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South China Morning Post
22-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Service on MTR's Tseung Kwan O line suspended soon after ‘explosion-like noise'
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP's journalism by subscribing . New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Advertisement Hong Kong's railway operator suspended rush-hour services on the Tseung Kwan O line on Thursday following a power supply disruption, minutes after police received a report from a passenger about an 'explosion-like noise' on a train near Quarry Bay station. Two hours after the 5.32pm suspension, an MTR Corporation source said it had not yet been ascertained if there was a connection between the noise reported and the disruption that left tens of thousands of people scrambling to find alternative transport to get home. Police said they received a call at 5.19pm from a passenger, who reported hearing an 'explosion-like noise' before a blackout while on a Tseung Kwan O line train travelling from North Point towards Yau Tong near Quarry Bay and subsequently left the compartment. Commuters battle for alternative transport in North Point. Photo: Handout Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said she was highly concerned about the incident, urging the operator to resolve it as soon as possible while handling the transfer arrangement for passengers.
South China Morning Post
13-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Domestic helper arrested in Hong Kong for stealing HK$300,000 in cash, jewellery
Hong Kong police have arrested a domestic helper on suspicion of stealing cash and gold jewellery valued at nearly HK$300,000 (US$38,510) from her employer, the second such case in three days. Advertisement Police said a 43-year-old woman reported the incident at 1.40am on Tuesday, saying that cash and jewellery were missing and possibly stolen from her flat in Dragon Terrace, North Point. The force later arrested a 39-year-old domestic worker from the Philippines for allegedly stealing around HK$24,000 in cash and gold jewellery worth HK$275,000. No lost items have been retrieved yet, and officers from the Eastern police district are following up on the case, the force added. It was the second case of a domestic helper being arrested for allegedly stealing money and valuable items from their employers in three days. Advertisement On Sunday, a 43-year-old Indonesian helper was arrested after her employer reported an alleged theft at the upmarket residential complex The Leighton Hill.
South China Morning Post
12-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong police arrest man after falling window injures passer-by in North Point
Authorities have arrested a man after a window fell from a 62-year-old building, injuring a passer-by in North Point on Hong Kong Island. Advertisement The incident occurred on Monday morning when glass shards of a fallen window from Nam Tin Building struck the right leg of a 68-year-old man surnamed Chu, according to police. A 64-year-old renovation worker, surnamed Ma, has been arrested for 'allowing objects to fall from height' under the Summary Offences Ordinance. After receiving a report at 9.12am from a passer-by, police officers arrived at the intersection of King's Road and Tin Chong Street. After a preliminary investigation, police said the window was likely to have fallen from a high position at the site, with glass shards striking the injured person. Advertisement The injured man was sent to the Eastern Hospital for treatment. He was conscious at the time.
South China Morning Post
11-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
90-year-old Hong Kong woman falls to her death while hanging laundry
A 90-year-old Hong Kong woman has fallen to her death while hanging laundry from a building in North Point. Advertisement Police said on Sunday that the elderly woman was trying to retrieve clothes pegs from a rack outside a window of her 11th-floor flat on Chun Yeung Street when she lost her balance at around 4.20pm. A passer-by called an ambulance, but the woman was declared dead at the scene by paramedics. Police are investigating, with a postmortem expected to confirm the cause of death.
Washington Post
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
North Point girls dethrone the champs, reach the Maryland Class 4A title game
Standing with his team in the huddle before the fourth quarter of Tuesday's Maryland Class 4A state semifinal against Clarksburg, North Point girls' basketball coach Mike Serpone urged his players to avoid complacency. The Eagles could smell victory — with the Waldorf crowd on its feet, Serpone's team was just eight minutes from securing a spot in the state title game.
