Child Rights Commission: If not an isolated incident, case may involve physical and psychological abuse

Hong Kong Committee for Children's Rights executive director Wong Wai-yuk said that a parent's request for a girl to lift overly heavy items may constitute negligent care, and if the situation in the video was not an isolated incident, the case could involve physical and psychological abuse. Police initially classified the case as a "misunderstanding" as they saw no obvious marks on the girl, while the girl's stepfather said he asked her to lift heavy objects to train her muscles.

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網片揭怕被罵拒幫助 一度稱被打後改口 女童提兩大袋啤酒 父母涉虐兒被捕

屯門富泰邨一對父母因10歲女童提着兩大袋啤酒回家，昨日被警方以涉嫌對所看管兒童或少年人虐待或忽略拘捕。街坊影片顯示女童每袋起碼有10罐500毫升啤酒，其間父親搶走一袋並大罵「廢人」；警方同晚一度列作誤會，至昨日改列求警協助。被捕人的3名子女昨晚送院接受身體檢查。

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招國際歌手來港 倡伙京滬邀巡唱

林建岳倡招國際歌手來港演出，並串連上海、北京等內地城市洽談巡唱。啟德體育園今年首9個月非本地藝人演出佔半，《五年規劃》提出至2030年增至60%。他指國際級歌手世界巡演通常提前12至24個月規劃、選址及簽約，須立刻行動。

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林建岳：每周辦活動 旅客留更久 倡「套裝式」推廣 灣區合作「一程多站」吸國際客

林建岳倡以每周舉辦活動延長旅客留港及消費，並聯同大灣區推動「一程多站」吸引國際旅客。香港首份《五年規劃》預計旅遊業增加價值增長46%、至2030年達1260億元。串連電影場景的指南最快本月底推出。

Hui Kin-sang: AI wave — Hong Kong young people must tell their own stories well

The Global Youth Power Summit 2026 (GYPS 2026) was held at the Regal Hong Kong Hotel early this week. This year marks the third edition, with over 600 young professionals, leaders from political and business circles, and consular representatives from about 20 countries in attendance. Online viewers from more than 60 countries and regions also watched the proceedings live, and Chief Executive John Lee delivered a speech via video link. Guests including Professor Lo Yuk-lam, Professor Ng Hung-wai and Bonnie Chan were also present.

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港5酒店成世界50最佳 瑰麗酒店蟬聯「世一」

香港有5家酒店躋身「世界50最佳酒店」及擴展榜單，包括瑰麗酒店、奕居、半島酒店、文華東方酒店及四季酒店。國泰航空在全球航空公司大獎中排前三，食府與酒吧在《亞洲50最佳》系列亦多獲殊榮。

In Search of the Fading Glow on Street Corners: Urbanroot Launches EZ01 Moonlight "Find the Yellow Sodium Lamp" Mid-Autumn City Exploration Campaign

Local barefoot shoe brand Urbanroot has launched the EZ01 Moonlight "Find the Yellow Sodium Lamp" Mid-Autumn city exploration campaign, running in Hong Kong from now until 10月25日, inviting the public to search for old-style yellow sodium lamps that are gradually being replaced by new LED fixtures.

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影灣園名車盛會2026首度登陸淺水灣｜限量林寶、Pagani現身南區花園派對

影灣園名車盛會2026將於11月7日下午2時至6時30分在淺水灣道109號影灣園購物商場首度舉行，承襲半島酒店集團的名車傳統。現場將展出Pagani Huayra Codalunga Speedster、全球限量1,963部的林寶堅尼Revuelto SV、香港首度亮相的勞斯萊斯Spectre Series II等名車，並有朗格及富藝斯展出收藏級腕錶。

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觀塘翠屏北邨翠桃樓火警 13歲男童單位外冷氣機頂獲救 母涉虐兒被捕

觀塘翠屏北邨翠桃樓一個單位昨晚發生火警，消防在單位外冷氣機頂救出一名13歲男童，他懷疑吸入濃煙不適，清醒送院。初步調查相信客廳外置充電器引起火警，期間有70人自行疏散。警方相信男童被獨留在單位，以涉嫌對所看管兒童或少年人虐待或忽略拘捕他42歲的母親。

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自助餐優惠｜尖沙咀太子酒店SAVVY自助餐限時5折！$120起歎31款主菜半自助午餐、晚市炙燒帝王蟹龍蝦

尖沙咀太子酒店三樓SAVVY聯同KKday推出限時半價快閃優惠，10月8日12:00開搶，半自助午餐由$120起，提供31款主菜。晚市主打炭火炙燒阿拉斯加帝王蟹及鐵板龍蝦鉗，涵蓋日常午市至奢華晚宴。

Bargaining | Hong Kong Economic Times "Jokes" column

A tour guide teaches travellers to bargain when buying things, "at least halve the price". This is a short joke published in the lifestyle section column "Jokes" of Hong Kong Economic Times on 2026/10/08, and recent articles in the same column include "Driver", "Cosmetic Surgery" and "Toothache" among others.

