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Playing one last song on a piano that cannot be retrieved from a fire-ravaged home is among the wishes of residents returning to the scene of the deadly Tai Po blaze in Hong Kong, with one man climbing stairs on a fractured leg to try and recover a water boiler linked to his childhood memories. Some of those returning to their homes on Friday had lived in Wang Cheong House, where 81 of the 168 deaths occurred and 63 per cent of the flats were destroyed. Only five floors of the block are being [...]

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The head of the Fire Services Department (FSD) testified on the 19th day of evidential hearings looking at Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades – the most senior official to appear before the investigating committee so far. Director of Fire Services Andy Yeung Yan-kin appeared before the independent committee on Friday to testify about the department’s [...]

Hongkonger Dominique Li and his wife spent a two-day break earlier this month in Shenzhen to soak up the cultural vibe, a short getaway they said would not be their last. The 45-year-old engineer, who lives in Tin Shui Wai in the northwestern New Territories, was particularly drawn to a new landmark, Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in Nanshan district. He treated his visit to Shenzhen like a trip to Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district, which also takes about an hour. “The spaces here are [...]

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] A new international network, Global Connect – Global Innovation Exchange (GIE), was set to facilitate scale-ups win business, raise capital and find partners as they move between Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and overseas markets. Unveiled in March by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), the GIE is being pitched as a year-round platform rallying innovators, investors, corporates, chambers, [...]

Two famed water lily paintings by French Impressionist master Claude Monet will go on display in Hong Kong from Friday in a free exhibition highlighting cultural exchange between East and West. The show, titled “Blooming: the Art of Garden in East and West”, brings together more than 100 sets of exhibits from the Art Institute of Chicago, Beijing’s Palace Museum and the Palace of Versailles in Paris. The Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is hosting the show, has also contributed [...]