Danny Mok

Hong Kong

Journalist at South China Morning Post

A journalist from South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. @SCMPNews

Articles

Blink and you’re in. Macau launching iris scan immigration for Hongkongers this week

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hongkongers travelling to Macau can speed up immigration clearance using an eye scan starting this week. Authorities in the gaming hub said on Monday eligibility for its iris recognition immigration clearance had been extended to Hong Kong permanent residents who had registered for its automated passenger clearance service. Eligible Hongkongers can begin using the service from noon on Wednesday.
Man arrested for igniting fireworks at Hong Kong’s Avenue of Stars

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hong Kong police have arrested a mainland Chinese man for allegedly discharging fireworks at Tsim Sha Tsui’s Avenue of Stars. The arrest followed a video that had been circulating on social media since Sunday, showing a man with a braid igniting a firework stick at the waterfront promenade near K11 Musea. In the clip, the man was heard speaking in Mandarin, repeatedly telling the person filming to stop recording.
Man arrested for igniting fireworks at Hong Kong’s Avenue of Stars

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Danny Mok

NowIt was strong enough to brighten the sky for 10 straight days. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1408, Chinese astronomers and court officials observed an especially bright object in the sky that appeared for about ten days, but its identity remained unknown. • The object was …
Hong Kong’s HKUST handling ‘several’ Harvard transfer applications

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

A university in Hong Kong that “opened its doors to Harvard students” has made an offer of admission to one and is handling several transfer applications after the Trump administration last month barred the US Ivy League school from enrolling international candidates, many of whom are from mainland China.
Second man arrested in connection with Hong Kong knifepoint bank hold-up

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

A transport worker who turned himself in to police has been arrested on suspicion of receiving some of the HK$380,000 in cash snatched during an armed bank robbery in Hong Kong, the Post has learned. The worker, 47, surrendered to police on Wednesday, two days after a Hang Seng Bank branch at the Fortune City One shopping centre in Sha Tin was robbed by a man armed with a 30cm knife.
Hong Kong investigates 2 suspected botulism cases from injections in Shenzhen

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hong Kong health authorities are investigating the cases of two women who became unwell after receiving cosmetic botulinum toxin injections in Shenzhen, with one left in a critical condition. The Centre for Health Protection said on Wednesday that the two women were friends and had told authorities they received the injections at a private premises in Shenzhen around the middle of last month.
Hong Kong police hunt for man over anthrax hoax at social welfare office

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hong Kong police are hunting for a man who fled a social welfare office after telling staff he had left anthrax on the counter. An argument erupted between a staff member and the man at the office of the Social Security Field Unit inside One Mong Kok Road Commercial Centre at about 1.10pm on Wednesday. The man placed pieces of A4-sized paper on the counter and said they contained anthrax powder. He then fled the scene. Staff evacuated the office and alerted police.
Hong Kong police arrest 5 after probe into bomb threat targeting Mayday show

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hong Kong national security police have arrested five people following an investigation into bomb threats targeting a local concert by Taiwanese band Mayday and calls for independence for the self-ruled island and the city.
Hong Kong authorities race to reopen 2 lanes before Tuesday evening rush hour

1 month ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hong Kong authorities aim to reopen two lanes on a major road affected by an underground pipe leak before the evening rush hour starts on Tuesday, and plan to fully reopen the route ahead of the next morning’s traffic peak. The suspected water seepage on the Yuen Long-bound lanes on Tuen Mun Road near Siu Hong MTR station first came to light at around 11pm on Monday.
Hong Kong internet sensation ‘Mr Ho’ arrested over insecticide attack

1 month ago | scmp.com | Danny Mok

Hong Kong internet sensations “Mr and Mrs Ho” have once again captured media attention after the husband was arrested for spraying insecticide at pedestrians during an altercation in Tuen Mun on Sunday. The 77-year-old man, known only as Mr Ho, reportedly became embroiled in a dispute with a 41-year-old woman and her son at around 3pm on Sunday, near an exit at Siu Hong MTR station.