27 individuals and groups have been selected as finalists for the 14th Hong Kong Spirit Awards, honouring unsung heroes who have made significant contributions to society. The awards are jointly organised by Sun Hung Kai Properties and the South China Morning Post, with nine categories this year: community, culture, innovation, sustainability, perseverance, teamwork, youth, nurturing and entrepreneurship.
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立法會第三日合併辯論香港首個五年規劃及施政報告，第五個辯論環節討論「切實提升民生福祉 完善民生保障體系」議題。陳曼琪建議結合人口普查數據優化託兒服務選址，並盡快研究涵蓋一老一小的「沒有保護罪」及為長者設立強制舉報機制。姚銘建議政府牽頭善用北區空置商舖，引入本地特色餐飲及文創產業，轉型為民生步行街。
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一名60多歲男子今晨7時許在西貢清水灣第一灣泳灘離岸約100米懷疑游泳時遇溺，由泳客救起後送院，最終證實不治。救援人員趕至現場時男事主已不醒人事，泳客及救援人員曾在場急救，其後由女友人陪同送往將軍澳醫院，男事主抵院時昏迷，需使用自動心外壓機施救。
Po Leung Kuk has appointed 16 staff members as national security instructors to promote national security awareness through four levels: staff training, exhibitions, education for service users and community outreach, and will distribute national security-themed picture books to the more than 100 schools it operates. The Social Welfare Department wrote in June to about 200 subsidised non-governmental organisations, requiring each instructor to promote national security information to at least 30 people every year.
Social welfare functional constituency legislator Chan Man-yee suggested extending the Guangdong Province residential care services scheme, originally designed for elderly persons, to persons with disabilities and families with long-term care needs, promoting co-living between carers and care recipients. In September, she led a delegation to inspect care homes in the Greater Bay Area, visiting care homes with barrier-free rooms that were willing to receive Hong Kong service users, while Hong Kong had no space. Chan Man-yee has already begun discussions with the Social Welfare Department, with the next step being to arrange a meeting with the Labour and Welfare Bureau for consultation.
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位於中環的Bar Leone蟬聯「世界最佳酒吧」冠軍，香港重奪「The 50最佳酒吧」中亞洲首要雞尾酒之都地位。今屆香港共有4間酒吧上榜，除排第一的Bar Leone外，Argo、Montana及Gokan分別排第25、36及41名，均為首次登榜。
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入境處數據顯示，一連7天內地十一黃金周有141.7萬人次內地旅客入境，日均較去年8天假期的約140萬人次升逾15%。同期有744.6萬人次出入境，港人出境205.1萬人次。零售業界稱化妝品及藥房銷售按年增兩三成，飲食業者估計生意額增長一成。
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department launched a new wave of 'Special Operations' yesterday, prioritising over the next 4 months high-risk locations where there had been dog attacks on people and where stray dogs congregate to catch unattended dogs, and stressed that it has no intention of implementing TNR and will not release unattended dogs back into the community. Animal welfare groups called for 'Trap-Neuter-Return', while the department said the pilot scheme between 2015 and 2018 failed to meet the performance indicator of reducing the number of stray dogs, and therefore there is currently no related plan.
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維園年宵市場昨日公開競投46個大型及92個普通乾貨攤位，兩者平均競投價均較去年高三成。去年以5.1萬元投得鄰近銅鑼灣出口1號攤位的黎先生，今年以3.4萬元重投同一攤位，價低逾三成，形容為「回到正常價位」，預計年宵市況及收入不錯。
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廉政公署落案起訴一名80歲男子，涉嫌向油尖旺區議員李家軒提供1萬元賄款，意圖令對方以區議員身分脅迫一名教會牧師與他會面，協助處理一件私人事務。被告獲准保釋，今日在西九龍裁判法院答辯。
Police, based on intelligence analysis, fund flow investigation and closed-circuit television footage, identified an active fraud and money laundering syndicate, and arrested 5 men and 5 women the day before yesterday, including a university student couple who were core members. Officers intercepted about 350 ten thousand dollars of unexplained funds in one of their accounts. The case involved multiple online shopping fraud cases and compensated dating fraud cases.
