Doctor accused of wrongly removing patient’s spleen at Hong Kong hospital...
A doctor accused of mistakenly removing a patient’s spleen has claimed he acted correctly to save the woman’s life.The urologist, whose surname is Teoh, denied the operation was a medical blunder...
View ArticlePig infected with African swine fever ‘unlikely to have contracted virus...
Mainland Chinese authorities have claimed a pig from Guangdong province that became Hong Kong’s first case of African swine fever was unlikely to have contracted the virus before it reached the...
View ArticleAre Hong Kong supermarkets using too much plastic? Greenpeace slams chains...
Mangoes encased in so much plastic wrap that unpacking one is akin to peeling off multiple layers of onion skin, plastic bottles of fruit juices that come in yet another plastic bag, and hardy items...
View ArticleMeasles outbreak at Hong Kong International Airport declared over after...
A measles outbreak at Hong Kong International Airport has come to an end, according to local health authorities.The Centre for Health Protection made the announcement on Friday almost two months after...
View ArticleWhen retirement is not rosy: empty nest syndrome, idle time and inadequate...
Forced to retire early in 2012 after running into problems at work, Pius Leung Kwok-kwong, then 48, spent the following three months in isolation.“Everyone was at work, so nobody had time to chat,” the...
View ArticleHow blending Western and traditional Chinese medicine can boost cancer...
When his doctor told him that the sharp pain in his back was stage four lung cancer, Rocky Yiu, 57, could not bring himself to ask how long he had left to live.“It felt pointless asking because they...
View ArticleHong Kong weather hots up as temperatures hit 34 degrees Celsius
Hong Kong basked in sunshine on Saturday, with temperatures in Sai Kung and parts of the New Territories hitting 34 degrees Celsius – but the warm days were forecast to give way to more unsettled...
View ArticlePork not back on Hong Kong markets for Sunday after African swine...
Hopes that fresh pork would be back on Hong Kong market stalls by Sunday were dashed on Saturday evening, as abattoir bosses said none of their customers had ordered slaughtered pigs.That scotched an...
View ArticleJust one-third of Hong Kong residents satisfied with public hospital services...
Just one-third of Hongkongers are satisfied with the city’s public hospitals, a survey has found, with many suggesting overseas doctors should only be allowed to work at these and not private ones.The...
View ArticlePublic slaughterhouse to reopen as Hong Kong lawmaker calls for private...
Pig farmers and lawmakers have criticised Hong Kong’s only private abattoir for suspending operations without good reason, as one politician urged the government to revoke its licence.Helena Wong...
View ArticleThousands march for animal rights in Hong Kong with protesters demanding...
Thousands of people braved the scorching heat of Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon to march in support of animal rights as they called for harsher punishments for animal abusers.Some protesters brought...
View ArticleBusiness brisk despite up to 50 per cent jump in pork prices as Hong Kong...
Butchers in Hong Kong raised the price of fresh pork by as much as 50 per cent on Monday as slaughterhouses reopened from a week’s cleansing over African swine fever fears.They increased their prices...
View Article‘Trojan horse’ medical law will lead to flood of underqualified doctors from...
A bill put forward by a pro-establishment lawmaker to ease rules to help attract foreign doctors to work in Hong Kong has been branded a “Trojan horse”, that would result in the influx of mainland...
View ArticleCornell University scientist Maria Jasin famed for trailblazing DNA research...
A US scientist known for her groundbreaking DNA research that could pave the way for cancer prevention and even a cure was among three scholars awarded a prestigious annual prize in Hong Kong.Maria...
View ArticleCapping rents in Link Reit public shopping malls shot down by Hong Kong...
Hong Kong officials shot down a proposed bill to cap rent for shops in public housing estates on Friday, saying it was not in line with the Basic Law.The finding came three months after Regina Ip Lau...
View ArticleDon’t leave burden of social housing to Hong Kong’s NGOs, government urged...
Wu Xiaoping did not have a good night’s sleep during the three years she spent with her teenage daughter in an 80 sq ft subdivided flat in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.“There were always strange men lurking...
View ArticleRoadsign search engine for mental health services in Hong Kong points...
Big Big Grey Bear still remembers the sleepless nights in 2017 when she was tormented by suicidal thoughts and googled “mental health help” countless times online.“I was going through a divorce that...
View ArticleFormer Hong Kong elite swimmer now offers a winning formula through sports...
Karen Lo Cheuk-hang was a rising swimming star when she quit the Hong Kong team in 2006 at the age of 17. At the time, she could not figure out why her competition results were so disappointing.“I was...
View ArticleHongkongers urged to say ‘no’ to straws, bags and other single-use plastics...
How often would you say “no” to plastic disposables such as straws, bags, bottles and takeaway boxes?Two local groups are calling on Hongkongers to do just that on May 30 as part of their “Enough...
View ArticleBritish professor says Hong Kong Genome Project to decode DNA of patients...
A government-led genome project in Hong Kong that aims to improve treatments for patients with rare diseases and cancers could bring benefits to the city, including a boost to the life sciences...
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