China’s baiji dolphin is virtually extinct, but hi-tech Japanese imagery is...
China’s baiji dolphin is almost extinct, but there’s a way to catch a glimpse of it up close in Hong Kong.The Science Museum and Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society on Friday launched a digital...
View ArticleAdventures in the frozen wilderness: a Hong Kong man’s trek across icy Lake...
Waking up trembling in the freezing dark, Anson Lui Ching-fan notices a hole in his sleeping bag, out of which down feathers are escaping, fluttering like snowflakes in his tent he shares with three...
View ArticleHong Kong sixth out of 13 in Asia-Pacific green rankings but the city could...
Hong Kong is the sixth most environmentally friendly place in the Asia-Pacific region, lagging behind some of its neighbours, according to an international consumer research group.ValueChampion...
View ArticleIntense rainstorm wreaks havoc in Hong Kong, killing one at sea and another...
An intense rainstorm caught Hong Kong unprepared on Saturday, turning day into night, leaving one man dead in a lightning strike and killing another in a boating accident.The sudden onslaught of...
View ArticleLack of political will holding back push for green transport
The minibus is a common form of public transport in Hong Kong. As of the end of February, there were over 4,300 minibuses on our roads with more than 3,400 of them powered by liquefied petroleum gas...
View ArticleUS Navy’s oldest operational ship, USS Blue Ridge, arrives on its first port...
The oldest operational ship in the US Navy, the USS Blue Ridge, arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday on its first visit to the city in three years.Captain Eric Anduze, commander of the 48-year-old warship,...
View ArticleLatest Hong Kong plan to lure overseas doctors is unequal treatment, says...
Hong Kong’s leader, medical schools and health department have joined hands to shoot down the latest proposal aimed at luring overseas-trained doctors to ease a chronic manpower shortage at public...
View ArticleTobacco giant Philip Morris warns it may close HK$78 million Hong Kong...
A multinational tobacco company that spent tens of millions of dollars on opening a research centre for new smoking products in Hong Kong said it may have to close it, putting dozens of jobs at risk,...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory hopes social media can help it get better at extreme...
Hong Kong forecasters are hoping the power of social media will help them become better at warning the public about the onset of typhoons, flash floods, and storm surges.The Hong Kong Observatory wants...
View ArticleGreen groups and academics outraged over new housing project near Hong Kong...
Academics and environmental groups have urged the government to review its wetland conservation policy after the Buildings Department approved another housing project on the edge of Hong Kong Wetland...
View ArticleHong Kong gene testing companies under probe after ‘exaggerated’ claims of...
Eight companies offering genetic testing in Hong Kong are under investigation by authorities after they were accused of exaggerating claims that they could map out talents and character traits in...
View ArticleBill Gates is backing this Hong Kong biotech start-up that can screen for...
A Hong Kong biotechnology start-up claims to have come up with a new procedure that could dramatically improve the efficiency and lower the cost of cancer screening.Phase Scientific International’s has...
View ArticleA wave of lawsuits awaits 40 producers of valsartan, the popular heart drug...
Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential carcinogens, the first claims in what some lawyers expect to...
View ArticleFilipino helpers to be given measles immunity tests at Hong Kong airport in...
Hong Kong is to provide measles immunity tests for about 200 Filipino domestic helpers arriving in the city’s airport.The Department of Health on Thursday announced a pilot service as concerns grew...
View ArticleDoctors and Hong Kong government move closer to agreement on procedures for...
The medical sector and the government have narrowed their differences over how to relax the rules for overseas doctors to work in Hong Kong, after a leading professional group expressed goodwill in a...
View ArticleMedical watchdog to endorse new proposal governing foreign doctors in Hong...
A new proposal to exempt overseas doctors from a year-long internship in Hong Kong is likely to be endorsed by the sector’s watchdog next month, a leading local medical association said on Friday.The...
View ArticleOwner of US recycling firm jailed for three years by Chicago court for fraud...
The owner of an American recycling firm which illegally exported electronic waste to Hong Kong has been sentenced to three years in jail and fined more than US$1.2 million in a case that involved...
View ArticleMTR meditation, anyone? Hong Kong start-up offers remedy for the stresses of...
Higher education is often seen as the pathway to a successful corporate career, but fresh graduate Peter Chan Kin-yan has his sights set on a path less travelled – promoting the practice of...
View ArticleChronic illness: don’t struggle in silence, Hong Kong’s 300 support groups...
At a health exhibition in Wan Chai, visitors crowd around a “clinic for self-diagnosis”– a wall that lists a ream of common ailments. There is no doctor or nurse on site to consult.The conditions are...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory issues rainstorm warning for the second time in a week
The Hong Kong Observatory issued an amber rainstorm warning signal on Saturday afternoon, the second in a week.The forecaster raised the signal at 4pm, which meant that heavy rain exceeding 30...
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