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Jan 10, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
Four theatres run by major chain Golden Harvest have stopped selling tickets from Saturday onwards and are expected to shut as the trend of cinema closures in Hong Kong continues in 2025. A check of Golden Harvest’s website by the Post on Friday afternoon found that four of its cinemas in Olympian City, MegaBox in Kowloon Bay, StagE in Tuen Mun and Galaxy Plaza in Shau Kei Wan were not selling tickets from January 11.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
sbs.com.au | Winnie HT Wong
國家氣象局資深氣象學家布拉德伯里（Miriam Bradbury）表示，降雨和雷暴是澳洲夏季的常見現象，特別是澳洲北部、昆州東南部以及新州東部地區。 布拉德伯里於週四表示，昆州東南部以及新州東部地區正趨向較潮濕的天氣。 她表示：「舉例說，雪梨的七天預報顯示，幾乎每天都有降雨、甚至雷暴的可能，這是由於內陸的低壓槽使濕氣積聚，無法散去。」 氣象局於週五，對昆州東南部的Redland City area發出嚴重雷雨警告，該地區在短短兩小時內，位於Stradbroke Island的鄧威治機場（Dunwich airport）就錄得132毫米的降雨量。 氣象局的長期預測顯示，澳洲東部、西部和北部的大片地區，降雨量將超出過往平均水平，並且有異常高降雨的風險。 然而，隨著天氣未來數天至數週的變化，布拉德伯里預計，仍會有一些溫暖和乾燥的時期，就像上週末雪梨的天氣一樣。 相比之下，她指出包括墨爾本、荷伯特、阿德雷德和珀斯等南部地區，預測大多是陽光普照而且乾燥。不過，墨爾本和荷伯特，於今個週末仍有可能會出現降雨或雷暴。...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
The authority overseeing Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District has said more arts elements will be included in a proposed project to build nearly 2,000 homes after local councillors expressed concerns the plan may undermine the hub’s image.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
Hong Kong immigration authorities have arrested 26 suspected illegal workers hired to renovate premises in the city and their three alleged employers, with the labourers earning wages as little as 10 per cent of those paid to local residents. The Immigration Department said that officers had raided 88 locations, including flats and other premises, under renovation across the city, as part of an operation that ran from last week until Tuesday.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong |Jess Ma
More patients making appointments with new online registration system, though some elderly patients still struggling with itPublished: 1:21pm, 6 Jan 2025Updated: 1:25pm, 6 Jan 2025Quotas at some Hong Kong public dental clinics were filled on Monday despite the teething problems of a waiting list arrangement that came with elderly residents failing to register for their appointments online.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park will host its first test event at its main stadium on Sunday with an expected turnout of 10,000 people, allowing venue staff to assess their crowd dispersal capabilities using taxis, buses and MTR services. Authorities also said they would test an internal communication platform for mobilising taxis during the event, but special bus arrangements were excluded from the drill as the scale of the event did not require such services.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
Some elderly Hongkongers have expressed frustration over a new online booking system for appointments at public dental clinics on the first day of its launch, despite it replacing an arrangement in which residents had to queue for hours to secure a slot. The Post spoke to several residents at one of 11 public dental clinics on Monday morning and found they were aware of the new online arrangement but stymied by a lack of staff to help them use the new platform.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
Scheme, run by NGO SideBySide, has so far helped 2,200 people aged 16 to 30Published: 7:30am, 27 Dec 2024A tattoo artist, 22, and a college dropout, 26, are among the beneficiaries of a career scheme for disadvantaged Hong Kong youth run by an NGO. The artist, who goes by the name Nok, came from a broken family, dropped out of school at Form Five and was making ends meet as a bartender while learning how to create tattoos.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong
Some players spend thousands of dollars on the game in short order, neglect daily tasks and spiral into debtPublished: 9:20am, 26 Dec 2024Hongkonger Solo Young, 29 has spent about HK$50,000 (US$6,400) over the past six months on claw machines, fishing for plush toys of his favourite cartoon characters or those that he can resell for a higher price. Young earns HK$21,000 a month as a logistics worker, and on a single day could spend up to HK$1,000 on the machines.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Winnie HT Wong |Denise Tsang
The city offers vibrant locations for shopping, strolling and taking pictures over the holiday season, with new features from previous yearsPublished: 2:00pm, 22 Dec 2024Hong Kong’s skyline and street views are always colourful and vibrant during Christmas, but the city will boast attractions this holiday season that have not been seen in previous years.