Diseases That Are Affecting Younger People

A woman in her thirties suddenly experienced numbness on the left side of her body while waiting at a station for transport to work, and, based on common sense, suspected she might be having a stroke. The column opens with this case and discusses the trend of stroke and other diseases affecting a younger age group.

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《醫生，你有病？》首集：精神科醫生丁錫全找到方法走到今天

《醫生，你有病？》首集帶精神科醫生丁錫全回望童年，他坦言有讀寫障礙、抽動症和口吃，自創「拆件式」記憶法把字拆開辨認。節目組再拿出「概」、「熟」、「據」和「Restaurant」請他測試，十八年前他已在《星期二檔案》坦白這些困難，字並未隨年月變得容易。

It's Hard to Be a Good Person at Work

In his column "It's Hard to Be a Good Person at Work" in Still Happy, Lawrence Cheng shared that he was once a rather unsuccessful manager, and after leaving his job he consulted a senior mentor about the reasons for his failure. The senior's remark, "Because you always want to be a goody-goody! But in the workplace, it's hard to be a good person", pinpointed the crux of the problem.

躁大叔｜鄧藹霖《會笑媽媽》專欄

鄧藹霖 writes in the「躁大叔」column of《會笑媽媽》about a middle-aged uncle who becomes highly emotional outside the Immigration Department, shouting loudly. His voice was extremely grating, drawing a crowd of onlookers who asked what exactly had made this uncle so angry.

The Bird's Nest Woman

Two housewives chat on a minibus about the village head's "bird's nest woman", who shows off daily that her husband cooks bird's nest for her to eat, but during the conversation she casually remarks that she has died. The author reflects on the baser side of human nature: people often do not envy those far above them, yet they envy those who once stood on equal footing, just as Chapman said — jealousy is like a fly that prefers to settle on a wound that is festering.

Abalone Prince Questions Abalone

Tsang Chi-wah wrote in his column 「肥碌出馬」 that two long-established eateries in Hong Kong give ordinary people a "very special" feeling — Luk Yu Tea House and Fook Lam Moon (nicknamed "Ah Yat Abacus"). The article is titled "Abalone Prince Questions Abalone". The rest of the content requires logging in or subscribing to hketPRO to read.

SEIKO 145th anniversary exhibition invites watch world's 'divine hands' master to Hong Kong to show his skills

SEIKO is holding a 145th anniversary exhibition at Cityplaza, inviting chief movement assembly master Akira Ohira, known as the "divine hands", to Hong Kong to dismantle and reassemble an 8L45A movement for the public within half an hour. The commemorative watches are mainly in Edo purple, alongside a limited run of 4,500 Prospex 1965 Heritage fans' choice watches and a limited run of 1,200 Blue Tears watches.

Colour Matching: An Introduction to Colour Wheel Theory

The colour wheel arranges hues such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple; adjacent colours are visually harmonious and easy on the eye, while complementary colours form strong contrasts, and black, white and grey are achromatic colours, used only to adjust lightness and saturation. Learning about colour matching from a young age can stimulate children's visual development, train their powers of observation and discrimination, cultivate aesthetic sensibility and foster a cheerful disposition.

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黃佩儀20年的跨地域歷練 每場不如意都是必修的功課

資深市務與傳訊專才黃佩儀在《繽紛旅程》分享逾20年跨國職場與人生起跌的經歷，現任高等教育機構行政與規劃助理總監。她十三、四歲隻身赴美，靠契媽一句「Think big, start small」在職場走過二十多年，並學會把不如意當作功課、調整mindset。育兒方面她主張放手，要求長子申請學校「One step at a time」，培養孩子獨立。

三火《Passing Through the Landscape》2026@森寮 Lets Visitors Immerse Themselves in the Landscape

Artist 三火's solo exhibition Passing Through the Landscape is being held at Tai Kong Po Village, Kam Tin, from today until 25 October, open on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 2pm-5pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-5pm. It showcases her paintings transformed from ordinary scenes such as the trees, flowers and plants below everyday residential buildings, calling on viewers to walk into the landscape. The venue is home to community cats as well as cats kept by the organisers; those sensitive to animals should take note.

