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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Critically injured Hong Kong officer ‘did what he needed to do': police chief
An officer critically injured after falling 10 metres from a flyover near Tuen Mun when trying to avoid an oncoming bus 'did what he needed to do', Hong Kong's police chief said on Sunday. Advertisement Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said that the constable, 31, had regained consciousness but remained in the intensive care ward of Tuen Mun Hospital and was still in a critical condition. Chow declined to further discuss the progress or the direction of the investigation. The accident took place on Kong Sham Western Highway shortly before 5.30pm on Friday when a Citybus driver lost control of his northbound bus. The route B3X double-decker bus, travelling from Tuen Mun town centre to Shenzhen Bay port, hit the back of a police vehicle that had stopped on the road to handle a traffic incident. The constable had already left his vehicle to inspect another bus that had broken down when the collision pushed the police van into the fast lane, causing it to hit a taxi. Advertisement After the crash, the double-decker bus continued to slide forward to the left, with the officer falling off the bridge when he tried to avoid the vehicle.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Automotive
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong minibus goes up in flames on highway after suspected engine trouble
A Hong Kong minibus has been engulfed in flames on a highway after its engine potentially overheated, with passengers narrowly managing to get out in time. Police said the vehicle was travelling along Yuen Long Highway and bound for Tuen Mun's San Hui when smoke started emerging from the minibus at 6.28am on Saturday. Passengers were asked to get off the minibus immediately. A video circulating online shows the blaze completely engulfing the vehicle as thick black smoke billows up into the sky. The force said it suspected the fire was triggered by an overheated engine, adding that firefighters had turned up nothing suspicious during their initial investigation. Police added that no one was injured in the incident. Advertisement
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
Why is Hong Kong slow to tackle ‘ticking time bomb' of ageing water pipes?
Hong Kong authorities' hands are tied when it comes to tackling the 'ticking time bomb' of the city's ageing water pipes due to a lack of resources and resistance to disruptions to traffic and supply caused by replacement works, experts have said. Advertisement Experts and lawmakers told the Post that the city's high population density and ageing pipes have caused frequent water main bursts at housing estates in the New Territories in recent months, with incidents occurring at locations in Tuen Mun, Tseung Kwan O and Sha Tin as much of their infrastructure hits the 50-year mark. Between 2000 and 2015, the Water Services Department (WSD) conducted a citywide replacement and repair programme for 3,000km (1,864 miles) of the city's 5,700km fresh and salt water mains, targeting pipes that were about 50 years old. Such works cost HK$23.6 billion at the time, with the number of water main ruptures dropping significantly from more than 2,500 in 2000 to 27 in 2024. While the number of ruptures has dropped over the years, government data showed the average leakage rate for public housing estates and select private buildings had increased from 10.3 per cent in 2022 to 11.6 per cent in 2024. Advertisement The rate compares the sum of the volume of water consumed by all meters in a building against the master meter reading. The department said its goal was to reduce the leakage rate to 10 per cent or below by 2030 through the digitalisation of water supply services and the expansion of its 'water intelligent network' to monitor water flow and pressure.
South China Morning Post
28-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Water supply resumes in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun after leaking pipe fixed
Water supply in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun has been gradually resumed after an underground pipe leak caused an overnight suspension and a temporary closure of some lanes on a major road. The Water Supplies Department said the emergency pipe repair works on Yuen Long-bound lanes on Tuen Mun Road near Siu Hong MTR station were completed at around 3am on Wednesday. It added that the supply to the northern part of Tuen Mun would be gradually resumed at around 6.30am. The slow and middle lanes on Tuen Mun Road were also reopened at around 6am, according to the department. Authorities say that repair works were completed at 3am on Wednesday. Photo: Handout The leakage first came to light on Monday night. Authorities later located the seepage under the slow lane of Tuen Mun Road, prompting road closure on Tuesday. The incident also led to a freshwater supply suspension in northern Tuen Mun at 11pm on Tuesday, affecting at least 23 residential estates and two hotels. The flushing water supply near Tuen Mun Ferry Pier had also been suspended. Services at three public hospitals in the area were not affected. The department sent water wagons and tanks to hospitals and relevant residential areas.
South China Morning Post
25-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong internet sensation ‘Mr Ho' arrested over insecticide attack
Hong Kong internet sensations 'Mr and Mrs Ho' have once again captured media attention after the husband was arrested for spraying insecticide at pedestrians during an altercation in Tuen Mun on Sunday. The 77-year-old man, known only as Mr Ho, reportedly became embroiled in a dispute with a 41-year-old woman and her son at around 3pm on Sunday, near an exit at Siu Hong MTR station. During the confrontation, he allegedly produced a can of bug spray and used it, causing minor inflammation to the woman's hand. She was treated at Tuen Mun Hospital. Her son, 15, phoned the police, who attended the scene and arrested the elderly man on suspicion of administering poison with intent to injure, an offence that carries a potential penalty of up to three years in prison. Online footage shows Mr Ho retrieving a canister from his wife's cloth bag, where he was heard saying, 'Cockroach spray, there are cockroaches,' before spraying the insecticide towards the person filming. Online footage shows 'Mr Ho' allegedly spraying the insecticide towards the person filming. Photo: Handout The couple first gained public attention in May last year due to their whirlwind romance and marriage, which became a media sensation after Ho wed his mainland Chinese wife, a divorcee, just one month after they met.
