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South China Morning Post
20-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Patient arrested for indecently assaulting nurse in Hong Kong hospital ward
A patient has been arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting a female nurse at North District Hospital in Hong Kong. Advertisement The nurse, 23, was suspected to have been indecently assaulted in a medical ward at about 4.10pm on Tuesday, the Hospital Authority said. The 59-year-old male patient was receiving treatment at the Sheung Shui hospital. A report about the incident was made at around 7pm, a police spokesman said Officers conducted an initial investigation, believing the suspect and complainant were not acquainted. The man was detained for investigation. Advertisement The case has been handed over to the Tai Po district investigation team.
South China Morning Post
02-03-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong hiker dies after falling down 5-metre slope in Fanling
A Hong Kong hiker has died after falling down a five-metre (16-foot) slope in Fanling. Advertisement Police received a report at 9.24am on Sunday about a hiker who had collapsed and lost consciousness on Wu Tip Shan Road close to Fung Ying Seen Koon, a Taoist temple. The man in his sixties was rescued and rushed to North District Hospital in Sheung Shui, where he was certified dead at 10.32am. Another hiker was rescued at around 10.45am from a hillside in Tseung Kwan O after going missing for two days. The 68-year-old man set off for a hike on Friday last week, but lost contact with his family, who filed a report the next day. Advertisement At around 10.30am on Sunday, officers received a report that a person was shouting for help near the Mang Kung Uk lower village public toilet.
South China Morning Post
16-02-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to press on with Northern Metropolis despite deficit woes: Paul Chan
Published: 1:36pm, 16 Feb 2025 Hong Kong's finance chief has vowed to press on with the Northern Metropolis megaproject by issuing bonds to fund the plan, insisting that the policy is a step in the right direction for the city's long-term development, despite a looming budget deficit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said that the development of the scheme and other projects, such as public housing creation and the expansion of North District Hospital, would see construction expenses enter a peak period. The minister is under pressure to balance the government's books for the coming financial year when he unveils the next budget on February 26. 'We will issue government bonds to ensure the progress of the Northern Metropolis,' he said, adding the project would not be constrained by the public finance situation Despite an earlier pledge to take part in the scheme, local developers have reacted cautiously to the planned megaproject, which will turn 30,000 hectares (74,130 acres) of land in the New Territories into an economic powerhouse and housing hub. Zheng Yanxiong, director of the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong, on Friday called for mainland Chinese companies to bolster their investments in the city, particularly the Northern Metropolis scheme. Chan said issuing bonds was a common practice in the international community when investing in the future.
