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Cathay Pacific suspends pet transportation until May Cathay Pacific recently announced that pets travelling as check-in baggage or cargo on flights out of Hong Kong will be unavailable until April 30. Pet owners planning to relocate in the coming months have already found it difficult to book pets on a flight. With even less options, there is a worry many will be left abandoned. “We have temporarily stopped pet shipments. The service may resume again in May, but there will be an update in mid-April,” a spokesperson from Cathay Pacific said.
Students bring solar energy to ESF Leading the charge in making Hong Kong schools more sustainable, three Renaissance College students set out to bring solar energy to their campus in 2019. Now the English Schools Foundation (ESF) and CLPe Solutions announced that a total of 1,400 solar panels have been installed across eight ESF schools. The three students, Jane Chan, Taylor Chung and Ankita Joshi began the project in 2019 under the Student Sustainability team. They came up with the idea to put their school’s large rooftop
area to good use, commissioning designs, negotiating with suppliers and applying for funding. They took it upon themselves to see the project through. As a result, the clean energy created by these newly installed solar panels will reportedly reduce carbon emissions by nearly 280 tonnes within a year. The eight schools include Bradbury, Clearwater Bay, King George V, Kowloon Junior, Renaissance College, Sha Tin College, South Island School and West Island School.
Cannabis den found in Sai Kung
and trafficking in a dangerous drug are serious offences. The maximum penalty for cultivation of cannabis is a fine of $100,000
Hong Kong Customs smashed a $1 million cannabis growing den in Sai Kung on March 23. The raid came after customs officials intercepted a parcel from Canada containing 70g of suspicious goods. The case was transferred to the Customs Organised Crime Investigation Bureau and led police to a residential home in Sai Kung. Following the raid, 13 plants and a range of sophisticated growing equipment were found. About 200g of suspected cannabis buds and a small amount of chocolates, with a street value of $1 million, were seized. Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, both cultivation of cannabis
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and imprisonment for 15 years. Trafficking in a dangerous drug comes with a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