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劉家俊個展《穿鑿：如果伯活樓……》 重新書寫被遺忘的歷史建築

藝術家劉家俊個展《穿鑿：如果伯活樓……》即日至10月12日在中環堅尼地道7A香港視覺藝術中心舉行，逢星期二休館，開放時間10am至9pm。展覽以一級歷史建築卡素樓及已拆伯活樓為題，藝術家花6個月以版畫、AI與混凝土構建平行時空，作品分布中心各樓層。

Funaki Ai solo exhibition 《願．歲月深處的微光》: keeping each other company in a peaceful present

Funaki Ai's solo exhibition 《願．歲月深處的微光》 is now being held at UBU DECO Gallery in Central, running until 23 October, open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm. The exhibition uses black cat Joe and grey tabby American Shorthair Happy as its core visual symbols. The works fuse modern visual design with Japanese flat colouring, stripping away complex light and shadow to present a style in which minimalist flatness and spatial depth coexist.

Hong Kong Sculpture Society Sculpture · Power Exhibition: An Artistic Dialogue Across Generations and Perspectives

The Hong Kong Sculpture Society is holding the Sculpture · Power exhibition, funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, bringing together 35 artists of different generations and showing 62 sets/works. The exhibition runs from now until 13 October, 10am - 7pm, at the L1 and L0 galleries of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre in Shek Kip Mei. The media of the works range from marble, bronze, Shiwan pottery sculpture and bamboo craft to stainless steel, 3D printing and everyday ready-made objects.

雪園壹號 launches crab roe brunch, debuts dedicated snow garden crab vinegar, limited to 30 portions daily

雪園壹號 at Southorn Hotel in Wan Chai is launching the「雪園六十．澄淮蟹粉Brunch」, available at lunch from today until 12月11日, limited to 30 portions daily, at $428 per person (minimum two people). The menu features 10 handmade crab roe dishes, and the restaurant is debuting its own brand「雪園蟹醋」, developed on a base of 10-year aged Zhenjiang vinegar. Diners may buy a bottle at the offer price of $58, originally $88, while stocks last.

Yuen Wai-lon Travels Solo

The fifth series of the solo travel programme One Person's Railway Journey, hosted by Yuen Wai-lon, has just aired on HOY, with the new series visiting Chenzhou, Changsha, Guiyang, Kunming, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. He debuted in a television talent show in 2022 and has hosted the programme since 2024, now reaching its fifth series. In Quanzhou, he filmed intangible cultural heritage items including the "Dragon and Tiger Lantern"; during filming he got tanned and bruised while climbing sky ladders.

《我阿爹想旅行》笑中有淚 導演黃綺琳 黃鐦 解構戲中密碼

張家輝、鍾雪瑩合演的《我阿爹想旅行》月初推出優先場獲觀眾好評，10月15日正式上映，導演黃綺琳、黃鐦受訪解構創作概念。影片以古裝場口開場，讓新一代演員嘗試古裝，並赴沖繩取景，堅持用同款1998年出廠的Jimny四驅車。蒙嘉慧時隔多年回歸演"阿媽"，姜皓文與張家輝繼《激戰》後再演好兄弟。

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自助餐優惠｜北角海逸逸龍軒大閘蟹自助餐快閃！人均$299歎江蘇蟹、鮑魚海皇翅兼啤酒任飲

北角海逸酒店中菜廳「逸龍軒」藉KKday週年慶推出大閘蟹自助餐快閃優惠，10月8日15:00開搶，晚市買二送二人均不到HK$300。每位即奉三隻江蘇大閘蟹、原隻鮑魚扣花菇及海皇翅，另設超過三十款鑊氣小菜放題及嘉士伯啤酒任飲。

AFCD carries out 19 enforcement cases in countryside during Golden Week, involving littering and spitting in public places

From 10月1日至7日下午5時, the AFCD carried out 19 enforcement cases in Sai Kung East Country Park (including the East Dam and popular camping sites), involving littering and spitting in public places. The department said hygiene and order at the various country parks hot spots were generally good, and visitors had heeded staff reminders, with the overall situation broadly as expected.

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觀塘翠屏北邨單位起火 13歲男童冷氣機頂避難獲救 其母涉虐兒被捕

觀塘翠屏北邨翠桃樓低層單位晚上近八時起火，13歲男童爬出窗在單位外冷氣機頂避難，消防出動雲梯將他救回安全位置，送往聯合醫院治理。消防動用一隊煙帽隊灌救，約半小時後將火救熄，約70人自行疏散；男童42歲母親涉虐兒被捕，警方及消防調查起火原因。

Priscilla Lai latest | Priscilla Lai appears at Paris Fashion Week, loses 17 pounds in one month and is in great form

Priscilla Lai was invited to appear at Paris Fashion Week, attending a brand's latest spring/summer show. In preparation, she lost 17 pounds within one month through dancing and dietary control, and is in great form. Now aged 44, she shot to fame in 2002 with Night Stroll in Dubai and retired in 2006 to work in jewellery sales and public relations. Her "Yin&Yang" earrings won a silver award at the UK GC&DC Design Awards GCDA.

