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Wartime bomb prompts evacuation in Quarry Bay

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2025/09/19

Hundreds of people were evacuated in Quarry Bay on Friday after a suspected wartime bomb was found at a construction site on Pan Hoi Street. Police said bomb-disposal officers were sent to the scene to investigate after a report was received about the find at around noon. About 300 construction workers and staff from nearby shops evacuated of their own accord. The evacuation area was later expanded to include people on the ground floor of Taikoo Place Tower Two. The Transport Department said

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Hui calms waters over exit by logistics head

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2025/09/19

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said the start of pre-retirement leave from Friday by the head of the Government Logistics Department, Carlson Chan, was a "normal arrangement". Chan had been in charge of the department when a contract for the supply of bottled drinking water to government offices on Hong Kong Island and some outlying islands was made. The contract has since been terminated. The contract, which was for a period of three years, had been awarded to a

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Flexible land premium key to Metropolis progress: FS

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2025/09/19

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says he hopes a novel approach that allows developers to pay land premiums in a more flexible way based on what they will build can help speed up development. Under the "pay for what you build" proposal, developers do not have to pay premiums based on the maximum floor area permitted for the site. The approach will, as unveiled in the Policy Address this week, be adopted for the Northern Metropolis development. Speaking on RTHK on Friday, Chan said the traditional

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National Games 'gymnasts' tout benefits of exercise

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2025/09/19

A rhythmic fitness routine which began as a casual warm-up exercise in schools and workplaces has found its way to the National Games, after amassing a huge following on the mainland. It's called broadcast gymnastics - a form of calisthenics often performed to music and guidance from radio programmes aimed at promoting healthy living. The exercise is one of 23 mass participation events at the 15th National Games. Eight provincial teams have emerged from preliminary rounds, while co-hosts

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John Lee vows to make Hong Kong vibrant and attractive

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2025/09/19

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday said he is working to make Hong Kong a vibrant and appealing international city, adding that the SAR should not only be a business hub but also a place where people can “be successful and live well.” Speaking on RTHK’s special phone-in programme about his latest Policy Address, he took questions from callers on various topics, ranging from education, family policies as well as arts and culture, to the emergence of new industries and the development of the Northern

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Char Siu for Muslims? Halal meets Cantonese

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2025/09/14

Zahoor had walked past char siu shops countless times — the sight of glossy, roasted pork hanging behind windows is hard to miss in Hong Kong. But as a Muslim, actually tasting the Cantonese staple was always out of the question.That changed on a recent afternoon. “I’ve seen it in the local shops and all, I've crossed by those shops but I’ve never actually tasted pork myself,” said Zahoor, a Pakistani resident of the city, as he took a bite of something that looked — and tasted — remarkably

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Over 16,000 volunteers to assist in National Games

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2025/09/14

Over 16,000 volunteers have signed up to help out at the 15th National Games and 9th National Special Games this November and December, according to Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law. Speaking at a pledging ceremony of the Hong Kong Volunteer Programme, Law said the volunteers are aged between 15 and 80, and come from many different backgrounds. She said they will serve as ambassadors for Hong Kong. "On the one hand, this shows that Hong Kong is a city with a very long life

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CE to wear green tie for Policy Address

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2025/09/14

Chief Executive John Lee said he and his team will wear matching green ties and scarves during the Policy Address on Wednesday. Writing on social media on Sunday, Lee said the design, created by a team at the Technological and Higher Education Institute, was inspired by the city's three iconic bridges -- the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), the Tsing Ma Bridge, and the Ting Kau Bridge. Lee said the HZMB marks the Greater Bay Area's closer integration by connecting three cities, the Tsing Ma

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Venezuela says US navy detained its fishermen

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2025/09/14

Personnel from a US warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tensions between the two nations escalated after US President Donald Trump in August ordered the deployment of warships in the Caribbean, off the coast of the South American country, citing the fight against

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Russian drones in Poland 'unacceptable', Rubio warns

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2025/09/13

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday called the incursion of Russian-made drones into Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine earlier this week an "unfortunate and dangerous development." "The question is whether the drones were targeted to go into Poland specifically. If that's the case, if the evidence leads us there, then obviously it would be... highly escalatory," Rubio told reporters in Washington DC. US President Donald Trump said Thursday the alleged incursion of Russian

