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Last month’s fire killed at least 160 people. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

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.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to exempt 90% of households from ‘re-engineered’ 2026 census

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Market rates set Hong Kong’s HK$150,000 subsidy for Tai Po fire victims: minister

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.

Festively dressed participants hit the streets to take part in the annual Santa Hash charity run. Photo: Handout
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.

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.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

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.

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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
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.

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.

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.

Residents of Wang Chi House, the only tower spared from the fire, were allowed to allowed to return home to collect their belongings. Photo: Sam Tsang
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.

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
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.

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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.

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.

The camera at a branch of a fitness chain was positioned on the ceiling above the door facing three restrooms, one of which was doorless. Photo: Handout
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.

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
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.

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.

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Hong Kong national security law

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’.

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Authorities have banned Kiwi Chow’s latest film, the campus thriller Deadline. Photo: Handout
Authorities have banned Kiwi Chow’s latest film, the campus thriller Deadline. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

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.

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.

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.

Kingsley Ng (pictured) and Angel Hui will represent Hong Kong at the 2026 Venice Biennale, the first time since 2007 that Hong Kong will not be represented by a solo artist. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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Surveyors have urged Hong Kong to set up a statutory body to fast-track the repurchase of the destroyed flats. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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