To see how climate change is up close and very personal, look no further than...
It has been five weeks now, since Typhoon Mangkhut wreaked havoc across Hong Kong. Still, the scars are raw, and not just a matter of a few tens of thousands of trees gone. If we are to properly absorb...
View ArticleRefund Hongkongers 20 HK cents per plastic bottle and watch city’s dismal...
Incentives as tiny as a refund of 20 HK cents for every returned plastic bottle could go a long way in helping boost Hong Kong’s dismal recycling rate, an environmental advocacy group has found. The...
View ArticleGeriatrician Tony Ko Pat-sing approved to be next head of Hong Kong’s...
Geriatrician Tony Ko Pat-sing is expected be the next chief executive of the Hospital Authority, which runs all Hong Kong’s public hospitals, after current head Dr Leung Pak-yin, retires next year. Two...
View ArticleProtect coastal areas from stronger storms as world warms, experts urge Hong...
The lessons learned from two super typhoons in the past two years highlight an urgent need for Hong Kong to protect coastal areas from extreme weather, academics, business leaders and policymakers...
View ArticleMental health in Hong Kong at worst level in seven years, with almost half...
Hongkongers’ mental health has deteriorated to its worst level in seven years, with almost half scoring “below a passing mark”, according to an annual survey released on Monday. While partially...
View ArticleHong Kong hepatitis C study estimates only half of sufferers diagnosed and 12...
Only about half of Hong Kong’s hepatitis C sufferers have been formally diagnosed and just 12 per cent have received treatment, according to estimates derived from a study of 11,000 city residents. The...
View ArticlePollution, poor cycling and scrapped electric car incentives cause Hong Kong...
Hong Kong has scored top marks for economic performance in a study that ranked it the second most sustainable city in Asia after Singapore, but trailed its peers in social and environmental parameters....
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory issues typhoon signal No 1 as Typhoon Yutu comes within...
The Hong Kong Observatory issued the typhoon signal No 1 on Wednesday morning as Typhoon Yutu came within 800km of the city, although the forecaster said prospects of the alert being upgraded were “not...
View ArticleWaste charging scheme to be mandatory in Hong Kong, but 14-year delay casts...
Hong Kong is finally pushing ahead with a mandatory waste charging scheme, but it will be delayed for at least a year, throwing into doubt the government’s municipal rubbish reduction targets for 2022....
View ArticleMan becomes first person to have a second heart transplant in Hong Kong
For the first time ever in Hong Kong, a second heart transplant operation has been carried out on the same patient. Dr Timmy Au Wing-kuk, chief of Queen Mary Hospital’s division of cardiothoracic...
View ArticleHong Kong issues typhoon signal No 3 as Yutu edges closer to Guangdong coast
The Hong Kong Observatory issued the typhoon signal No 3 at 12.39pm on Thursday as Typhoon Yutu edged closer to the coastal waters of eastern Guangdong province. “Unless Yutu takes on a track closer to...
View ArticleFees for new waste charging scheme set with ‘restraint’, Hong Kong...
Hong Kong’s environment minister defended the government’s new waste charging scheme on Thursday, stressing that the proposed fees had been set with “restraint”. Secretary for the Environment Wong...
View ArticleHigh demand for Hong Kong public health care among biggest challenges for...
A high demand for public health care is one of the biggest challenges confronting Hong Kong’s service providers, the city’s next hospital chief said on Thursday. From August 1, 2019, geriatrician Dr...
View ArticleCannabis forum offers Hongkongers chance to invest in drug while calling on...
Global cannabis firms have rolled into Hong Kong with their own investor forum and called on local authorities to legalise the medicinal use of the drug. But the authorities and experts quickly...
View ArticleTyphoon Yutu first November storm in 25 years to prompt No 3 warning signal...
All typhoon alerts were cancelled on Friday morning, but by this time, Typhoon Yutu had set a Hong Kong record by becoming the first November storm in 25 years to prompt a No 3 warning signal. The...
View ArticleA third of Hong Kong children have special educational needs – and the city...
As a primary school student, Jason Li Mau-wah could not keep still while his classmates sat and listened attentively in class. He would entertain himself at the back of the classroom by playing, moving...
View ArticleShark fin: Cathay Pacific among major Hong Kong firms uniting in pledge to...
Major corporations across five industries in Hong Kong on Friday signed a pledge to put an end to the global trade in shark fin. Airline Cathay Pacific was joined by businesses ranging from hotels to...
View ArticleWeDoctor online medical services platform to get ‘Greater Bay Area’ section...
A mainland Chinese company’s hopes of including Hong Kong medical service providers in a new platform created to serve cities in the “Greater Bay Area” may be easier said than done, according to local...
View ArticleThousands of truckloads of Typhoon Mangkhut tree waste to be evicted from old...
Trees felled by Typhoon Mangkhut and stored on the site of Hong Kong’s former airport at Kai Tak will soon have to be moved as the land has been earmarked for development. The city’s Environmental...
View ArticleHong Kong health authorities reveals second case in two days of suspected...
Hong Kong’s health authorities have announced a second investigation in two days over suspected cases of poisoning from Botox injection, with the latest incident involving a woman who fell ill...
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