2 d. ago Hong Kong employee insurance costs to jump 15% amid surge in day procedures: study

More Hong Kong employees are seeking to have minor day procedures covered under the inpatient services of their group medical insurance, a joint study has found, while projecting a near 15 per cent increase in employers’ premiums this year. The findings, published in the Hong Kong Employee Medical Insurance Index, were released on Thursday by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in collaboration with corporate employee benefits and MPF consultancy GUM. The index, which tracks data from Hong...

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9 d. ago Domestic helper gets 5 months’ jail in Hong Kong for abusing 11

A domestic helper has been sentenced to five months in jail for abusing an 11‑month‑old baby in her employer’s home in Hong Kong. Eastern Court on Friday heard the guilty plea of the 41-year-old helper, who admitted to ill-treating the baby at a flat in Happy Valley on November 11 last year. The defendant’s full name was concealed, and she was identified only as “AJB” in court proceedings. In mitigation, her lawyer said she was a first-time helper from the Philippines who had struggled to adapt...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong students, bankers have a ball for charity with Operation Santa Claus

An annual basketball fundraising tournament brought together Dah Sing Bank employees and Hong Kong students to promote teamwork and positive values both on and off the court. Held at the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Centre on December 13, the Dah Sing Charity Score Challenge set out to raise funds for Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an annual charity drive co-organised by the Post and public broadcaster RTHK since 1988. This year’s event saw more than 100 bank staff, along with their...

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3 w. ago 9 held over use of 45 fake surveying equipment certificates in Hong Kong projects

Hong Kong police have arrested nine employees of a company suspected of using surveying equipment with 45 forged certificates in five hospital expansion projects and a government construction site. The force said on Thursday that it had apprehended six men and three women, aged 23 to 48, from acoustic and environmental services consultancy Novox for allegedly forging at least 45 certificates from four testing centres since 2022. It added that the nine people, including three company directors...

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3 w. ago 9 arrested over submitting 45 fake equipment certificates for Hong Kong projects

Hong Kong police have arrested nine employees of a company suspected of submitting at least 45 forged certificates for surveying equipment used at five hospital expansion projects and a government construction site. The force said on Thursday that it had apprehended six men and three women, aged 23 to 48, from acoustic and environmental services consultancy Novox for the alleged use of fabricated certificates since 2022. The surveying equipment was used to measure air quality, noise and...

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3 w. ago Helper who survived Hong Kong fire recovers in Philippines for Christmas

The Filipino domestic worker who fought for her life to escape from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades with her employer’s three-month-old baby is spending Christmas with her family back home after being treated for pneumonia. While 28-year-old Rhodora Alcaraz's time in intensive care is long behind her, she is still recovering from pneumonia and has been referred to a psychiatrist to help process her trauma. The helper was earlier lauded by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr as a hero...

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