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South China Morning Post
02-06-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong public hospitals to step up testing for rare rotavirus: disease expert
Hong Kong public hospitals will step up surveillance of a rare virus and test patients with severe diarrhoea, infectious diseases expert Yuen Kwok-yung has said, after it was found in a doctor who died shortly after feeling unwell. The University of Hong Kong's chair of infectious diseases on Monday revealed the latest move following the release of findings on the death of a doctor initially thought to be linked with a group of oncologists suspected of being infected with a toxic strain of E coli. The Centre for Health Protection confirmed last Friday that there had in fact been no E coli outbreak in the oncology department of Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, where the three doctors worked. But group C rotavirus, which was known but rare, was found in various tissue samples of the doctor who died just three days after he developed diarrhoea in February 'We need to continue to monitor whether a similar situation will happen,' Yuen, who led a team of experts assisting the investigation, told a radio programme. 'In the future, the Hospital Authority will test for this virus on patients with severe diarrhoea, especially those requiring treatment at intensive care units. If other diarrhoea-causing viruses cannot be found, we will test for group C rotavirus.'
South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong tutor cleared of sexually assaulting child who was deemed not credible
A Hong Kong court has cleared a private tutor of sexually assaulting his neighbour's daughter after finding the complainant did not reveal the whole truth during the trial. Advertisement The District Court on Thursday also highlighted the child's 'extremely evasive and vague' evidence concerning the alleged incidents at her Kwai Chung flat in acquitting Wong Chak-pang of two counts of indecent assault. The 32-year-old defendant stood accused of molesting the girl, now 13, on two unspecified dates between January 2017 and January 2022. The trial heard Wong, who was living at the same building as the girl, had been invited to take care of her and her elder brother since 2017 after their mothers became friends. He would cook for the siblings, tidy up their flat and help them with homework. The girl claimed Wong first assaulted her while she was bathing before she was eight. She said the defendant molested her a second time inside her bedroom when she was between eight and nine years old. Advertisement Upon his arrest in April 2023, he admitted touching the girl while playing together, but denied watching her in the bath or committing any obscene acts.
South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong tutor cleared of sexually assaulting child who was deemed not credible
A Hong Kong court has cleared a private tutor of sexually assaulting his neighbour's daughter after finding the complainant did not reveal the whole truth during the trial. The District Court on Thursday also highlighted the child's 'extremely evasive and vague' evidence concerning the alleged incidents at her Kwai Chung flat in acquitting Wong Chak-pang of two counts of indecent assault. The 32-year-old defendant stood accused of molesting the girl, now 13, on two unspecified dates between January 2017 and January 2022. The trial heard Wong, who was living at the same building as the girl, had been invited to take care of her and her elder brother since 2017 after their mothers became friends. He would cook for the siblings, tidy up their flat and help them with homework. The girl claimed Wong first assaulted her while she was bathing before she was eight. She said the defendant molested her a second time inside her bedroom when she was between eight and nine years old. Upon his arrest in April 2023, he admitted touching the girl while playing together, but denied watching her in the bath or committing any obscene acts.
South China Morning Post
22-05-2025
- Automotive
- South China Morning Post
3-vehicle collision on Hong Kong highway injures 9, causes traffic jam
A taxi, a school bus and a minibus have collided on a Hong Kong highway near Kwai Chung, injuring nine passengers and causing traffic congestion. Police said on Thursday that the passengers, all were in the minibus, sustained slight injuries and were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment. The force said that it received a report of the traffic accident on Tsuen Wan Road (Kowloon bound), near Kwai Chung Park, at around 8.14am. Part of the lanes of the highway were temporarily closed off, causing traffic congestion and bus service delays, according to the Transport Department and franchised bus firm KMB. The buses gradually resumed services as of 10.50am, the department said. Police are currently investigating the accident.
South China Morning Post
15-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong student, 14, arrested for allegedly attacking teacher with wood chisel
A Hong Kong student has been arrested for allegedly using a wood chisel to attack a teacher who tried to stop him from eating during class. Police said they received a report at about 9am on Wednesday about a dispute between a Form Three boy and a male teacher at Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School on Wah King Hill Road in Kwai Chung. The 58-year-old teacher was reportedly attacked with a woodworking chisel and sustained minor cuts to his forehead and neck. He was sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung for treatment and later discharged. Officers arrived at the scene and arrested the 14-year-old student on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The teacher was sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung for treatment and later discharged. Photo: May Tse The case is being handled by the Kwai Tsing district investigation team.
