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差餉物業估價署於十月十五日發信，提醒仍未交回物業詳情申報表的差餉及／或地租繳納人立即交回，不論物業空置、租出或自用，均須於申報表發出日期起計21曆日內提交。估價署八月已發出約39萬份申報表，資料用於即將進行的全面重估應課差餉租值；明知失實陳述或拒絕填報，按《差餉條例》或《地租（評估及徵收）條例》可處最高罰款二萬五千元或一萬元，並加徵少徵收款項三倍罰款。
Why read this: 公布交代了申報表用途於即將進行的全面重估應課差餉租值，並列明21曆日限期與罰款上限，繳納人可據此核對自身責任。
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一名業主因不遵從屋宇署根據《建築物條例》發出的清拆令及修葺令，昨日（十月十四日）被判罰款100,000元。涉事為荃灣德士古道一幢工業大廈被改建成迷你倉的單位，有關改建及加建工程未獲屋宇署批准，並阻礙逃生途徑及消防和救援進出途徑。屋宇署表示會繼續嚴厲執法，包括提出檢控，以保障樓宇及公眾安全。
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消委會今年截至9月接獲3078宗涉及客戶服務的投訴，已超越2024年全年2173宗及2025年2715宗的個案總數。消委會於2025年11月以試行形式推出網上投訴處理平台，截至今年8月31日已處理逾3萬宗投訴，使用網上爭議解決服務的個案平均調停處理時間較過往縮短約30%。
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消委會今年首9個月接獲29宗搬屋服務投訴，較去年同期25宗為多，爭議涉及報價欠詳盡、服務延誤及財物損毀賠償。個案包括海外搬屋延誤付運，以及75吋電視損毀僅獲賠3百元。消委會呼籲業界在報價時列明收費與索償條款。
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消委會表示今年截至8月接獲2705宗商戶客戶服務投訴，迫近去年全年總數，反映服務質素與消費者期望存在落差。常見問題包括無人跟進、聯絡不到及跟進緩慢；有投訴人購票後因八號風球未能使用門票，AI客服無法辦理改期，最終經消委會協助成功更改門票日期。消委會建議業界引入人工智能時，提供轉駁真人客服的清晰指引。
The trial of the Choi Tin-fung murder case continued in the High Court. Her partner Tam Fong-chun testified that after Choi went missing, the Kwong family members reacted calmly, and Li Ruixiang questioned him reporting the case to the police before receiving any contact from the kidnappers. Tam recalled that Li's remarks were an attempt to distract and delay the report to the police; on the second day of Choi's disappearance, while he was riding in a private car driven by Kwong Kong-kit, he received a police call saying they 'strongly suspected the Kwong family' and reminding him to leave.
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17歲香港中學生Agastya Rekhi近3年教年幼兒童理財與經濟，並以AI應對經濟不平等。他入圍本年度Spirit of Hong Kong Awards的Spirit of Youth Award決選，並指資訊如何傳達與資訊本身同樣重要。
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康樂及文化事務署今日（十月十五日）宣布，北區粉嶺游泳池上午十時重開，早前該池因附近爆水管而暫停開放。
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伍富橋宣布太太梁兆楹提前近1個月誕下兒子Julian，出世時體重5磅幾，原定預產期為本月23日。他有暈血症仍陪太太入產房並親手剪臍帶。梁兆楹已回家坐月，不按傳統用薑水沖涼，稱「已經重投酒精懷抱」，強調有問醫生意見。
Hong Kong Post employees without long-term contracts have criticised the government's special career change scheme as too narrow, calling for more job pathways commensurate with their experience, such as worker and technician positions. Several affected employees told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday that the support and benefits offered by the scheme were insufficient and failed to reflect their skills and circumstances.
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大圍積富街一食肆對開有赤膊男遭兩名男子持膠櫈輪番襲擊，3人拉扯追打出馬路，其後片段顯示男子被多名警員撳地制服。警方於14日晚上9時38分接報，指積富街與積信街交界一食肆內一名51歲男子疑飲醉酒鬧事，事主被送往威爾斯親王醫院檢驗。事件起因及是否有涉案人士被捕尚不清楚，網民留言戲稱香港為「MMA之都」。
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截至10月2日，香港的士司機違規記分制累計229名司機被記分，其中125宗涉及拒載，3人因滿15分被停牌3個月。運輸及物流局局長陳美寶在立法會書面回覆中公布，制度於2024年9月生效；同期運輸署接獲近6,000宗的士投訴，逾600宗涉拒載。
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旅發局由今個星期六開始至31日推出「香港萬聖月」，其間一連3個星期六晚在蘭桂坊街頭舉行「蘭桂坊怪物巡禮夜變裝派對」。蘭桂坊集團主席盛智文表示對今年生意樂觀，預計人流與往年差不多。
The HKSKH Welfare Association is applying for a funeral services licence and scouting for an office to open for business, as a self-financing fee-paying service to generate extra income. Although the association is a Christian organisation, it will provide funeral rites of different religions according to customer needs, including 'Hell Breaking' rituals, while for Catholic ceremonies it will invite a priest to assist.
