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Transport · 6 Oct

Sunday cycling festival to disrupt 120 bus routes as phased closures begin at 1am

Roads, bus stops, taxi facilities and car parks will be affected across Kowloon and the southern New Territories until early afternoon.

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A cut-paper waterfront cultural district balances a large coral financial block against blue visitor and revenue shapes, with simplified museums, a four-part performance venue, office towers, residential buildings and retail forms arranged in a lively geometric composition.

Economy & Business · 6 Oct

West Kowloon cultural district deficit widens to HK$998 million

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Public Safety & Justice · 6 Oct

Renovation worker convicted of murdering bus driver after smoking dispute

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Man arrested at Hong Kong airport after about 5.5kg of suspected cocaine found

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Two public-housing residents sentenced over undeclared property; one awaits appeal

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Man found dead, woman taken to hospital after firefighters force open Castle Peak Road flat

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Public Safety & Justice · 6 Oct

Teenager arrested after 89-year-old woman hands over HK$100,000 in grandson scam

Police said the caller claimed the woman’s grandson had been arrested and needed bail; the suspect remains detained for investigation.

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Public Safety & Justice · 6 Oct

Police warn of fake traffic-ticket site offering bogus early-payment discounts

The Hong Kong Police Force says the site seeks payment-card and personal information by offering a false discount on early payment of traffic fines.

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Public Safety & Justice · 6 Oct

Police seize suspected ketamine worth about HK$6.6m in Kwun Tong warehouse search

Officers found about 18.6kg of suspected ketamine during an intelligence-led operation and arrested a 36-year-old man.

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Housing & Development · 6 Oct

Wang Fuk Court owners who accepted the acquisition offer face 15 October deadline

Owners delayed by illness, probate or ownership problems may receive case-by-case arrangements, but replacement units remain provisional until transfer.

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Public Safety & Justice · 6 Oct

Powder letter marked ‘POISON’ prompts bomb-disposal response in Tsim Sha Tsui

Police closed part of Humphreys Avenue to vehicles while investigating a letter whose powder was initially thought to be flour.

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Transport · 6 Oct

HK$330m Sham Shui Po footbridge opens as street crossings face eventual removal

The new route links housing estates, a park, the development above Nam Cheong station and V Walk, with six lifts and covered escalators.

A restrained cut-paper civic diagram shows a simplified residential tower grid, a closed report envelope approaching a late-October timeline marker, three connected work-group panels, and seven small reform tabs.

Government & Politics · 6 Oct

Mr John KC Lee pledges reforms once Wang Fuk Court report is submitted

Three work groups have been established, while seven priority reform measures were proposed in the latest Policy Address.

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Government & Politics · 6 Oct

Hong Kong to host APEC finance ministers’ meeting as Scott Bessent attendance remains unconfirmed

The October meeting will include formal talks, with participant registration continuing.

A quiet cut-paper illustration of a high-rise public housing facade at dawn, with a rooftop edge, a ground-level forecourt, an interrupted vertical line, and restrained ambulance and hospital access shapes. No people are shown.

Public Safety & Justice · 6 Oct

27-year-old man dies after suspected fall at Chai Wan estate

He was found unconscious outside Mei Tsui House and later died in hospital; police are investigating how he fell.

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