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Only four of the 28 lifts at Queen Mary Hospital’s new clinical block will operate normally following minor repairs, while work must be carried out on the rest until the end of the year, according to Hong Kong’s architectural authorities. The Architectural Services Department said on Thursday only four lifts serving non‑clinical facilities at the HK$13.5 billion (US$1.72 billion) block were in acceptable condition and would undergo minor repairs later. The remaining lifts had suffered frequent [...]

A leading Hong Kong charity has called off a student eco-bag design contest meant to counter domestic violence following public backlash over its directive for pupils to draw inspiration from objects commonly linked to household abuse. Po Leung Kuk confirmed on Thursday that it had scrapped the competition, which was organised by its family crisis support service and funded by the Social Welfare Department. The charity said the event “might have caused misunderstanding and concern”, although its [...]

A man who engaged in sexual acts with his younger sister when he was just a teenager knew his behaviour was “seriously wrong”, prosecutors have told Hong Kong’s High Court. Senior Public Prosecutor Karen Ng Ka-yuet said on Thursday that the older sibling, believed to have been aged between 11 and 14 at the time of the alleged offences, was fully aware that the acts involving his sister, three years younger, were inappropriate. The five alleged incidents took place on unspecified dates only weeks [...]

US business television network CNBC is closing its Hong Kong office and pulling the plug on several flagship international daily shows as part of a major operational overhaul across Asia and Europe. The decision was communicated to staff on Wednesday in an internal memo from the company’s executive management. According to the memo seen by the South China Morning Post, the broadcaster’s management said it made “a number of very difficult decisions” after evaluating its international programming, [...]

Hong Kong police have arrested 21 men on suspicion of possessing child pornography and upskirt images, including private tutors accused of surreptitiously filming their students during classes. Superintendent Wong Yick-lung of the Kowloon East regional headquarters said on Thursday that officers had uncovered a social media chat group containing child pornography, as well as upskirt images taken on public transport and in shopping centres. “The arrestees included private tutors who allegedly [...]