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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a collision that killed a 62-year-old man in Roseneath, a community bordering Rice Lake roughly 30 kilometres northeast of Cobourg. Around 9:40 p.m. Saturday, an Ontario Provincial Police officer was en route to a call when the officer passed a vehicle in the area of County Road 18 and Roseneath Landing Road . Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the officer pulled over his police car and did a u-turn after watching the vehicle pass. A short time later, the officer discovered the vehicle in a ditch on the north side of County Road 18. The vehicle had struck a tree. Its driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The SIU has assigned two investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist to the case. The SIU is a civilian watchdog that investigates serious injury, death or alleged sexual assault involving police. Anyone with more information regarding the case is asked to contact the lead … [Read more...] about Police watchdog investigating after an overnight collision killed a 62-year-old man

You can’t fly to Hong Kong for the foreseeable future to enjoy the city’s yummy cuisines but you can do the next best thing and head to Joy Luck Teahouse when it opens its takeaway kiosk on Friday (Aug 28) at ION Orchard. The cha chaan teng (Hong Kong-style cafe) will sell popular food items from three iconic Hong Kong F&B brands: Hoover Cake Shop, Kam Kee Cafe and Tak Hing Fish Ball Company. From Hoover Cake Shop, you can enjoy two types of egg tarts: a puff pastry and a butter cookie type. The puff pastry version is said to be similar to a croissant but with flakier layers, while the butter cookie has a firm crust. There’s also the pineapple bun from Kam Kee Cafe, which comes with different fillings such as kaya and luncheon meat. Or you can just enjoy the classic bo lo yau with a thick slab of butter. Wash it all down with some Hong Kong-style milk tea, also from Kam Kee Cafe, said to be a favourite of singer-actor Dicky Cheung. There's also an exclusive to … [Read more...] about Enjoy Hong Kong-style pineapple buns, curry fish balls and egg tarts at Joy Luck Teahouse

Britain and China have clashed over the offer of British National Overseas passports to Hong Kong residents, observes Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: British National Overseas passports and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passports. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters A fresh row has cropped up between Great Britain and China about the offer of British National overseas passports to Hong Kong residents, a move which is vehemently protested by China. The online portal inviting applications from eligible Hong Kong residents was opened on January 31. As of now, as many as 5,000 applications have been received so far, out of which half of them are already residing in the United Kingdom. Hong Kong was transferred to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997 under a novel system of 'one country, two systems', which envisaged that the extant political and economic system in Hong Kong will remain unchanged for fifty years after the reversion of Hong … [Read more...] about Britain, China clash over new UK visa for Hong Kongers

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Monday on the 22nd anniversary of the territory's return to China from Britain. Protesters tried to storm the Legislative Council building, using a metal cart and poles to smash windows amid anger over a controversial extradition bill. Riot police armed with pepper spray, gas masks and shields guarded the facility from within. Hong Kong has been shaken by huge demonstrations in the past three weeks against a controversial extradition bill which many fear could be used to deport political activists and dissidents to mainland China. The said bill was proposed on April 3, and its opposers argue that its controversial amendments will leave anyone on Hong Kong soil vulnerable to being grabbed by the Chinese authorities for political reasons or inadvertent business offences. They further reason that the newly framed extradition plan would dissolve the rights and legal protections, which were … [Read more...] about Hong Kong descends into chaos

Rơ Mah Chel works as a teacher at Võ Văn Kiệt Primary School in Ia Dơk Commune in Đức Cơ District, Gia Lai Province. VNA/VNS Photo GIA LAI — In Krêl Village in Đức Cơ District of Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, one ethnic minority member stands head and shoulders above the rest. Rơ Mah Chel is a inspiration to his peers and has gained the trust and respect of all those around him. Together with the head village and local authority, he has helped residents improve their education, change the old habits, and apply advanced techniques in cultivation and husbandry to get out of poverty. He is also the person who informs people of the Government’s policies and conveys their aspirations to the local authority. Chel has been a teacher since he was 20. He chose the career as he believed that knowledge would change his life and he could help his villagers improve theirs too. Chel said he started his job when the village was quite poor and underdeveloped. He … [Read more...] about Village elder dedicated in Krêl economic and cultural development