwagon, calling for reclamation that it says will house 800,000 and connect to Hong Kong via a bridge to Lantau. In [...]
Randy Yu’s wife accused of assaulting helper with hot iron: report
Virginia Lau Yu-lin, the wife of Islands District Council chairman Randy Yu, is under investigation for allegedly assaulting her domestic helper with a hot iron. Lau, 55, the [...]
Prominent businessman charged over alleged Tai Long Wan assault
Prominent Hong Kong and mainland businessman Hui Chiming has been charged over an alleged assault of a Tai Long Wan resident. Hui, 56, a former delegate to the Chinese [...]
Mui-Wo pop-up market attracts huge interest
Ashleigh Theunissen, the organiser of a Mui Wo pop-up market, says she’s been overwhelmed with interest in the retail event. Since announcing it on Facebook she says [...]
Police arrest two in $2.8m Lantau permit scam
Lantau driving permits are the unlikely centrepiece of an online scam in which 22 people have been defrauded of HK$2.82 million, police say. The Cyber Security and Technology [...]
Hiker dies after 15m Lantau canyon fall
A man died and a woman was seriously injured after falling 15m on the Wong Lung Hang Stream in north Lantau yesterday. The 48-year-old man was unconscious when he was [...]
Passive HK govt waiting to hear from Beijing on new Lantau reclamation
The Hong Kong government has taken a passive stance toward calls for a huge reclamation off south Lantau, with Development Secretary Michael Wong saying it won’t commit [...]
Tai O warns tourists to stay out of residential areas
The Tai O Rural Committee and local residents have asked visitors to stay away from residential areas of the popular tourist village. The rural committee posted a notice on [...]
Govt in last-minute bid to fund Lantau Tomorrow project
The government is making a last-minute bit to win approval for the contentious Lantau Tomorrow Vision reclamation ahead of the Legco election. Its funding request has been [...]
Have your say on Hong Kong: vote in this weekend’s democrat primary
Forget the security law: here comes the election – and you the voter can play your part. The 2020 Legco election is scheduled for September 6, with some democrat [...]