Police arrested 5 people, including 4 syndicate members and 1 watch shop employee, on suspicion of using fake police tactics to trick overseas students into coming to Hong Kong to buy luxury watches to 'prove their innocence'. They were charged with conspiracy to defraud and appeared in Kowloon City Magistrates' Court today. The fraud syndicate targeted mainland students studying overseas, claiming they were involved in a money laundering case and asking them to come to Hong Kong to hand over a 'deposit' and buy luxury watches to resell for cash. The female victim lost about $1.34 million.
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消防處本月將推出折衷式花灑系統，符合供水及消防要求的樓宇可將花灑泵直接駁至政府供水喉管，毋須在天台安裝水缸。預計約900幢受相關條例規管的樓宇適用，解決舊樓因結構和空間限制難以安裝傳統花灑水缸的困難。
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消防處宣布本月內將物聯網火警偵測系統計劃擴展至7層或以上大廈，預計約6000幢綜合用途及住用建築物適用。計劃至今接獲逾300幢樓宇意向書，並按樓層數目訂定不同替代方案，例如每層設置兩支5公斤乾粉滅火筒。
Chan Kau-keung, formerly chairman of the Ngau Tau Kok Fire Owners' Corporation management committee and adviser to the corporation, submitted a written response to the Ngau Tau Kok Fire Independent Investigation Commission in June this year, stating that Wong Pik-kiu was subjected to "political suppression" over the proxy vote incident, and that someone was using it to "divert attention". He said the number of proxies at owners' meetings had always exceeded the actual attendance, with many owners granting proxies without attending, and he believed Wong "would only seek to assist owners with what they asked for, dealing with matters realistically".
D TEAM under the St James' Settlement Jockey Club Creative Ageing Centre's Integrated Vocational Services Centre spent about half a year improving a 'single-handed nail clipper' design found online, reducing the time it takes Tom, 42, who had a stroke, to cut his nails from half an hour to 3 minutes. Tom had a stroke about two years ago and initially found it difficult even to cut his own nails, feeling very hopeless. During rehabilitation, he came into contact with the organisation and shared his needs with a social worker.
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辯方大律師 Trevor Beel 在庭上播放鄺港傑、蔡天鳳與譚方駿二〇二一年同遊澳門的片段，譚稱三人當時關係友好。辯方指蔡曾表示離開鄺家不包括鄺港傑，譚不同意，稱「始終佢哋姓鄺，佢哋先係一家人」。
The trial of the murder of Abby Choi continued at the High Court yesterday. Tam Fong-chun testified that after Choi lost contact, members of the Kwok family reacted calmly, and that Li Sui-heung questioned why he reported to the police without receiving any contact from the kidnappers. Tam later believed the other party wanted to divert attention and delay the police report. On the second day of Choi's disappearance, Tam received a police call while travelling in a private car driven by Kwok Kong-kit, in which officers said they were "extremely suspicious of the Kwok family" and reminded him that he should leave Kwok Kong-kit. The court also heard that Kwok Chi-kit had not answered where Choi got off the car.
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啟德德朗邨九旬婦被殺案，警方拘捕照顧她的印傭，落案起訴一項謀殺罪，案件昨於觀塘裁判法院首度提堂。被告暫毋須答辯，裁判官丘國新應控方申請，將案件押後至明年1月6日再訊，下令被告還押監房看管。
A retired woman is suspected of posting words including "Expel Mainland Garbage Security Guards, Liberate Hong Kong" on the wall of her flat's main door and has been charged with "publishing or displaying seditious publications with knowledge of the seditious intent". The case began trial yesterday at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts. She told National Security Department officers that she had posted the papers only because she had previously been attacked by 1 mainland new-immigrant security guard downstairs. In court, she questioned whether anyone would see the Hong Kong and British flag she had posted on the 31st-floor window, asking rhetorically, "How am I inciting? Inciting the birds?"
CICHC issued a statement on the incident, expressing agreement with and support for the court's sentencing, describing the verdict as bringing those involved to justice and upholding justice. Police welcomed the verdict, believing it would have a deterrent effect on similar cases. Tam King Shan, Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department of Tai Po Police District, said the defendant abused the victim's trust by exploiting her role as a carer, thereby sexually assaulting the victim.
