Кроме гриппа из Гонконга россиянам сейчас угрожает целый «букет» опасных болезней, которые проникают к нам из других стран Напомним, накануне в «Утреннем шоу» мы рассказывали о ситуации на Кубе — дипломаты предупредили туристов, что через укус комара там можно заразиться лихорадками денге и чикунгунья. Затем появилась информация, что Роспотребнадзор начал обследование граждан РФ, которые возвращаются из Чехии. Там двадцатикратный скачок заболевае...

A Hong Kong police senior inspector is fighting for his life after falling ill following a diving test to join the elite “Flying Tigers” squad in waters off Lamma Island. The 31‑year‑old officer was taking part in the advanced selection test for the Special Duties Unit, known as the Flying Tigers, which involved diving, swimming and underwater tasks at noon on Thursday, a police spokesman said. Sh...

Около 300 домашних животных удалось спасти после крупного пожара в жилом комплексе в китайском Гонконге. Об этом пишет ТАСС. Фото из архива Гонконгское отделение зоозащитной организации «Общество по предотвращению жестокого обращения с животными» информировало: «После пожара было найдено в общей сложности 364 животных, включая 294 выживших и 70, к сожалению, скончавшихся. 173 животных до сих пор ч...

Firefighters have described the gruelling conditions they faced in their search for survivors of Hong Kong’s worst fire in more than seven decades, with rescuers climbing dozens of flights of stairs as they conserved oxygen to look for anyone alive on the higher floors. For some firefighters, the operation has left them with feelings of guilt and helplessness after they only found bodies. One said...

The consultant behind the renovation of Wang Fuk Court, the housing estate reduced to ruins in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in seven decades, is to close down as experts warn the case highlights limited protection for flat owners under the city’s corporate liability laws. The Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies told the Post on Wednesday that some of its members had been notified...

Самолет, вылетевший из японского города Нарита, совершил вынужденную посадку из-за агрессивного пассажира. Об этом сообщает Daily Mail. По данным издания, мужчина начал вести себя неадекватно еще при посадке на вечерний рейс Spring Airlines IJ005 1 декабря. Он требовал поменяться местами с другим пассажиром, чтобы оказаться рядом со своей девушкой. Бортпроводницы объяснили мужчине, что менять мест...

Hong Kong education authorities have urged schools to seek a consensus with pupils and parents on whether to cancel Christmas celebrations following the Tai Po inferno, with some students expressing disappointment on social media about parties being called off. The Education Bureau’s clarification on Thursday followed a letter it sent last week asking schools to mourn the victims of the fire, whic...

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Hong Kong authorities have doubled the living allowance from HK$50,000 (US$6,410) to HK$100,000 for each household at inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, while assuring affected residents that a long-term solution on housing settlement will be found for them. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen revealed more support measures on Thursday for thousands of residents at the h...

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Some residents of the only housing block to emerge unscathed by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have expressed hope that they could continue living in their flats, citing their deep emotional connection to the neighbourhood. Wang Chi House residents arrived at the block on Thursday for the second and final day of collecting belongings from their homes, with dozens packing light to make room...

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Almost 300 pets have been rescued from the deadly inferno that engulfed a Hong Kong housing estate last week, including fish, parrots and turtles, with a charity leader saying the rescue efforts have “strengthened her belief in humanity”. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a social media post that as of 8pm on Wednesday, 364 animals had been found since the fire, includin...

A Hong Kong lawyer has been jailed for three years and seven months for having sex twice with a 12-year-old girl and taking more than 200 photographs and videos of the illegal acts. The District Court on Thursday rejected the claim by Kelvin Luk Kin-ting, 40, that he was in a serious and genuinely loving relationship with the girl, finding instead that he had preyed on her immaturity and curiosity...

More than 140 private doctors in Hong Kong have signed up to offer free basic healthcare for survivors of last week’s deadly blaze that tore through seven of eight blocks in a housing complex in Tai Po. The government said on Thursday that the scheme spanned doctors across 170 locations, including four private hospitals. The policy allows victims to have three consultations, plus medication, free...

Официальные лица Гонконга и Пекина предупредили о “внешних силах”, угрожающих использовать смертельный пожар в жилом комплексе на прошлой неделе для политических потрясений. Между тем, по словам спасателей, по меньшей мере 159 человек были признаны погибшими, пишет The Guardian. Пожар в жилом комплексе Ван Фук Корт на севере Гонконга стал самым масштабным стихийным бедствием в городе за последние...

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong residents, construction professionals and former senior officials are pushing back against the idea that bamboo scaffolding was a main reason flames spread so quickly in the city’s deadliest blaze in decades, as a debate flares over whether it should be replaced. Authorities were quick to focus on the traditional scaffolding enveloping the apartment buildings at the Wang Fuk...

Sixteen Hong Kong students from a secondary school opposite the scene of a deadly blaze in Tai Po have received financial support, new textbooks and uniforms after losing their homes to the fire, their principal has said. Cheng Sze-wang, head of Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, also said on Thursday that the students were temporarily staying with their relatives or in other homes within the distric...

A Beijing official in Hong Kong has voiced confidence in the city’s ability to handle both the coming Legislative Council election and the aftermath of the deadly Tai Po fire, calling local authorities’ decision to proceed with the poll respectful of the constitutional order. Liu Guangyuan, deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, said on Thursday that the local government had ado...

This article was first published on December 5, 1970 By Staff reporters A red letter day for Hong Kong Catholics The 73-year-old pontiff, looking fit in spite of his strenuous Asian tour, responded warmly. At times he stretched out his arms in a symbol of loving embrace, at others he blessed the crowds gathered to see him. Advertisement He seemed especially pleased by the spontaneous gaiety of the...

Construction firms have started removing scaffold netting across Hong Kong to meet a three-day government deadline, after suspected false safety certificates for mesh were found at two building sites in the wake of the deadly Tai Po fire that has claimed at least 159 lives. The green mesh, commonly draped over bamboo scaffolding erected at buildings under construction or renovation, came under hea...

Hong Kong’s connectivity and talent pool could help facilitate international legal and economic collaboration, the justice minister and an expert have said, as they joined representatives from more than 25 jurisdictions this week at an annual forum in the city. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five-day Hong Kong Legal Week forum on Monday, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said this...

The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex fire has risen to 159 as officials ordered all scaffolding mesh in the city to be removed by Saturday. The blaze that last week engulfed Wang Fuk Court in the city’s northern Tai Po district has become the world’s deadliest residential building fire since 1980. Police said the number of dead may still be revised as officers had found “suspected human...

The Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) earned HK$2.34 billion (US$300.7 million) in investment income last year, as the city’s wholly owned investment vehicle made an impressive report after its first year of operation. HKIC posted HK$2.25 billion in operating income for the year that ended on December 31, on HK$64 billion in total assets, while deploying less than one-fifth of its initial ca...