Tropical Storm Wipha: Hong Kong remains on alert as storm continues to pass city
Tropical Storm Wipha was moving away from Hong Kong on Thursday morning, but the No 3 strong wind and amber rainstorm warning signals remained in force.Kindergarten and school classes for children with...
View ArticleMost Hong Kong residents oppose government’s new air-quality proposals,...
More than 70 per cent of Hongkongers interviewed in a survey are not satisfied with the government’s proposed tightening of the city’s five-year air-quality goals.While the proposal lowered the maximum...
View ArticlePolice associations slam ‘wicked and dehumanising’ hate message from Hong...
Four Hong Kong police staff associations have urged the Hospital Authority to look into whether a public hospital nurse delivered hate messages online threatening to harm officers by giving them...
View ArticleCoffee a universal language for shop owner Gigi Tsang and Joanna Hu, her...
When Gigi Tsang Wing-chi first interviewed people with hearing difficulties to work in her coffee shop, learning to communicate was a challenge and the first candidates all rejected her job...
View ArticleHong Kong hospital unveils plan to evacuate 600 inpatients if unexploded...
The public Queen Mary Hospital could evacuate inpatients to other hospitals if an unexploded wartime bomb is found during excavation work to be carried out later this year, as part of the hospital’s...
View ArticleA glimpse of Hong Kong’s lonely future in South Korea’s ageing society
Ko Myung-hee starts the engine of her SUV with bags full of fresh vegetables picked from her own garden and two ice-cold bottles of sikhye – a sweet rice drink. It’s 9am and the 52-year-old senior care...
View ArticleGovernment advises people to reduce outdoor activities as Hong Kong’s air...
Air pollution reached a “serious” level in parts of Hong Kong on Thursday under the influence of a super typhoon, prompting the government to issue a public health warning.A statement by the...
View ArticleGreenpeace survey finds major Hong Kong supermarkets inconsistent in use of...
Hong Kong’s supermarkets are inconsistent in their use of plastic wrapping for produce across their stores and even add extra layers to existing packaging from suppliers, environmental watchdog...
View Article‘Guerilla first aid’: who are the Hong Kong volunteers braving protest chaos...
Dressed in bright yellow vests, they are seen darting through crowds, going to the aid of injured protesters.First-aid volunteers have become a common sight on Hong Kong streets over the past two...
View ArticleHospital Authority strengthens control measures against superbug Candida...
The Hospital Authority has stepped up control measures in the fight against deadly superbug Candida auris after a month-long outbreak in Hong Kong hospitals.The multidrug-resistant fungal species has...
View ArticleHong Kong environmental group takes aim at mooncakes as Mid-Autumn Festival...
More than half of the Hong Kong business and households in a recent study said they would rather not receive mooncakes during next month’s Mid-Autumn Festival, according to a local environmental...
View ArticlePet exposure to tear gas during Hong Kong protests leads animal rights groups...
Animal rights groups in Hong Kong have expressed concern over the use of tear gas by police at protests, warning that pets and stray animals are getting caught in the crossfire of escalating violence...
View ArticleAmber rain signal and thunderstorm warning issued by Hong Kong Observatory
An amber rain signal and thunderstorm warning were issued by the Hong Kong Observatory on Saturday as the city kicked off another weekend of protests.The colour signal – the first on a three-tier scale...
View ArticleDealing with Hong Kong’s other serious ‘hot’ problem
Amid the media’s blanket coverage of the protests this summer, a story that came and went quickly was that of our exceptionally warm July, which registered 0.7 degrees above the long-term norm. It...
View ArticleWoman who suffered severe eye injury during Hong Kong protest has not gone...
A young woman who suffered a severe eye injury during an anti-government protest outside a Hong Kong police station has not gone blind, according to a hospital source.Protesters have made an icon of...
View ArticleGreenpeace scheme aims to turn Hong Kong into a plastic-free city one...
When noodle vendor Joyce Ho Cho-ting opened her restaurant in Sha Tin in April, she did not consider environmental protection and reduction of plastic to be key ingredients in the process.But a picture...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory issues typhoon signal No 1 as tropical cyclone Bailu...
The Hong Kong Observatory on Saturday afternoon issued the typhoon signal No 1 as tropical cyclone Bailu came within 800km of the city as it sped towards Taiwan and mainland China.The Guangdong region,...
View ArticleHong Kong volunteers show war on marine pollution knows no borders with joint...
A group of Hong Kong volunteers have shown that the war on marine pollution has no borders, as they flew to the Philippines to join locals in the fight against the ocean’s silent killers – ghost nets...
View ArticleA one-year-old girl’s birthday celebration in Hong Kong ends in tears, crying...
Wing Leung never imagined a day celebrating her infant daughter’s birthday would finish with crying, tears, and tear gas.The mother of two and her family were subjected to the stinging effects of the...
View ArticleHong Kong biologist warns about dangers of reclamation after discovering new...
A new species of fireworm has been discovered on an outlying islet in Hong Kong by a team of biologists, becoming the 28th species of the creature found across the world.“More work should be done in...
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