There is only one sign language translator for every 3,000 deaf people in...
With only 50 sign language translators in the Hong Kong, about 155,000 deaf people in the city have spent a lifetime learning to do what could not be more unnatural: pretending to hear well. Chinese...
View ArticlePsoriasis patients in Hong Kong seek quicker access to better treatment – and...
Patients with psoriasis, an itchy and sometimes painful skin condition, have urged the Hong Kong government to raise public awareness about the disease and boost resources to allow them better access...
View ArticleLand reclamation: funding for artificial island studies to be sought as Hong...
Hong Kong’s development minister has said officials will next year ask the legislature to fund studies into building artificial islands east of Lantau over the next 30 years. Michael Wong Wai-lun said...
View ArticleMore than 17 million pieces of plastic waste flushed into sea via Hong Kong’s...
More than 17 million pieces of waste plastic are flushed into the sea via Hong Kong’s Shing Mun River every year, an environmental group has found. The top five items were plastic tableware such as...
View ArticleHong Kong’s elderly carers are at a ‘high risk’ of physical and mental health...
A quarter of carers for the elderly in Hong Kong are at a “high risk” of having physical and mental issues, and many are also ageing themselves, according to a survey released on Thursday. The Hong...
View ArticleWould you wash your car or flush your toilet with recycled waste water? Hong...
Hong Kong residents could soon be flushing their toilets, washing their cars and irrigating their gardens with their own waste water, depending on the results of a public consultation. The consultation...
View ArticleDespite coming changes, Hong Kong mothers still face uphill battle in workplace
When Mandy Chan Man-yee returned to work at a law firm after her maternity leave in May, she was asked to step down from her position as legal secretary to be a receptionist instead. “It hit me hard,”...
View ArticleWildlife fights back in Hong Kong’s concrete jungle
When Paul Crow arrives at work in the morning, he does what many of us do, and checks his inbox. But rather than having to contend with spam mail, this inbox contains two pythons, a Chinese cobra, some...
View Article7,000 tonnes of trees felled by Typhoon Mangkhut have ended up in Hong Kong...
At least 7,000 tonnes of trees felled by Typhoon Mangkhut and stored at the former Kai Tak airport have ended up in a landfill, the government has admitted. The Environmental Protection Department,...
View ArticleHong Kong doctor named president of international health organisation targets...
A Hong Kong family doctor with a leading role in an international health organisation has said he wants to use his position to improve the standard of medical clinics in the “Greater Bay Area”. Dr...
View ArticleHong Kong’s leader: I’ve been a victim of cyberbullying over Lantau...
Hong Kong’s leader said on Saturday that she and superstar Andy Lau became victims of cyberbullying, after expressing support for land reclamation near Lantau Island. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng...
View ArticleHong Kong must raise the bar when it comes to cleaning up its act on air...
Hong Kong’s five-yearly review of its air quality objectives should not be “feasibility led” but “public health driven”, a veteran air scientist has suggested. Dr Alexis Lau Kai-hon said the city...
View ArticleHongkongers willing to forgo rubbish bins in countryside, but are not...
Hongkongers are increasingly willing to have rubbish bins removed from recreational sites in the countryside, even though they are not throwing away any less at the city’s scenic spots, a study has...
View ArticleHong Kong reclamation plan could earn city HK$1.6 trillion, claims consultant...
Hong Kong will break even on a controversial 1,700-hectare reclamation project off Lantau Island within 20 years and could make trillions of dollars from the deal, a member of a government-friendly...
View ArticleHong Kong activist groups decry worker deaths and drop in dolphin population...
Labour rights and conservation activists highlighted the deaths of workers and the destruction of dolphin habitats in construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge as the opening ceremony for the...
View ArticleSharp surge in rubella cases in Japan prompts travel warning from Hong Kong...
Hong Kong health authorities are warning travellers to exercise caution when visiting Japan after a sharp surge in rubella cases was seen during a local outbreak. The city’s Centre for Health...
View ArticleDon’t ‘waste’ renewable energy potential of Hong Kong school rooftops,...
Hong Kong environmental officials are overlooking the immense potential of school rooftops in their quest to develop more renewable energy generation in the city, a green group has asserted. The...
View ArticleObservatory says Super Typhoon Yutu is not likely to strike Hong Kong directly
Hong Kong is likely to be spared a direct hit by Super Typhoon Yutu, as the Observatory forecasts it will be over 800km away next Wednesday. Yutu was moving away from Guam on Friday at noon and heading...
View ArticleCan Hong Kong embrace a new way to fight cancer? Try the multidisciplinary...
Angel Wong Yeuk-sze, 48, was on the phone with her doctor when she froze mid-conversation as news of her diagnosis hit her – it was cancer. “I was silent for so long that he thought I’d hung up on...
View ArticleMore people in Hong Kong getting flu jabs ahead of winter peak season as...
More people in Hong Kong are getting vaccinated against influenza this year ahead of the winter flu season because of greater public awareness, according to private doctors and health authorities. In...
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