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Flat cut-paper illustration of a proposed Victoria Park tennis redevelopment, showing a roofed main arena, smaller practice courts, a faceted hillside, and separate swimming-pool, football-pitch, and possible interim stadium forms.

Victoria Park Tennis Court could get retractable roof in redevelopment plan

The proposed all-weather venue could host higher-level international tournaments, with Hong Kong’s main stadium a possible interim option.

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A flat architectural collage shows a stable doorway connected to a compact workbench, shared community spaces and a series of short platforms leading towards a larger civic workspace, with a protective band running alongside the route.

Society & Culture · 26 Sep

ImpactHK urges gradual micro-employment route for people leaving homelessness

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A top-down civic process diagram shows eight plain collar tags beside a microchip scanner and registration cards. An open four-day calendar leads through owner checks and veterinary observation toward a longer conditional route to a welfare organisation, enclosed by a simple public-safety boundary.

Society & Culture · 25 Sep

AFCD rejects automatic euthanasia claim after capturing eight dogs in Yuen Long

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Top-down cut-paper illustration of an open-water race route crossing a blue harbour from a sandy beach edge to a geometric watersports centre, with coral and ochre buoys, clustered circular markers, a stopwatch, a warm sun disc and a small separated rescue boat.

Society & Culture · 27 Sep

710 swimmers take part as organisers review fuel smell at Tolo Harbour race

The 2,600-metre event drew swimmers aged 10 to 77, while some participants reported rough water and a strong petrol smell.

Top-down cut-paper illustration of a long purple rattan fire dragon curving across an abstract Tai Hang festival layout, with pale incense points, rope details, colourful street blocks and blank information panels.

Society & Culture · 26 Sep

Purple fire dragon about 20 metres long debuts at Tai Hang festival

More than 20 members of a police youth programme trained with local practitioners before performing the new dragon on Mid-Autumn night.

A restrained cut-paper illustration of a public columbarium with an adjacent escalator, a vehicle barrier, a morning-to-evening time band, a booking symbol, and a vase of fresh flowers.

Society & Culture · 25 Sep

Public columbaria extend hours for Chung Yeung visits from 26 September

Vehicle restrictions apply during special transport arrangements; furnace users need bookings or queue numbers on weekends and public holidays, while Shek Mun sites ban burning.

A cut-paper illustration links a simplified space station, a bright moon, and a curved Earth dotted with home lights, while letters and drawings form a bridge between orbit and Hong Kong.

Society & Culture · 25 Sep

Lai Ka-ying misses Hong Kong family during first Mid-Autumn Festival in space

The Shenzhou-23 crew had been in orbit for four months as Lai sent festival wishes from Tiangong to Hong Kong and Macau.

A cut-paper illustration of a long stylised fire dragon winding through simplified Hong Kong street blocks toward a small temple entrance, with repeated incense-stick marks and abstract roadside viewing markers.

Society & Culture · 24 Sep

Early crowds gather for Tai Hang’s 67-metre fire-dragon procession

Spectators began claiming viewing spots hours before the 7pm procession, which is scheduled to run for three nights.

Abstract civic diagram of a protected institutional threshold with two equal data bars, a rising sequence of measured blocks, and connected reporting channels entering a structured support grid.

Society & Culture · 23 Sep

Child-abuse rate rises 67% as sexual and physical reports tie

Against Child Abuse is urging stronger institutional safeguards after mandatory reporting took effect as wider sexual-offence reforms move towards legislation.

Flat cut-paper illustration of a park lantern promenade with a tall banyan-tree lantern installation, varied glowing lanterns, an evening schedule motif and a short entry barrier.

Society & Culture · 23 Sep

Victoria Park lantern display extended to October 4 after strong attendance

The International Lantern Spectacular will stay open until midnight for four nights, but queues may close early if crowds build.

A simplified apartment boundary opens toward a temporary-care area, while fourteen abstract circular tokens move past a threshold toward pet bowls, a carrier and folded blankets in a calm mineral-blue composition.

Society & Culture · 23 Sep

Fourteen cats left without care after Tuen Mun woman found dead

A pet supplies company says the cats are now in temporary care, with cleaning, vaccinations and adoption arrangements planned.

A colorful cut-paper diagram shows a modular grid of Lunar New Year fair stalls divided into product categories, linked to calendar bands for October bidding dates and a seven-day fair period in late January and early February 2027.

Society & Culture · 23 Sep

2027 Lunar New Year fair stall bidding starts October 7, with fast-food reserve at HK$120,470

The Causeway Bay fair will offer 400 stalls, while auctions across Hong Kong continue through October 29.

Flat cut-paper illustration of a Hong Kong sports centre with a large viewing screen, linked venue tiles representing 18 districts, and simple volleyball, football and basketball shapes among clean court-line graphics.

Society & Culture · 19 Sep

Asian Games viewing stations planned at sports centres across Hong Kong

Designated venues in all 18 districts will screen Nagoya events, alongside local demonstrations and community sports activities.

Flat cut-paper illustration of Victoria Park at dusk with a large branching banyan-tree lantern at the centre, surrounded by many varied smaller lanterns, layered park shapes and a soft evening glow.

Society & Culture · 17 Sep

Victoria Park lantern festival opens with more than 3,000 lanterns

The display includes an approximately eight-metre Qinhuai banyan-tree lantern and more than 1,000 lanterns handmade by local craftspeople.

A cut-paper illustration of simplified residential blocks linked by an interrupted water pipe, with four temporary water tanks, one service truck and a few bags and buckets arranged at building entrances.

Society & Culture · 15 Sep

Kwai Hing Estate remains without water as leak repairs continue

Residents collected water in bags and buckets while four tanks and a water truck supplied temporary water around the estate.