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屯門富泰邨一名10歲女童手提兩大袋啤酒事件曝光後，其繼父與生母前日涉虐兒被捕，兩人被扣留調查一晚後同獲准保釋候查，須於10月下旬向警方報到。据了解，被捕母親因病仍在屯門醫院留醫。
A 26-year-old female officer passed away after massive bleeding following the birth of her daughter by induced labour at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2016. The family complained to the Medical Council about 3 doctors the following year, and the Medical Council recently concluded the handling of the case due to insufficient evidence, without convening an inquiry. The family wrote to the Secretary for Health yesterday to lodge a complaint, questioning whether the experts of the Medical Council's Preliminary Inquiry Committee had failed to take into account multiple pieces of Coroner's Court evidence, including the cause of death related to a hysterectomy performed without replenishing clotting factors.
Mary Hospital registered lift engineer Lo Wing-chai was charged with submitting false or misleading documents and issuing safety certificates despite unsatisfactory inspection results, was convicted, and on 23 last month was sentenced to 160 hours of community service. The Department of Justice has applied for a review of the sentence. The case involved multiple lifts in Clinical Building 1 being taken out of service for maintenance, resulting in clinical services being unable to commence. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department replied that judicial proceedings are still ongoing and it is not appropriate to comment further.
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消委會測試17款聲稱專為長者設計的匙羮，其中7款矽膠匙羮樣本驗出揮發性物質高於內地標準限量，即每100克樣本重量損失高於0.5克。消委會指購買樣本時有關標準尚未生效，新標準已於上月初生效，期望廠商未來遵從要求，減少矽氧烷等揮發物含量，降低對健康及環境污染的風險。
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六旬母親獨力照顧嚴重殘疾兒子，不放心兒子獨住院舍，又憂自己年紀漸長或患認知障礙，盼與兒子覓得院舍共住。社福界立法會議員陳文宜建議將廣東院舍照顧服務計劃的服務對象擴闊至殘疾人士及年長照顧者，先導計劃擬安排約50個家庭試住，推動「家庭專區」共居模式。
A middle-aged woman admitted one count of wounding with intent and was sentenced to a 3-month hospital order at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts (acting as District Court) yesterday. She attacked her boyfriend with a hiking pole and kitchen knife at her residence last year, leaving him needing stitches to his head. Acting Principal Magistrate Ko Wai-hung noted that the defendant committed the offence without premeditation, but the victim's injuries were not minor, taking into account that she committed the offence under the influence of mental health issues.
The Hong Kong Institute of Property Management submitted a consultation paper on amending the Buildings Management Ordinance, with over 500 members participating in discussions. It recommended using the "iAM Smart" personal code to verify owners' identities in the long term and studying the introduction of electronic voting. The Institute supports mandatory disclosure of interests, specifying criminal penalties for false declarations, intervention by the authority when a owners' corporation is paralysed, and the establishment of an "Appeals Tribunal (Building Management)", as well as proposing to tackle bid-rigging at the source. The consultation period ended on the 11th of last month.
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九龍城裁判法院昨日裁定一名中年核數師在港鐵屯馬線列車上非禮女子的猥褻侵犯罪不成立。裁判官陳志輝指事主首次錄口供未提及事發時與被告距離等細節，法庭未能確定事發經過，基於疑點利益歸於被告。
明報報道，辯方大狀安華暉昨日開始盤問蔡天鳳母親、證人張燕花，關注她與第三被告鄺港智的關係。張燕花同意現在二人關係勢成水火，但稱鄺港智17歲與蔡拍拖時經常到蔡家，她曾把對方視為「半邊仔」。
Senior counsel Tai Wai-ao, representing Kwong Kau, pointed out to Tsui's mother Cheung Yin-fa in court that Kwong Kau had been doing business in the mainland continuously from 2003 after leaving the police force until 2023, and that both vehicles, including a Rolls-Royce, belonged to Kwong Kau. When giving evidence, Cheung Yin-fa angrily rebuked the Kwong family, and was asked by the defence and acting judge Kei Yin-fai to stop making offensive remarks. The defence also stated that Kwong Kau had signed a power of attorney and still held the Kadoorie Hill property.
