A new shelter for distressed Filipino domestic workers in Tai Po, Hong Kong, is ready to open but awaits approval from local authorities. The facility is described as larger, better, and more comfortable than the previous one, with a three-year lease signed.
Two rare brown wood owls have successfully hatched and grown flight feathers at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. The chicks, still white and downy, were kept undisturbed for weeks before the announcement. The brown wood owl is one of the largest owl species in Hong Kong, naturally arriving from southern China within the last two decades.
Two rare brown wood owl chicks successfully fledged last month at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. The forest-dependent species, one of the largest native owl species, naturally dispersed into Hong Kong from southern China within the past two decades.
Hong Kong proposes new fire safety amendments, including a smoking ban at construction sites, following the deadly Wang Fuk Court inferno. The rules take effect July 17 after Legco approval.
Marco Wong, 23, overcame doubts about his football future after a difficult season with Tai Po FC. Despite being a fan of the club, he barely played until the FA Cup final, where his excellent performance secured victory. Wong's resilience was tested after being repeatedly overlooked for the under-22 squad.
A domestic helper was injured and two cats died in a fire at a Hong Kong village home on Monday morning, believed to have been caused by a faulty pet water dispenser.
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals offers HK$30,000 to households displaced by the Tai Po fire who transfer their flat ownership to the government for relocation assistance.
Tai Po clinches FA Cup with 2-1 win over Eastern District; coach Lee Chi-kin expresses desire to explore overseas opportunities
Compensation for Wang Fuk Court fire victims depends on proving negligence in the independent investigation; government assures buy-back scheme doesn't waive civil claim rights.
Tai Po manager Lee Chi-kin must decide whether to play influential winger Michel Renner in the FA Cup final against Eastern District, despite Renner's expected summer move to the same opponent, amidst uncertainty over Tai Po's next season plans.
A Hong Kong resident, Joe, and his wife Annie bid a final farewell to their home at Wang Fuk Court, a Tai Po estate devastated by a deadly fire in November 2025. The flat, filled with the stench of mould and sweat, showed signs of neglect even before the fire, with a calendar frozen on the month of the incident.
Hong Kong's note-issuing banks are replacing fire-damaged cash for residents of Wang Fuk Court, following a devastating November fire. The initiative by the Monetary Authority and lenders aims to support those affected, with residents recovering significant amounts of burnt money.
A six-member team in Hong Kong, launched by RIPHK, provides affordable corpse restoration services for disfigured bodies, aiming to allow the deceased dignified burials and console grieving families. They have handled over 10 cases, including victims of the Tai Po fire.
Hong Kong government to assume responsibility for insurance claims of Wang Fuk Court residents selling flats under a buy-back plan following a fire, though key questions on compensation timing and process remain unanswered.
Hong Kong will ban smoking at construction sites from July 17 following a deadly blaze. Amendments to existing ordinances will designate sites as no-smoking areas, with fines for workers and contractors.
Hong Kong government will lift resale restrictions on replacement homes for Tai Po fire victims, offering two-year vouchers for second-hand subsidized housing and allowing immediate sale of new flats at negotiated prices.
A 38-year-old motorcyclist died after crashing into a fallen tree on Yuen Shin Road in Hong Kong's New Territories. The rider, traveling towards Sha Tin, reportedly failed to brake and hit the tree, sustaining fatal head injuries. Police are investigating.
Residents of Wang Fuk Court return home to collect belongings after November 26 fire killed 168 people and displaced nearly 5,000
A 44-year-old Hong Kong man has died after a suspected fall from the Tai Po Waterfront Park’s Spiral Sprial Lookout Tower. Police said on Tuesday that they had received a report from a passer-by at about 3.49pm that the man had been found lying near the base of the 32-metre (105-foot) tower, which was built to commemorate Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. The man, surnamed Ng, was unconscious when officers discovered him at the scene. He was immediately sent to the Alice Ho Miu...
Wang Fuk Court's administrator reveals HK$180 million paid for renovation project, with HK$127 million to be refunded to displaced owners
For Hong Kong-based artist Apple Tong Wing-yin, Wang Fuk Court has always been more than a home address. It was a library of her life’s work. Tong, a prominent deaf illustrator and graphic designer who communicates through what she calls her “silent language” of art, kept the many canvases that spoke for her inside her flat in the Tai Po housing estate. In November last year, that library was reduced to ash in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires. She lost everything – her awards, her backlog of...
The South China Morning Post has taken home three honours at the International News Media Association’s 2026 Global Media Awards, with its infographic on Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po fire winning first place for the best use of visual journalism. The awards were announced and presented in Berlin on Thursday, with the SCMP being the only Hong Kong media outlet recognised at the prestigious annual competition. This year’s awards event, which had 20 categories, drew a record 960 entries from 274 media...
The “mechanical mindset” of Hong Kong building authorities has come under scrutiny at a hearing into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, with a former inspection director conceding his team had “blindly” followed outdated guidelines when deciding not to conduct on-site audits of renovation works at the housing estate ravaged in the blaze. Rudolf Lau Fu-kwok, who was the head of the Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit when the fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court last November, said on...
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The deputy director of the Home Affairs Department and the former head of the Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit (ICU) are the latest Hong Kong officials to testify at a public hearing on Friday into the city’s deadliest blaze in decades. Their cross-examination will also conclude the fourth round of evidential hearings held by the...
