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Hong Kong fire: authorities seek to dissolve Wang Fuk Court owners’ committee
Home affairs minister Alice Mak says government intervening for first time on record in residential estate’s affairs.
19 Dec 2025 - 11:32PM
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Hong Kong society
Hong Kong to exempt 90% of households from ‘re-engineered’ 2026 census
19 Dec 2025 - 11:21PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Market rates set Hong Kong’s HK$150,000 subsidy for Tai Po fire victims: minister
19 Dec 2025 - 5:42PM
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong Santa Hash run spreads festive cheer and raises funds for charity
Nearly 140 runners in festive outfits raced 6km across city in support of Operation Santa Claus and fire relief efforts in Tai Po.
19 Dec 2025 - 11:01PM
Festively dressed participants hit the streets to take part in the annual Santa Hash charity run. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights
China’s heat pump tech, Tokyo clarifies Taiwan stance: SCMP’s 7 highlights
From Hong Kong Jimmy Lai’s trial verdict to China’s high-altitude tank threat, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
19 Dec 2025 - 12:12PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Fallen firefighter honoured in funeral procession as Hongkongers pay tribute
Ho Wai-ho given full honours as hearse travels past site of fire in Tai Po en route to final resting place in Gallant Garden.
19 Dec 2025 - 9:16PM
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Taiwan restoration experts help families say goodbye to Hong Kong fire victims
Mortuary specialists prepare bodies of Tai Po fire victims for dignified funerals, offering closure to grieving families.
19 Dec 2025 - 5:47PM
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Taiwanese specialist Kuo Chang-chen and a team of experts are helping restore the bodies of Tai Po fire victims. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society
Power outage briefly leaves 5,000 Hong Kong households in darkness
Outage also leaves some stuck in lifts at shopping centre and university campus, while police get report of traffic lights malfunctioning.
18 Dec 2025 - 10:29PM
Hong Kong courts
Wall Street Journal accuses Hong Kong union head of abusing legal process
Lawyers for US newspaper claim ex-employee Selina Cheng is taking legal action only after her ‘extortionate’ demand for HK$3 million was rejected.
18 Dec 2025 - 8:02PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Flat owners hit by Hong Kong fire to receive annual HK$150,000 rental subsidy
Hospital Authority’s charity fund set up for employees affected by fire raises more than HK$14 million, including nine individual donations of HK$1 million or more.
18 Dec 2025 - 9:40PM
Hong Kong society
How a Hong Kong charity helps injured workers get back on their feet
Hong Kong Workers’ Health Centre will be able to help 120 people and their carers next year with funding from Operation Santa Claus.
18 Dec 2025 - 11:01PM
A group of injured workers show off their creations in a sand art therapy workshop held at Hong Kong Workers’ Health Centre. Photo: Hong Kong Workers’ Health Centre
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong scraps New Year’s Eve fireworks, moves countdown to Central
Chief Secretary Eric Chan chairs interdepartmental meeting on arrangements for welcoming visitors over New Year break.
17 Dec 2025 - 11:24PM
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Hong Kong housing
Hong Kong to offer 9,783 new subsidised flats from HK$1.5 million next year
Homes will be at least 280 sq ft in size and most will be larger, making them attractive to families, Housing Authority adviser says.
17 Dec 2025 - 9:12PM
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong gym’s CCTV by doorless toilet among 200 video surveillance complaints
About 80 per cent of complaints related to disputes between neighbours, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data reveals.
17 Dec 2025 - 7:59PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Singaporean community in Hong Kong comes together to help Tai Po fire victims
HK$1.83 million donation will go to city government’s relief fund for victims of last month’s inferno at Wang Fuk Court estate.
17 Dec 2025 - 5:23PM
The fire, which broke out on November 26 at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, killed at least 160 people and displaced nearly 5,000. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong society
Operation Santa Claus helps Hong Kong’s Shaw Foundation uplift smaller charities
Major philanthropic organisation urges Hongkongers to support smaller, lesser-known charities.
19 Dec 2025 - 12:57PM
Accidents and personal safety
3 injured, over 100 evacuated after fire breaks out in Hong Kong flat
Fire has been extinguished, with police suspecting it was caused by 40-year-old woman burning incense.
17 Dec 2025 - 11:14AM
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Hong Kong bans Kiwi Chow’s new film Deadline over national security concerns
Kiwi Chow, director of Revolution of Our Times and Ten Years, calls ban on Deadline ‘painful and unfair’.
17 Dec 2025 - 5:38PM
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Authorities have banned Kiwi Chow’s latest film, the campus thriller Deadline. Photo: Handout
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Philippines’ Marcos lauds helper returning home after deadly Hong Kong fire
Country’s top envoy in Hong Kong says Philippine president met Rhodora Alcaraz, praised her for role in saving employer’s baby.
17 Dec 2025 - 3:26AM
Accidents and personal safety
Worker unconscious with head injury after falling from scaffolding in Hong Kong
Police say male construction worker, 65, was conducting renovation works at house in Tai Po when he fell and lost consciousness.
16 Dec 2025 - 4:25PM
Art
Hong Kong selects 2 artists to represent the city at 2026 Venice Biennale
The pairing of Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui for Hong Kong’s exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale presents a study in contrasts.
16 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
Music
Hong Kong classical concert to pay tribute to fallen Tai Po firefighter
Proceeds from the December 22 show, featuring some of Hong Kong’s biggest classical musicians, will go to the family of Ho Wai-ho.
16 Dec 2025 - 11:59AM
The Cong Quartet are one of the big names who will perform at “Salute to the Brave, Soothing the Soul”, a charity concert co-organised by HK Phil’s first associate concertmaster Leung Kin-fung to pay tribute to Ho Wai-ho, the firefighter who lost his life in the Tai Po fire.
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Hong Kong police deployed to Tai Po fire site show resilience: psychologist
Frontline officers are coping emotionally, despite inevitable triggers and strains of investigating catastrophic Wang Fuk Court blaze.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:16PM
Ant Group
China fintech giant Ant upgrades AI health app to tap eldercare, wellness demand
App AQ integrates Apple and Huawei devices, adds family health profiles and smart reminders to boost user engagement.
16 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
‘Fresh start’: Hong Kong urged to fast-track buy-back of fire-hit Wang Fuk Court
Institute of Surveyors calls on government to set up statutory body and new law to repurchase flats destroyed in deadly Tai Po blaze.
17 Dec 2025 - 6:18PM
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