The trial of the Abby Choi murder case continued in the High Court, with Choi's mother Cheung Yen-fa continuing to give evidence, facing cross-examination in turn by the representative senior counsel for Kwok Kau and Kwok Kong-chi. The defence said Choi's monthly income as a model and internet celebrity was less than 10 thousand dollars, and her estate showed bank deposits totalling about 640 ten thousand dollars, questioning whether she could afford to buy a Tuen Mun property. Cheung Yen-fa responded, "啲錢就係畀人呃晒".
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湯文亮以茶餐廳見聞指出振興經濟大公司也要留港消費：一名酒樓老闆因為食物供應商請客擺酒去了另一家酒樓，打算搵多一個食物供應商。他解釋做生意是你來我往，對方不幫襯自己酒樓，自己的生意也難全部交給對方。
The government and the Urban Renewal Authority have launched the "New Building Maintenance Support Service", substantially reforming the "pre-qualification list" mechanism for engineering consultants and contractors. The article points out that amid the ageing of old buildings, collusion and bid-rigging are rife in the major maintenance market, and the Po Lam fire has further exposed regulatory loopholes in the existing system. The new measures are a step in response to public demands and in safeguarding the interests of property owners.
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特區政府表示強烈反對並譴責美國國務院《2026年美國販運人口報告》對香港的評論，指將香港評為第三級別完全毫無根據。發言人稱去年進行約12100次初步識別審核，識別出15名受害者，全部為墮入東南亞國家求職騙案的香港居民，已協助其安全回港；並就外傭「兩星期規則」的指控指美國簽度制度同樣規定外地勞工在僱傭關係終止後須在指定時限內離境。
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香港特別行政區政府十月九日強烈反對美國國務院《2026年販運人口報告》對香港的評論，指報告將香港評為第三級別毫無根據。政府稱二○二五年進行約12 100次初步識別審核、識別15名受害者，並列出保障約38萬名外傭的措施及超過50條相關法律條文。
data.gov.hk has uploaded an education category dataset, "School Textbook Assistance Scheme Statistics", with a monthly update frequency, providing relevant statistics on the scheme. The website also offers a historical data download function, allowing users to select older versions of files by specifying a date range.
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非物質文化遺產辦事處「師傅到！」系列節目「盒中藏甘——甘和茶/盒仔茶分享及示範」將於10月10日2:30至4:30pm在香港非物質文化遺產中心導覽室2（三棟屋博物館）舉行。活動請來源吉林第八代傳人源泰南分享及示範，介紹盒仔茶的材料、製作特色與沖泡方法，以及傳統「九蒸九曬」方法製成的藥茶技藝。
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理工大學專業及持續教育學院學生事務總監及高級講師劉銳業博士自2018年起研究殯葬物流並推廣生死教育，帶學生實地考察東華義莊、沙嶺墳場及殯儀館。他指出香港每年約有200至300具遺體無人認領，呼籲關注被遺棄人群。談及「院出」3年內上升3.8%，他提醒要按自己及家屬意願決定，並建議40多歲就應及早籌謀後事安排。
In the case involving multiple lift breakdowns at Queen Mary Hospital's clinical building, the engineer involved was convicted of offences including improperly issuing safety certificates and submitting false or misleading documents, and was sentenced to 160 hours of community service. The Department of Justice has filed a review application over the sentence. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department said he had violated the Lifts and Escalators Ordinance, and his registration as a lift and escalator engineer was revoked with immediate effect.
After a 10-year-old girl at Fu Tai Estate in Tuen Mun was seen carrying two large bags of beer, her 38-year-old stepfather and 32-year-old biological mother were arrested on suspicion of child abuse and were released on bail today (the 8th), required to report to the police later this month. The evening before (the 6th), a neighbour filmed the girl trailing her family home carrying bags estimated to contain at least 10 cans of beer each; the stepfather snatched one bag of beer and shouted "useless person".
