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The stories moving the city today.

A quick, sourced read on what matters across Hong Kong’s newsrooms.

Cut-paper illustration of a simplified hospital building with an open vertical lift-shaft section, abstract lift components, inspection markers and two report panels arranged beside it.

Health · 5 Sep

Development Bureau orders review of ineffective lifts at Queen Mary Hospital

Repairs and follow-up inspections at the new clinical building are expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026, with a government review due in October.

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A flat graphic collage shows a simplified hospital façade behind a clear boundary, alongside an unlabelled vaccine vial and a calendar tile marked 17, connected by restrained public-health lines.

Health · 5 Sep

14-year-old girl seriously ill after influenza A complications as vaccination programme nears

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Cut-paper style illustration of a simplified metro train travelling along a newly connected track between two abstract station structures, with turnout shapes, signal marks and a separated older track section showing phased railway works.

Transport · 5 Sep

Tung Chung Line trains to use new section from 13 September, with frequencies unchanged

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Top-down cut-paper diagram of a clinic service grid with fourteen muted closed tiles and three active storage-service tiles, beside a reporting checklist, 24-hour timeline and follow-up inspection marker.

Health · 5 Sep

Fertility clinic kept to three storage services after probe finds possible unlawful conduct

Authorities said no embryo was mistakenly implanted, but found inadequate sample safeguards and a failure to report the incident within 24 hours.

A simplified courthouse facade sits beside a divided grid of 120 pale service-hour blocks, with an abstract redaction bar between the building and a document-shaped form in cool blue, grey, muted ochre and dusty rose.

Public Safety & Justice · 5 Sep

Former Chong Hing Bank manager sentenced to 120 hours’ community service for ICAC disclosure

The 43-year-old was convicted of telling her father that he was under investigation by the anti-graft agency.

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Public Safety & Justice · 5 Sep

Five admit HK$3.28 million ParknShop payroll fraud involving 13 ghost workers

The former employees admitted conspiring to falsify attendance records at the supermarket’s e-commerce distribution centre, while a sixth defendant denies the charge.

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Society & Culture · 4 Sep

Hong Kong Marathon 2027 to offer record 78,000 places and new Kai Tak 5km race

The main race will be held on 17 January 2027, with public ballot registration opening on 11 September 2026.

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Economy & Business · 4 Sep

Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel to close for refurbishment from October 12, 2026

Disney Explorers Lodge and Disney’s Hollywood Hotel are expected to remain open while the resort’s flagship hotel undergoes planned improvements.

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Public Safety & Justice · 4 Sep

Police investigate suspected forged cashier’s order presented at HSBC branch in Mong Kok

Two mainland men reportedly sought to transfer the document’s value to a company account; reports differ over whether it was worth HK$10 million or HK$14 million and whether one or both men were detained.

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Public Safety & Justice · 4 Sep

Four arrested after police allege drugs were brought to Princess Margaret Hospital ward

Two men are expected to face provisional trafficking charges, while two female patients have been released on bail pending further investigation.

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Public Safety & Justice · 4 Sep

Man given 18-month probation order after admitting four sex offences involving 14-to-15-year-old girlfriend

The District Court said the case was serious, citing unprotected sex and his advice that the girl take emergency contraception when she faced a pregnancy risk.

A flat cut-paper illustration shows a row of repeated closed party-room entrances with keypads, blank karaoke playback machines and audio-visual equipment arranged behind a thin evidence boundary, with subtle abstract data lines in the background.

Public Safety & Justice · 4 Sep

Hong Kong Customs raids 21 party rooms, arrests five over suspected pirated karaoke songs

Officers seized playback machines and other audio-visual equipment estimated to be worth about HK$600,000 in an operation targeting alleged commercial copyright infringement.

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Education · 4 Sep

DSS schools receive more than 350 overseas applications as 90-plus students arrive in Hong Kong

The 2026-27 expansion covers 48 schools, with nine offering about 1,700 boarding places and schools reporting financial pressure after a subsidy cut.

An empty chessboard sits beside a closed legal folder and a small calendar card marked 2 October 2026, with a translucent vertical divider separating the objects.

Public Safety & Justice · 4 Sep

Chess instructor admits three unlawful-intercourse offences involving girl aged 12, later 13

The charges alleged five acts between December 2024 and April 2025, while two further similar charges were left on file.

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Public Safety & Justice · 4 Sep

Fire at IVE Tsing Yi warehouse prompts evacuation of about 400, with no injuries reported

The blaze was extinguished after about two hours, while a suspected short circuit involving lithium batteries remains unconfirmed as the cause.