Hong Kong police to launch international academy, reveal details of new degree

🔮 Academy to offer about 20 courses on variety of skills, from tactical leadership to counterterrorism, as well as organise international leadership forums Hong Kong’s police have revealed they will launch an academy offering specialised courses for overseas officers and shared new details about the force’s bachelor’s degree programme, with classes expected to start next March.

🔮 Registration on both sides of border needed for Huanggang ‘joint clearance’ Around 100,000 travellers a day are expected to use the revamped crossing when operations begin Hong Kong and mainland Chinese residents will have to register with immigration authorities on both sides of the border to use automated “joint clearance” channels at the revamped Huanggang Port crossing, with around 100,000 travellers a day expected to use the control point when operations begin. Hong Kong’s Immigration Department would deploy sufficient manpower to help passengers register at the checkpoint, assistant director Jacky Wong Ki said on Tuesday.

🔮 Observatory says squally thunderstorms are expected over Hong Kong, while intense gusts reaching 70 km/h could affect the city The Hong Kong Observatory has issued an amber rainstorm warning, with the signal expected to remain in place until 10pm on Sunday. “A few squally thunderstorms are expected to occur over Hong Kong,” a spokesman for the Observatory said.

🔮 Hong Kong set to begin importing hundreds of carers from second half of 2027 Foreign domestic carers will be paid 10 to 20 per cent more than general helpers, labour chief Chris Sun says Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Sunday that the carers would be equipped with both specialised elderly care skills and general domestic capabilities, and would first need to complete a 150-hour course in their home country.

🔮 Hong Kong could overtake London as top arbitration hub in decade: Bar Association head Jose-Antonio Maurellet says Hong Kong’s status as global fundraising capital fuelling rise as city increasingly chosen to resolve high-value disputes Hong Kong could dethrone London as the top choice for arbitration within the next decade given the Asian city’s status as a global fundraising capital for businesses in mainland China and beyond, the head of the Bar Association has said.

🔮 MTR technician, winner at global vocational competition, will ‘apply insights to job’

🔮 “We urge visitors and residents to be cautious when using social media to purchase services and refrain from purchasing services from unknown sources out of convenience, as this may offend the law,” he warned.

🔮 A force spokesman said the woman was found unconscious beside a bicycle on Pok Wai South Road at 12.42am Hong Kong police suspect a dog attack may have caused the death of a woman who was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday, the South China Morning Post has learned.

🔮 ExclusiveBlanket of security planned for state funeral of Tung Chee-hwa in Hong Kong Beijing officials Shi Taifeng, Wang Dongfeng and Xia Baolong to arrive on Saturday, but memorial service will be invitation-only, sources say Hong Kong police will establish a high level of security for this weekend’s state funeral of the city’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, including guarding the three top Beijing officials attending the event, the South China Morning Post has learned.