Ultimately, he found that male second-class passengers fared the worse in terms of survival, with only 14 out of 168 making it out alive. The total survival rate for women was 74 per cent, while the male survival rate was 20 per cent. Here are 12 of the most famous victims of the Titanic disaster – and 11 prominent people who survived: DIED: John Jacob Astor, millionaire Millionaire John Jacob Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family and helped build the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City.

Evangel in Kowloon City says it is the first private hospital to complete more than 100 weight reduction operations, after just two years. The hospital's specialist centre said yesterday that it had successfully undertaken 106 such operations since it began offering the service in 2009. Although it is not the only private hospital to perform weight reduction surgery, it says it has probably treated the highest number of morbidly obese patients.

6 new homeware ranges by luxury fashion brands – just in time for summer “In recent years, we have witnessed a significant increase in sales for decorative homeware. Our customers are looking for interesting, unique objects that complement their fashion aesthetic,” explains Libby Page, market director at Net-a-Porter. “For example, the female form-inspired ceramic jugs and vases from Anissa Kermiche are one of the top performing products in our lifestyle category.

Hong Kong’s graft-buster has charged 23 people in connection with alleged housing renovation scams involving contracts worth HK$520 million, in the largest anti-corruption operation of its kind. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday said the case involved bribes amounting to more than HK$6.5 million and that it was its largest operation against renovation scams, with a total of 49 suspects arrested in January.“This is the ICAC’s largest case in its history on building management and maintenance, in terms of the number of people prosecuted, total value of the projects involved, and the amount of bribes paid,” said Grace Yee Hin-lai, principal investigator of the ICAC’s operations department.

Nearly all of Cathay Pacific’s pilots and more than 90 per cent of its cabin crew have signed new, cheaper employment contracts, the airline has revealed. In all, 2,613 of its pilots and 7,346 cabin crew accepted the take-it-or-leave-it deals, representing 98.5 per cent and 91.6 per cent of the two groups, respectively. In its announcement, Hong Kong’s flagship carrier also said staff members who refused to sign the new contracts would be leaving the company but receive exit packages that went beyond statutory requirements.