Mental health in Hong Kong at its worst level in eight years, affected by...
Hongkongers’ mental health has deteriorated to its worst level in eight years, with ongoing anti-government protests adding to the stress experienced by residents, according to an annual survey...
View ArticleHong Kong happiness declines, survey shows, with quality of life sinking and...
About 40 per cent of Hongkongers showed symptoms of depression, according to a survey of the city’s happiness levels and mental health.The findings came a day after another survey sponsored by the...
View ArticleTo die at home, or in hospital? Proposed changes to law aim to give...
As people live longer, questions are being asked about how, and where, the elderly ought to spend their final days. In Hong Kong, with an ageing population and stretched health care system, an...
View ArticleHong Kong homes for elderly ‘need major upgrades’ to provide support for...
Elderly care home resident Lee Kwok-ying, 83, thinks of the day when she will take her last breath and says: “The most important is to die comfortably, without being attached to numerous tubes.”The...
View ArticleChoices for the terminally ill: define clearly who is mentally fit to decide...
Former Hong Kong health minister Professor Yeoh Eng-kiong wants the government to define clearly, in legal terms, the circumstances in which a person will be considered capable of deciding what medical...
View ArticleSharp drop in foreign visitors keen to spot Hong Kong’s endangered pink...
Sundays in summer are usually the busiest time of year for Hong Kong Dolphin Watch, which has been taking visitors on ecological tours since 1995.These days, however, no more than 10 or 20 tourists...
View ArticleHong Kong’s supermarkets explore plastic-free solutions at local forum, but...
Plastic-free retailers have voiced doubt over whether some of Hong Kong’s biggest supermarket chains would be entirely open to adopting new ways of cutting waste packaging from their businesses.At a...
View Article23 spice products sold in Hong Kong have cancer-causing substances: consumer...
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has found 23 spice products sold in the city contained substances that could cause cancer, with the amount in two goods exceeding local regulatory limits.The Consumer...
View ArticleHong Kong supermarkets dishing out clear plastic bags often with little...
A local green group has called on Hong Kong supermarkets to impose stricter controls on consumers’ use of clear handleless plastic bags after its survey found at least a third are given to shoppers for...
View ArticleXinhua, People’s Daily take Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority to task over its...
The authority overseeing Hong Kong’s public hospitals was criticised by two mainland media outlets for being “biased” and “harbouring violence” over its response towards the arrest of a doctor on...
View ArticleHong Kong’s old private estates stand to benefit from HK$2 billion subsidy to...
Hong Kong’s old private estates will obtain a total of HK$2 billion (US$254.9 million) subsidy to upgrade their parking facilities to enable the charging of electric vehicles, Hong Kong’s environment...
View ArticleHong Kong can step up fight against global warming by declaring a ‘climate...
Hong Kong could become a climate action role model for the world by declaring a “climate emergency” and increasing adaptation measures, said two experts on Friday.Zhai Panmao and Hans-Otto Pörtner,...
View Article‘I want to make people smile,’ says Finnish artist behind Hong Kong’s...
Brightly coloured parrots, butterflies and flowers stand out against dense green foliage on a 40-metre-long mural along the walls of a footbridge leading to Kowloon Tong MTR station.The piece,...
View ArticleNitrogen dioxide levels around some Hong Kong parks and schools ‘concerning’,...
Concentrations of a major air pollutant can reach “concerning” levels around public parks and primary schools in Hong Kong, a survey by a green group has found.But two scientists, who both endorsed the...
View ArticleTear gas fired at Hong Kong protests has not affected water and air quality,...
Water and air quality in Hong Kong have not been affected by the firing of tear gas at protests that have plagued the city for nearly five months, a government minister has said amid growing concern...
View ArticleHong Kong needs more action on electric vehicles and better management of...
The ombudsman in Hong Kong has called on the government to back up its “green rhetoric” on electric private vehicles with concrete action, including providing more public charging facilities and better...
View ArticlePreterm pre-eclampsia is a potentially fatal pregnancy condition. A Hong Kong...
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a test tailor-made for Asian women to almost double the detection rate in the city for a dangerous pregnancy condition.The improved screening for preterm...
View ArticleDespite more extreme weather, Hong Kong’s coral reefs are in good condition,...
Global warming has had little effect on Hong Kong’s coral colonies despite an increase in extreme weather events in the city, a joint study by the government and four universities has found.The overall...
View ArticleHong Kong rolls out new trash cans to stop bin-raiding wild boars and monkeys...
Newly designed rubbish bins will be rolled out across some of Hong Kong’s urban residential areas to stop raiding by wild boars and monkeys.About 90 bins have been placed in 40 locations across eight...
View ArticleThousands of Hong Kong medical workers and supporters hold peaceful...
Thousands of medical professionals and their supporters held a peaceful rally in Hong Kong’s business district of Central, accusing police of brutalising protesters, as the city marked the second...
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