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A Hong Kong student has been jailed for eight weeks over impersonating a TVB actor and withdrawing him from the city’s organ donation registry last May. Wong Tsz-ching, 20, appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to criminal damage linked to a withdrawal application he made on the city’s organ donation registry. The charge relates to Wong filing an application on the Centralised Organ Donation Registry’s website on May 23, 2023, in which he entered the personal information of TVB actor Cho Wing-lim. Cho is known for his support of the pol...
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A Hong Kong government hotline designed to support carers for elderly and disabled people has received about 14,600 calls since its launch last September, with 35 per cent of callers seeking emotional counselling, labour and welfare chief Chris Sun has said. Authorities set up the hotline after multiple tragedies shed light on the burden caregivers face. In September, two middle-aged brothers who reportedly had intellectual disabilities were believed to have died from starvation after their elderly mother was admitted to the hospital. NGOs and lawmakers urged more assistance for carers. “Carer...
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A trial run for Hong Kong’s pay-as-you-throw waste tax will inform the government of how the public understands the new policy, the city’s leader John Lee has said. Lee’s comments came after the Environment and Ecology Bureau announced that a demonstration scheme, involving 14 premises, will be in place from next Monday to preview the implementation of the new tax. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Lee said the government wanted to “test how [people] understand the law and what they anticipate as the challenges as they go through the actual exercise.” “We want to see how people’s beha...
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The mercury rose to 31.5 degrees Celsius in Hong Kong on Sunday – the highest temperature recorded in March since records began in 1884. The Observatory warned on Sunday that “[u]nder the persistent influence of a southerly airstream and plenty of sunshine, the weather will still be hot” on Monday. “The maximum temperature will be around 31 degrees in the urban areas.” The week will start off hot and dry, with rain expected into the weekend, the Observatory says. Meanwhile, Taiwan also saw unprecedented heat on Sunday. According to the Central Weather Administration, highs of 36 degrees Celsiu...
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Between five and eight tropical storms may come within 500 kilometres of Hong Kong this year, with higher than average temperatures expected, according to Observatory Director Chan Pak-wai. “Extreme weather can become more frequent because of the climate change,” Chan said at a Thursday press briefing. “So Hong Kong citizens are reminded to get prepared for extreme weather, especially pay close attention to the weather forecast and warnings issued by the Observatory and get earlier prepared.” According to the government forecaster, 2024 may be one of Hong Kong’s hottest years on record, with t...
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A rise in Hong Kong’s tobacco tax has not resulted in “rampant” illicit cigarette trading activities, the government has said. Lawmaker Johnny Ng raised questions about tobacco control measures at the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Wednesday, when he cited allegations that the trade of duty-not-paid cigarettes in had “worsened” after the government increased tobacco duty for the first time in a decade in February last year. The increase had upped the typical cost of a pack of 20 cigarettes by HK$12, from around HK$62 to HK$74. It climbed further to HK$96 last month, when finance chief Paul Cha...
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Hikers, trail runners and nature lovers are petitioning the government to halt a “disastrous” use of plastic in the construction of countryside trails. The authorities, in turn, have insisted that wood plastic composite (WPC) is environmentally-friendly. Petition signatories stated they were “astonished” to see that a plan for Lantau Island’s new, 100 kilometre round-the-island trail, involved the use of “massive amounts” of WPC for step frames and railings. “Plastic wood is a synthetic composite material made of plastic and wood chips. It is by no means environmentally friendly and applying i...
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Mary Kwan moved into Tai Hang Sai Estate soon after it was completed in 1965. Almost 60 years later, the 80 year-old is preparing to quit her eighth-floor flat for a transitional housing project in Tai Po. Tai Hang Sai Estate, Hong Kong’s only privately-owned low-rental housing estate, is set to be demolished and redeveloped, which is why Kwan – and many of her former neighbours – must vacate their homes. Because the deadline to move out was initially set for mid-March, Kwan has already packed most of her bags, which were stacked next to her sofa when HKFP spoke to her on Tuesday. Built in 196...
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A 19-year old student has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after using a TVB actor’s information when applying to withdraw from the city’s organ donation registry last May, when there was a wave of withdrawal applications. Wong Tsz-shing appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday. After the hearing, the magistrate said the case was too severe for community service to be considered as a penalty, local media reported. Wong was immediately detained pending sentencing on Mar 27. The court heard that Wong filed a withdrawal application on the website of the Centralised Organ Donation...
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A total of 916 boars were ” humanely dispatched” in Hong Kong over the past two years, with the government citing the need to reduce “nuisance” caused by the wild animals. Responding to a lawmaker’s questions in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said that the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) had deployed more CCTV cameras and installed new trapping devices in 2023 to more efficiently capture the wild boars. The number of boars killed rose last year, with 41 wild pigs “humanely dispatched” on average per month, a 70...
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