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Madrid bar explosion injures 25

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2025/09/13

An explosion gutted a bar in Madrid on Saturday injuring 25 people, three of them seriously, Spanish authorities said, while ruling out more victims being trapped under rubble. Firefighters were clearing debris at the premises in the capital's Vallecas neighbourhood, Madrid emergency services announced on X, sharing footage of the bar's partially collapsed ceiling and bricks strewn on the ground. Doors had been ripped off their hinges, with shards of glass scattered on the road outside, while

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'Qatar strike would not change US-Israel alliance'

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2025/09/13

US President Donald Trump's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, set off for Israel on Saturday telling reporters he intends to discuss the impact of Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar on Israel’s war in Gaza. Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Doha on Tuesday, in what US officials described as a unilateral escalation that did not serve American or Israeli interests. Rubio travels to Israel amid tensions with fellow US allies in the Middle East over the

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Call for $2,000 vouchers to help ailing retail sector

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2025/09/13

The Liberal Party has called on the government to hand out HK$2,000 consumption vouchers to help local businesses, with the proposal, made as part of suggestions for the Policy Address on Wednesday, drawing support from lawmakers from other parties as well. Party chairman Peter Shiu told an RTHK radio programme that locals heading to the mainland to spend holidays, changes in tourists' consumption patterns and the popularity of cross-border e-commerce have all posed a challenge to the retail

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Sinovac flu jabs a booster for vaccine security

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2025/09/13

An advisor to the government on Saturday said ensuring a secure supply of vaccines was a factor in the administration's decision to include Sinovac in its seasonal influenza vaccination programme for the first time. On Monday, the Centre for Health Protection announced that the mainland-manufactured vaccine would be made available alongside those from AstraZeneca and Sanofi when the flu jab scheme starts on September 25. Professor Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the centre's scientific committee on

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Hundreds take part in Charlie Kirk vigil in London

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2025/09/12

About a thousand people gathered at a vigil for Charlie Kirk outside the British Prime Minister’s office in London on Friday. Wearing MAGA hats and draped in British and American flags, the crowd was strikingly diverse - a mix of older attendees alongside many young, politically well-informed men. Kirk, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, was killed by a single bullet as he spoke onstage at an outdoor amphitheatre at Utah Valley University. "I didn't agree with everything that Charlie Kirk

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Former Nepal chief justice Karki sworn in as PM

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2025/09/12

Former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in as Nepal's interim prime minister on Friday, becoming the first woman to lead the country after deadly anti-graft protests forced Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to resign. President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office to Karki at the presidential palace in a ceremony broadcast live. Karki's appointment by the president followed negotiations between Paudel, army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel and the protesters who led Nepal's worst upheaval in

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Nato to bolster the defence of Europe's eastern flank

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2025/09/12

Nato announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's military campaign in Ukraine. Warsaw has portrayed the drone incursions as an attempt by Russia to test the capabilities of Poland and Nato to respond. Earlier on Friday, it rejected Donald Trump's suggestion that the incursions could have been a mistake, a

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Enjoy the ride as Cyclothon to go the distance

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2025/09/12

The Hong Kong Cyclothon, the city's largest annual cycling event, is set to return on November 30 with some new routes for selected rides and an enhanced spectator experience, organisers said on Friday.Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the event will offer 6,000 spots for local, mainland and overseas riders. This year’s event introduces changes to its competitive race, the "City Cycling Challenge around the Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong)", that will see the race break from its traditional

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Thousands to be invited to take part in health survey

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2025/09/12

Thousands of people across the city are to be quizzed on their health in a survey aimed at helping officials draw up policies, develop services and allocate resources effectively. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Friday said it will launch its Population Health Survey on September 18, the fourth such exercise since 2003. Officials will randomly select about 20,000 people aged 15 and above to fill out a questionnaire on a voluntary basis, while around 1,800 of those chosen will also be

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South Koreans home after US immigration-raid ordeal

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2025/09/12

A chartered plane carrying some 300 South Koreans, who were detained in a large-scale US immigration raid at a battery project site in Georgia, landed at Incheon airport near Seoul on Friday.Their return capped a week of intense negotiations by Seoul to win their release and bring them home after they were taken into custody in handcuffs and shackles – shocking many in South Korea, a key US ally. South Korea later said it has a reached an agreement with the United States for the Korean workers’

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