Dengue fever outbreak over for Hong Kong but stay vigilant against...
Hong Kong’s dengue fever outbreak has officially come to an end, but staying vigilant against mosquito-borne diseases is vital, the city’s health officials told local doctors on Wednesday. A sudden...
View ArticleNew Chinese medicine hospital in Hong Kong will be a ‘flagship institution’...
Officials charged with making Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital a reality have said it would not just be a place to treat people, but “a flagship institution” for the sector. Dr Cheung...
View ArticleHong Kong parents and concern groups welcome new policy marking ‘respect’ for...
Hongkonger Venus Lai, who suffered a miscarriage in her 21st week of pregnancy, was still reeling from the loss when she was rejected 30 times in her bid to bury her baby’s remains in a cemetery. This...
View ArticleReclamation ‘the only way to form land’, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says,...
Hong Kong’s leader has said other land supply options would be “equally difficult, expensive and complicated”, as she continued to defend her controversial HK$500 billion (US$63.8 billion) plan to...
View ArticleCarrie Lam’s policy address faces 22.2 per cent drop in ratings from last...
Hong Kong’s leader received less support for her second policy address compared with her first, as critics expressed dissatisfaction over a perceived lack of measures to alleviate poverty, a poll by...
View ArticleHong Kong sisters spearhead pigeon rescues but face prejudice and legal...
In Victoria Park, an elderly man, visibly annoyed, spits a mouthful of water at a flock of feeding pigeons. He turns to sisters Gian and Inez and snaps at them: “The reason they’re here defecating and...
View ArticleHill fires and a mythical swordsman: Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong explained
Ask anyone in Hong Kong what Chung Yeung Festival is, and chances are you may hear the question: “Isn’t it like Ching Ming Festival?” Yes – and no. Like Ching Ming, Chung Yeung, also known as the...
View ArticleNice job banning e-cigarettes, Carrie. Now for a total ban on all tobacco to...
I must say I’m growing exponentially resentful about having to run the gauntlet of smokers and “vapers” congregating around Times Square every time I head towards my office. They’re a cumulative health...
View ArticleEducating Hong Kong youth key to stopping ivory trade, elephant charity says
A Hong Kong-based charity says educating the city’s youth could be key to reducing demand for ivory from endangered African elephants. Even though Kenya is more than 8,000km away, conservation group...
View ArticleLion Rock park opens after closure over dengue outbreak, but Hong Kong warned...
Doctors urged Hongkongers not to lower their guard against dengue fever even as a public park believed to be the biggest source of a recent outbreak opened on Saturday after nearly two months of...
View ArticleNew Hong Kong foundation hoping to ease burden on families of sick children...
Taking care of a 13-year-old daughter who suffered severe disability due to a rare genetic disease was a difficult job for Joan Chan Sun-fun – doubly so when she had no support. The full-time mother...
View ArticleTimes Square was shining example of well-used public space in Hong Kong until...
Hong Kong’s Times Square mall was close to becoming a shining example of good public space management until it banned busking earlier this month, a think tank auditing privately owned open spaces...
View ArticleHong Kong still needs land reclamation, Carrie Lam insists as thousands take...
Hong Kong would still need to use reclamation even if other land supply options were also adopted, the city’s leader insisted on Sunday, as thousands protested against a controversial...
View ArticleWhat’s listed on Hong Kong tofu nutrition labels at odds with test results,...
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has discovered significant discrepancies between the nutritional contents tofu manufacturers are labelling in their products and actual test results. Rich in protein and...
View ArticleHong Kong government doctor sentenced for providing free medical tests for...
A former Hong Kong government doctor was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday and fined HK$20,000 (US$2,552) for arranging 75 medical tests performed free of charge for her family members over the...
View ArticleBeware door-to-door salesmen in Hong Kong selling dubious water purifiers,...
Hongkongers should watch out for shady door-to-door salesmen peddling expensive water purifiers bearing dubious promises such as disease prevention and hair smoothening, the city’s consumer watchdog...
View ArticleGene discovery by HKU team of researchers could lead to hand, foot and mouth...
A study led by the University of Hong Kong has discovered a gene key to viral infections that could lead to hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), shedding light on the development of a specific...
View ArticleWe never build what we can’t afford, Hong Kong leader says amid criticism of...
Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday insisted the city was not committing to unaffordable infrastructure projects amid criticism of her proposal to create artificial islands to house up to 1.1 million people....
View ArticleMore than 20 students at Hong Kong school contract hand, foot, and mouth...
More than 20 students at a Hong Kong school have contracted hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), the Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday. The outbreak of the viral disease common among...
View ArticleOffer Hong Kong schoolchildren nasal spray vaccine to fight flu and not just...
As the school-based flu vaccination programme starts in Hong Kong on Monday, hospital pharmacists have urged officials to offer intranasal spray as an option to ease parents’ concerns about traditional...
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