47 h. ago Viral video of skateboarders on Hong Kong highway sparks debate over road safety

A video of two young people skateboarding on a highway in Shek Tong Tsui has gone viral online, raising safety concerns and prompting an expert to warn that they may have violated Hong Kong laws. On the popular social media platform Threads, a video showing two young people skateboarding on the Hill Road flyover has gained 312,000 views. The pair wore helmets and gloves while travelling at high speed on the flyover. In the video, the pair are seen sometimes spreading their arms and leaning down...

Transport

68 h. ago Thai Airways defies Chinese tourist slump with global growth

Thai Airways International’s diversified global markets are buffering Thailand’s national carrier from decreasing Chinese tourists to the Southeast Asian country, according to Chief Executive Officer Chai Eamsiri. “It is a different picture between Thailand and Thai Airways,” Chai said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Lingering safety concerns stemming from news of a failed kidnapping near Thailand’s border with Myanmar of Chinese actor Wang Xing early this year continue to weigh on...

Society

5 d. ago Unfinished construction works at Hong Kong school trigger safety concerns

Parents sending their children to a new Hong Kong government school with unfinished construction projects expressed safety concerns on the first day of the new academic year on Monday, with the principal saying it was currently unclear when the works would be finished. Families also raised concerns about poor transport connections for Erudite Government Primary School, which is located in a new development area on Anderson Road in Kwun Tong district and started running classes this month. The...

Politics

2 w. ago Renowned Chinese artist Fan Zeng, 87, ‘taken away’ by new wife, daughter alleges

Prominent Chinese artist Fan Zeng has been “taken away” by his new wife and most of his valuable possessions have also “gone missing”, his daughter has alleged. “Rumours have circulated online recently claiming my father, Fan Zeng, was forcibly removed from his home and has since gone missing,” Fan Xiaohui said in a social media post on Saturday. “As his daughter, I want to first thank everyone for their concern, but I am deeply anxious about his health and safety.” Fan Zeng, 87, announced his...

Politics

3 w. ago HKMA, HSBC allay fears about Hong Kong’s loan risks amid property glut

Hong Kong’s de facto central bank and the city’s largest lender have issued separate statements to assuage concerns about a glut in the commercial property market, saying that the local banking system remained robust and well-capitalised. Risks associated with commercial real estate (CRE) loans were “manageable”, as the classified loan ratio – a measure of borrowings deemed substandard, doubtful, or at loss – shrank slightly to 1.97 per cent in the second quarter, from 1.98 per cent at the end...

Events

3 w. ago Chinese tourists flock to artificial wave pool, raising safety concerns

Hundreds of visitors flocked to an artificial wave pool in northern China to beat the heat, sparking safety concerns online.

Politics

3 w. ago China kids deliver food, help courier riders with orders, spark safety concerns

A new trend of children helping food couriers deliver orders that had emerged in a well-known electronics market in southern China has been nipped in the bud by the authorities. Huaqiangbei market in the city of Shenzhen is one of the world’s biggest electronics markets. It is full of children during the summer holidays. The children operated as gig workers who helped delivery riders carry orders and locate customers. They wore a payment QR code around their necks and fought for orders whenever...

Society

3 w. ago Game over? Indonesia eyes Roblox ban over child safety concerns

Indonesia’s government is reportedly considering a ban on Roblox, the widely used online game-creation platform, after the education minister warned that it could expose children to violence and other harmful behaviours. “There is a lot of violence in the game. Sometimes children don’t understand that what they see isn’t real,” Indonesian education minister Abdul Mu’ti said on August 4, adding that the platform could drive an increase in youth violence if young students mimic behaviours...

Politics

4 w. ago Malaysia opens murder probe after officer run down by SUV during robbery escape

A Malaysian police officer was killed after being rammed by a getaway vehicle driven by suspected burglars during a robbery in the state of Kedah, prompting a murder investigation and fresh public concern over safety amid a rise in property crime nationwide. Corporal Mohd Hafizul Izham Mazlan, 35, died on Thursday afternoon in Alor Setar after stepping out of his patrol car and being struck by a Lexus SUV as four suspects attempted to flee the scene of a house break-in in the Taman Golf...

Events