Hong Kong plans inaugural lantern festival with walk-in banyan display
Victoria Park’s planned September festival will combine lanterns from 20 countries and regions with a walk-in installation based on Hong Kong banyan trees.
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Lunch supplier ordered to suspend operations after 39 fall ill at Shatin school
The action follows abdominal pain and diarrhoea among people who ate the school lunch on September 9.
Buildings Department rejects claim manager was asked to quit over Queen Mary lifts
A Development Bureau review will examine supervision and accountability after lift failures delayed clinical services in the hospital’s new building.
Education Bureau denies refusing extra school-based mental-health staff
The Bureau says a three-tier support system has operated in secondary schools since December and is being trialled in upper primary classes.
Tourist boat sinks off Hung Hom waterfront; no one trapped or injured
Firefighters secured the overturned vessel with ropes before divers searched it, while two nearby small boats were also reported sunk.
Tests flag concrete concerns in three Tung Chung housing blocks
Additional core sampling has been ordered at the Area 42 project, while the housing department says the site is currently structurally safe.
Driver arrested on suspicion of drug driving after Mong Kok collision
The reports disagree about whether a search found drugs, while the case remains under investigation.
Hong Kong mentorship programme expands second cohort to 120 places
The bureau says the intake drew 430 applications, while first-cohort graduates will return as senior peers under a new “legacy partner” arrangement.
Hong Kong police chief says there is no fixed national-security red line for public activities
Organisers of public processions must notify police, who say they will consider security, safety, public order and the rights of participants and non-participants.
Swimmer rescued unconscious after suspected drowning at Clear Water Bay
Ming Pao reported emergency treatment, while Star Headline gave a different account of the woman’s subsequent condition.
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