Miss Hong Kong | Chan Fung-yee stays in sea-view villa on Bali holiday, posts sexy swimsuit photos showing sky-high long legs

29-year-old TVB actress and Miss Hong Kong runner-up Chan Fung-yee flew to Uluwatu at the southern tip of Bali during her holiday, staying in a cliff-side sea-view villa and sharing swimsuit photos on social media, showing off her 43-inch legs. Internet users noted that the resort's basic sea-view suite in the low season costs 4,700 to 6,200 元 per night, while the private pool villa in the photos is priced at about 7,800 to 1.25 ten thousand 元.

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十一黃金周結束 7天累計逾140萬內地客訪港 新聞總覽收錄多條本港消息

內地十一黃金周假期結束，截至晚上9時7天累計逾140萬人次內地旅客訪港，多於入境處早前預測的129萬，十月一日全日27.7萬人次為最多。總覽同時收錄香港居民即日起可登記新皇崗口岸合作查驗自助通道，以及屯門虐兒案、西九文化區赤字等多條本港消息。

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東涌公營房屋地盤34歲工人高處墮下不治 勞工處發暫時停工通知書

東涌匯東街第103區公營房屋地盤一名34歲天秤工人下午約一時半在13樓拆卸外部工作平台期間失足，墮至2樓平台，送北大嶼山醫院搶救後下午約兩時證實不治。据了解工人未有將安全繩扣於安全扣內，案件列作工業意外處理。勞工處向承建商發出暫時停工通知書，房署亦指示暫停工程並配合調查。

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香港選舉委員會選舉提名期首日收到305份提名

香港選舉委員會選舉提名期星期三開跑，選舉事務處首日收到305份參選提名，逾300人報名爭取選委席位。各界別分組提名期至10月20日，選舉訂於11月22日舉行；1500人的選委會將於明年3月選出下任行政長官。

Male worker falls to death from 13th floor working platform at Tung Chung Yuet Fung Court site

An industrial fatal accident occurred at the Home Ownership Scheme construction site of Yuet Fung Court at 12 Fei Tung Street, Tung Chung. A 34-year-old male worker surnamed Chin fell from height at around 1pm today and was certified dead after being rushed to North Lantau Hospital for treatment. Police classified the case as an industrial accident. The Housing Department said the worker was on the exterior wall of the 13th floor, dismantling the working platform used to remove the temporary supports for anchoring the tower crane.

Education Bureau says it is very concerned about suspected abuse of 10-year-old girl in Tuen Mun's Fu Tai Estate; school intervened at the earliest time

The Education Bureau replied that it is very concerned about the suspected abuse of a 10-year-old girl in Fu Tai Estate, Tuen Mun, and the school had immediately activated a crisis handling team to follow up. Police arrested the girl's parents in the afternoon on suspicion of child abuse, while the school arranged for counselling teachers and social workers to provide support to affected students, and the authorities had reminded schools to strengthen communication with parents.

Male worker falls from height to his death while dismantling work platform at Tung Chung construction site; Labour Department issues provisional notice to stop work

A male worker fell from height while dismantling a work platform on the external wall of a construction site in Tung Chung this afternoon and was certified dead after being sent to hospital. The Labour Department has deployed staff to the scene to investigate and has issued a "provisional notice to stop work" to the relevant contractor, halting the erection, alteration, dismantling and use of such work platforms on the external walls of buildings at the site until it is satisfied that the hazards have been eliminated before work may resume. The Labour Department is fully investigating the cause of the accident and the legal liability of the parties held responsible.

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維園年宵快餐「檔王」28萬元成交升逾2成 濕貨檔最貴5.3萬元成交

維園年宵市場快餐攤位競投，近天后A攤位以28萬元成交成為今屆「檔王」，較上年14萬元升1倍。4個快餐攤位總成交額約88萬元，整體按年上升逾3成，食環署形容競投氣氛熱烈。濕貨攤位平均競投價15700元、最高53000元，全港14個年宵市場將於明年1月31日至2月6日舉行。

Highways Department to resurface eastbound carriageway of Cheung Tsing Road in late November, with partial lane closures at night

The Highways Department plans to lay a high-performance ultra-thin wearing course on the eastbound carriageway of Cheung Tsing Road in Cheung Sha Wan starting in late November. During construction, one to two lanes will be temporarily closed every night from 9pm to 6am the following morning. The works cover an 800-metre section of concrete pavement from the Butterfly Valley Fresh Water Service Reservoir to Caritas Hospital, where approximately 20 millimetres of new asphalt will be laid. The project is expected to be completed within two weeks, with noisy procedures scheduled as far as possible before 11pm.