When renovating a new home, it is advisable to reserve sockets according to the space: 6 to 8 in the living room, 4 to 6 in bedrooms, starting with 8 to 10 in the kitchen with a further 2 to 3 kept as spares, and 3 to 5 in the work area. Before construction, the appliance list and furniture dimensions should be marked on the socket layout diagram for cross-checking, and the circuit load confirmed. Socket installation, relocation or modification should be handled by a registered electrical contractor; do not use extension leads as a substitute for power supply planning.
A 10-year-old girl from Fu Tai Estate in Tuen Mun was reprimanded by her father after carrying two large bags of beer home. Her 38-year-old father and 32-year-old mother were arrested on suspicion of child abuse and then released on bail pending investigation, and will report to the police in late October. The Social Welfare Department has sent social workers to reach out to the family concerned, arranged for three children to be taken to hospital for examinations, and will draw up a follow-up plan according to the level of safety risk.
A girl in Tuen Mun's Fu Tai Estate was found by passers-by carrying two large bags of beer. Police arrested her parents on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect of a child or young person under their care. The two have been granted bail and must report to the police late this month. The Social Welfare Department has immediately arranged and accompanied 3 children to a hospital for examination. They are currently undergoing health assessment at the hospital, and the department is working with professionals to draw up a follow-up plan.
Why read this: The report states that, as a condition of bail, the parents must report to the police late this month, and that the Social Welfare Department has arranged for the three children to be assessed at hospital, so that subsequent milestones can be cross-checked.
The Housing Bureau responded to the incident involving reinforcing bars deviating from the approved plans at the first-time buyer housing development at Anderson Road in Kwun Tong, saying it would urge the developer to complete the units as early as possible while ensuring construction quality and safety. Developer Cheung Kong Holdings plans to demolish 3 of the buildings for redevelopment, and the Buildings Department has approved the demolition plans. The project must provide no fewer than 1000 first-time buyer units in accordance with the land sale terms. The Housing Bureau stressed that the progress of individual projects would not have a significant impact on overall supply.
A 26-year-old female officer died from massive haemorrhage after giving birth at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The Medical Council closed the family's complaint after 9 years citing "insufficient evidence", and the family wrote to the Secretary for Health today to lodge an appeal. The family questioned that the Coroner's Court made its decision to close the case without referring to the evidence given at the inquest.
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瑪麗醫院臨牀大樓1一部升降機的註冊工程師羅永齊，被控提交虛假或誤導文件及在檢驗結果不理想下仍發出安全證書，法庭裁定兩罪成立，9月23日判處160小時社會服務令。機電署今日回覆明報，表示14天刑期覆核限期昨屆滿，律政司已就判刑提出覆核申請，因司法程序仍在進行不作評論。
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort held a merchandise showcase, exhibiting Christmas and winter limited-edition merchandise as well as Disney character pins, trading cards and more. The resort said the pin trading activity and the trading card experience, held for the first time this year, attracted about 70,000 participants in total, reflecting visitors' preference for interactive and immersive experiences. In future, it will incorporate Hong Kong local culture in line with festive themes and film trends, and launch more limited-time and special merchandise.
The Environment and Ecology Bureau has submitted a paper to the Legislative Council, planning to build a new crematorium at Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, with an estimated cost of over $2 billion and a target of entering service in 2032. The new crematorium, together with adjacent slopes, will occupy a total site area of about 28,000 square metres, and will feature 10 cremators, six ceremonial halls and other facilities. The bureau estimates that demand for cremation services will exceed capacity in 2031, and the new crematorium can provide about 21,000 additional cremation slots each year.
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一名26歲女子2016年在伊利沙伯醫院分娩時子宮大量出血死亡，家屬翌年向醫委會投訴4名醫生，醫委會上月以證據不足為由不作追究亦不召開研訊。家屬已向醫衞局發信申訴，質疑醫委會未參考死因庭裁決。