This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. A severe tropical storm has formed east of the Philippines and is expected to come within 800km (497 miles) of Hong Kong early next week, the city’s weather forecaster has said. The Hong Kong Observatory said on Friday that Severe Tropical Storm Fung-Wong was centred about 1,780km east of Manila and would edge closer to the city over the next couple of...