Police are investigating a manslaughter case happened in Wong Tai Sin on January 29 night, in which a 59-year-old man died.

     At 6.54pm on January 29, Police received a report that several men were having a dispute outside a shop at Wong Tung House, Tung Tau (II) Estate. One of the men was suspected to have been pushed on the ground.

     Police officers sped to the scene and found the 59-year-old man lying on the ground. Sustaining head injuries, he was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 1.45am today (January 31). Another 61-year-old man sustained slight injuries and refused medical treatment.

     After initial investigation, Police arrested a 58-year-old man for common assault on January 29 and a 33-year-old man for manslaughter today. They are being detained for further enquiries.

     Post-mortem examinations will be conducted later to ascertain the cause of death of the deceased.

     Active investigation by the District Anti-triad Section of Wong Tai Sin District is still underway. Police do not rule out the possibility that more arrests will be made. Anyone who witnessed the case or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 6158.

     The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) partners with the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (Cyberport) and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) to launch the Youth Start-up Internship Programme (YSIP) 2024 today (January 31) to provide young people with internship opportunities at local start-ups.

     The HYAB is committed to promoting youth development. In 2021, the HYAB co-organised with Cyberport for the first time the launching of the YSIP on a pilot basis to provide 100 internship placements at start-ups for Hong Kong young people. Following the success of the pilot programme, the HYAB, together with Cyberport and the new co-organiser HKSTP, regularised and expanded the YSIP last year and provided a total of 200 internship placements at start-ups. The YSIP aims to foster young people's interest in pursuing a career in innovation and technology (I&T), and at the same time nurture talent for the industry in support of Hong Kong's overall direction of promoting I&T development.
      
     For the new round of the YSIP, Cyberport and the HKSTP will provide 200 internship placements of three to six months, covering various disciplines such as data analysis, fintech, artificial intelligence, business development and marketing. The participating companies can engage interns on a full-time, part-time or mixed basis. Applicants should be local full-time post-secondary students (including sub-degree, undergraduate and post-graduate students). Apart from internship placements, Cyberport and the HKSTP will also arrange a series of training and entrepreneurship activities for the interns, as well as visits to start-ups in the Mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area.
      
     Details of the YSIP and information about the placements offered are now available on the dedicated webpages of Cyberport and the HKSTP. Interested young people should submit applications to companies via the webpages. Upon receipt of the applications, participating companies will conduct assessment and selection for implementing the internship arrangements.
     

     â€‹Hongkong Post announced today (January 31) that, as advised by the postal administration of France, the conditions from previous adverse weather have returned to normal. However, due to protests, mail services to France are still subject to delay.

     â€‹Hongkong Post announced today (January 31) that, as advised by the postal administration of Belgium, due to protests, mail delivery services to Belgium are subject to delay.

     The Transport Department (TD) announced that the works for diagonal crossings at the junction of Sha Kok Street and Yat Tai Street in Sha Tin have been completed and that the crossings are open for use today (January 31).
      
     Diagonal crossings are marked with diagonal yellow stripes at signalised junctions and retrofitted with traffic signals so that pedestrians can walk directly to a diagonal corner via the centre of the junction, thus reducing the walking distance and saving time.
      
     Diagonal crossings require longer pedestrian green signals than traditional crossings to allow pedestrians to cross the junction safely because the walking distances are longer and pedestrian central refuge areas cannot be provided. As the traffic flow at junctions in Hong Kong is relatively heavy, the characteristics of individual junctions, including factors such as traffic and pedestrian flows, the crossing distance and time required, need to be carefully examined to ensure that adequate vehicular capacity can still be maintained at signalised junctions after the provision of diagonal crossings to avoid causing serious impact on the overall traffic.
      
     The TD has earlier reviewed the need of pedestrians to cross the road diagonally at the junctions of Sha Kok Street and Yat Tai Street in Sha Tin, and at Carnarvon Road and Granville Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as considering the traffic and pedestrian flows, and the necessary signal equipment required for setting up diagonal crossings at these two junctions. Upon assessment, it was considered that these two junctions are suitable for trials of diagonal crossings. The associated works for diagonal crossings at the junction of Carnarvon Road and Granville Road in Tsim Sha Tsui will be completed in mid-2024.
      
     The TD will closely monitor and assess the usage of these two junctions by pedestrians and motorists to review the performance of the diagonal crossings and then consider the future direction.