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1. Most damage caused in 2019 Hong Kong protests repaired; protective fencing also removed from some bridges after review by authorities

   Acting Secretary for Transport and Logistics Liu Chun-san says most 2019 protest vandalism – estimated in 2020 to be HK$65 million worth – now fixed.

2. Train services reduced on Hong Kong’s East Rail line because of signalling system faults

   MTR Corporation says services between Admiralty and Lok Ma Chau have been cut to 15 minutes per train.

3. 2 members of thwarted Hong Kong bomb plot stole chemicals from university laboratory to make explosives, court hears

   Theft was part of wider plan to detonate two bombs in Wan Chai on December 8, 2019, during lawful protest, prosecution says.

4. South Korean woman conned out of US$50,000 by fake Elon Musk she fell in love with on Instagram

   The fake Musk claimed he could make the woman rich by helping her invest her money.

5. China’s ex-Tibet propaganda chief charged with bribery

   Dong Yunhu, who was once responsible for spreading China’s official position on human rights, is accused of corruption stretching back to 1999.

6. ‘Can’t change you’: adult China son caught peeping into women’s toilet violently slapped by mother during police call-out

   When police in China went to the home of a man who had been caught looking under doors in a women’s toilet, his enraged mother hit and kicked him until officers stopped her.

7. South China Sea: amid tension, US and Chinese navy chiefs discuss ‘increasing security challenges in Indo-Pacific’

   While Philippines was absent from forum, members passed updated Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement.

8. Hong Kong public spending watchdog urges academy for gifted students to tackle lack of school nominations for membership

   Audit Commission says there has been a ‘lack of enthusiasm’ among schools for applying for academy membership for pupils.

9. 136 family offices eyeing setting up or expanding operations in Hong Kong: treasury chief

   Treasury chief Christopher Hui says figure includes 82 family offices based on mainland, 27 from Europe and nine located in the Middle East.

10. Escaped military horses run loose in central London

    Footage posted by social media users showed a saddled white horse seemingly covered in blood running through the street alongside another, black one.