New air quality goals expected to bring in HK$33 billion in economic benefits...
More than two dozen short-term measures have been proposed to improve Hong Kong’s air as part of a new set of “air quality objectives”. The health impact from the 27 measures are expected to bring in...
View ArticleHK$13 billion Hong Kong Children’s Hospital starts operating limited service...
Hong Kong’s first children’s hospital, which will focus on rare and complex cases, opened its doors on Tuesday, but inpatient services will not commence until next year. The first patients at the HK$13...
View ArticleBuilding on Fanling golf course shortlisted as option to ease Hong Kong...
Part of an exclusive golf course in northern Hong Kong could be dug up and used for housing, after official advisers put it among eight preferred options for easing a land supply crunch. Development at...
View ArticleAfrican swine fever edges closer to Hong Kong putting authorities on alert as...
The first cases of African swine fever have been found in pigs in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, prompting Hong Kong authorities to crack down on meat being smuggled into the city. Eleven...
View ArticleSurvey reveals Hongkongers lack an understanding of dwarfism, reflected in...
Some Hongkongers still believe dwarves are slow learners who will never grow old, a new study has shown. The survey, carried out for the Equal Opportunities Commission by the department of public...
View ArticleHealth authorities issue recall of high blood pressure drug over fears batch...
Health authorities in Hong Kong have recalled a batch of a prescription drug used to treat high blood pressure after it was found to contain an impurity that could cause cancer. The affected product,...
View ArticleTalks to separate Hong Kong and mainland Chinese pigs in slaughterhouses amid...
Hong Kong food safety officials were in talks with the pork industry on Thursday night over segregating local and mainland Chinese pigs during slaughter, because of fears of an outbreak of African...
View Article‘Farming 4.0’: in space-starved Hong Kong, the future of agriculture may be...
A hi-tech vegetable farm in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district is thriving inside a converted factory building, and produces four tonnes of lettuce, wild rocket, endive and cabbage for salads each month. At...
View ArticleHong Kong officials defend response to African swine fever threat as pig...
Hong Kong agriculture officials defended the city’s more relaxed response to the threat of African swine fever on Friday, as the livestock industry called for a compensation scheme for pig farmers....
View ArticleNo such thing as a free lunch in cutthroat Hong Kong? Founder of Grateful...
Every day from 11am, a restaurant in the old Hong Kong neighbourhood of To Kwa Wan invites people in with three dishes, a bowl of soup and unlimited rice – for free. “Free food is not impossible even...
View ArticleHong Kong bodybuilding champ Len Chui out to prove the mighty don’t need meat
Len Chui Hin-chun would not be caught dead chowing down on chicken: the 22-year-old Hong Kong bodybuilder is completely plant-powered, and proud. Last month Chui won the men’s physique category at the...
View ArticlePig farmers call for tougher measures as fears grow Hong Kong is not prepared...
Pig farmers in Hong Kong have threatened to stop cooperating with the government, and said the city’s reputation as a hotbed of gastronomy could suffer if measures to prevent African swine fever were...
View ArticleBaby, it’s not cold outside and Christmas Day looks like being a warm one in...
Hong Kong experienced the hottest winter solstice in 20 years, and it’s likely temperatures will remain relatively balmy for Christmas. The Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 25.2 degrees...
View ArticleChild sex abuse, compensated dating: Christmas trends Hong Kong would rather...
It is a typical picture of modern dating in Hong Kong; they meet on the internet, head to the movies and then to dinner. The small talk begins, the drinks flow and laughter follows. She is petite,...
View ArticleFresh conflict of interest accusations aimed at Hong Kong firm trusted with...
Three tree management firms linked to the collapse of a branch that killed a domestic worker in August have reshuffled their directors since the incident, giving rise to fresh accusations of a conflict...
View ArticleAfrican swine fever closes in on Hong Kong after latest case hits southern China
China’s agriculture ministry on Sunday reported a new outbreak of African swine fever at a pig farm in the outskirts of Guangzhou, bringing the virus closer to the border with Hong Kong. According to...
View ArticleWarm Hong Kong Christmas but chilly New Year’s Eve expected as temperatures...
Temperatures in Hong Kong are expected to drop to as low as 11 degrees Celsius as the city ushers in the new year, after a relatively warm Christmas. While the Observatory said it expected a high of 24...
View ArticleRenewable energy applications skyrocket, but attaching remote Hong Kong...
Hong Kong’s biggest electricity supplier has received more than 1,100 applications to sell renewable energy into the grid since the scheme was announced earlier this year, with applications...
View ArticleIndustrial waste in landfills up a fifth as China-bound rubbish piles high in...
The amount of industrial waste ending up in Hong Kong’s landfills rose by a fifth last year as mainland China began shutting out waste imports from around the world, the latest official figures show....
View ArticleAll I want for Christmas … is an end to the global plastic calamity
If the fact that Hong Kong throws away 5.2 million plastic water bottles every day, some 17 million pieces of waste plastic are flushed into the sea, and about 760 tonnes of plastic bags are disposed...
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