Elderly woman injured by charging buffalo in Ham Tin
An 82-year-old woman required stitches after being charged by an undesexed buffalo last week, sparking another discussion about buffalo and land management. The woman, [...]
Tong Fuk’s last calf dead as car hits two cattle on S. Lantau Rd
Two cattle from the Tong Fuk herd died this morning after being struck by a vehicle on South Lantau Road. The female and its calf both suffered broken legs and abrasions in [...]
Mid-Autumn Festival fun: Lantern Riddles
Marcy’s Lantau store in old Mui Wo is holding a mid-autumn riddles evening on Friday. Lantern Riddles is a very traditional game/ event for Mid Autumn Festival, [...]
Secret plan to build public housing for up to 4000 on Mui Wo school site
The Hong Kong government is planning to build public housing for as many as 4000 people on the old Mui Wo high school site and the adjacent car park. The scheme appears [...]
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 Chi Ming 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 [...]