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38歲匡智會男助理舍監2024年在殘疾人士院舍五度強姦一名輕度智障女學員，陪審團裁定5項強姦罪成，高等法院昨日判監13年。法官游德康斥被告濫用照顧者身分，在短時間內誘導並侵犯事主，行為「可鄙」。被告另涉一項猥褻智障男學員罪，因事主無法作供，控方最終撤控。
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評論指去年十月推行的「失業受助人士支援計劃」只要求十五至五十九歲失業健全受助人每周最少一次、每次一小時無償工作，違者扣七日綜援金，遠鬆於美國SNAP每月八十小時的規定。文章以屯門女童獨扛兩打啤酒事件引出，指涉事家庭月領約一萬八千元綜援，質疑制度只派錢而沒有引導。
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鄧藹霖在《會笑媽媽》專欄《絕對不能停藥》指出，情緒病已成為普遍的都市病。據政府統計處發表的專題報告，全港約有超過二十五萬人患有精神病或情緒病，大約每三十人中就有一人患病。
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一名ADHD輔導者分享自己自小未獲診斷、也未服藥，由8歲起經歷10年自我懷疑與挫敗，因此決定讓孩子服藥，不想孩子重蹈自己的成長。她輔導時會幫家長釐清恐懼來源，分辨決定是理性、出於愛，還是壓力下的反應，強調最重要的是經過思考、為了孩子而做的決定。
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香藝師鄧皓荃（Aaron）自中四起鑽研製香，2017年創業、2021年在柴灣開設工房，2023年起全職製香，店名取作「港香堂」。他的轉折點是2007年在志蓮淨苑聞到一陣清香，自此走上「尋香之旅」。他所售沉香全部來自人工培植，冀把製香、篆香、聞香等香藝文化傳承下去。
Artist Lai Wai-lam's first solo exhibition, Tranquil State, runs until 23 October at Gallery 3812 on Wyndham Street in Central, following three years of creation. Opening hours are 11am-7pm, Monday to Friday. The works combine fine-brush painting with geometric patterns from old floor tiles and patterned fabrics, reconstructing traces of the past, rural memories and inner struggles.
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中環小酒館TABIA推出全新4道菜菜單，售價$498，可一次試盡前菜、手工意粉、主菜及甜品。酒館由意籍兄弟Roberto與Riccardo Trento經營，菜式糅合北意傳統風味，招牌手工意大利雲吞換上限定秋冬牛肋肉醬餡料，另有傳統阿爾卑斯蘋果撻等家族傳承食譜。酒館位於半山堅道55號，星期二至日12nn至10pm營業。
The author took part in filming a New Year song MV, travelling to Malaysia to shoot at a cemetery known as "Fairyland Ancient City", which features a swimming pool and basketball court, where the 2025 Miss Asia and Mr Asia finals were held. Owner Xu Tiancheng hopes to change the gloomy atmosphere when paying respects to ancestors; the graves adopt themes such as outer space, racecourse and bar, and wine barrels can be used to hold ashes.
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消防處將允許業主安裝智能火警系統取代傳統消防安全設備的計劃，擴至另外6,000幢舊樓。不過處方承認，計劃五個月前已為3,600幢樓推出，至今未有完成安裝，目前有300幢樓表示有興趣。
The Fire Services Department, together with the Buildings Department and the Labour Department, launched cross-departmental joint inspections, finding 5 fire hazard violations. The inspections covered building structures and fire safety in common areas of buildings, as well as frontline construction procedures and occupational safety and health aspects. The authorities will follow up on the obstruction of escape routes by clutter and will prosecute or issue a "Notice to Remove Fire Hazards" to the relevant persons.
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蘭桂坊萬聖節慶祝活動將於本周六至本月31日舉行，期間有超過二十間商戶推出餐飲優惠，未來三個星期六晚舉行「蘭桂坊怪物巡禮夜變裝派對」。蘭桂坊協會指去年約8萬人次到蘭桂坊，相信今年人流或有一至兩成增長。
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宗教團體「耶書亞愛家工程」連同多個宗教團體發起聯署，反對旅發局舉辦「香港萬聖月」，今日（14日）向政府及立法會議員提交。聯署指萬聖節「充滿了對死亡、惡靈、詛咒與陰暗世界的崇拜與安撫」，反對政府「盲目塑造」成全城的文化與旅遊節日；何君堯稱「玩一日就夠」。
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香港海關自十月七日起在全港多個地區以「放蛇」行動打擊香煙零售點，截至十月十四日檢獲約十二萬支懷疑未完稅香煙，市值約五十四萬元，拘捕十人。被捕者為涉案零售點東主及店員，共三男七女，行動點遍布屯門、青衣、荃灣、深水埗及北角等地。
Why read this: 公報同時列出去年《2025年控煙法例（修訂）條例》刊憲以來的執法總數與判刑區間，可對照今次全港行動的規模。
A sample of fresh meat and pickled mustard tuber buns from a food factory in Kwun Tong contained 250,000 Bacillus cereus per gram. Under the Microbiological Guidelines for Food, ready-to-eat food containing more than 100,000 per gram is considered unsatisfactory. The Centre for Food Safety has deployed staff to the premises for investigation; the factory has been instructed to stop selling and discard the relevant food, and to carry out thorough cleaning and disinfection.
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中大（深圳）醫學院副院長李仁科上周六在西安出席學術會議期間離世，終年65歲，中大（深圳）已在官方網站發訃告公布。訃告指他是全球首名獲FDA批准將幹細胞移植治療心力衰竭的科學家，去年全職加入中大（深圳）。遺體告別儀式明早在西安舉行，周六在中大（深圳）舉行追思會。
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醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂在立法會就「共建健康活力香港」議案作總結發言，政府將於今年內發布《全生命周期健康促進策略》、推行《體重管理行動計劃》，目標2028年前提升體重管理意識10%。慢病共治計劃已提早達標，至今26萬人參與，地區康健中心會員62萬。