Hongkongers receptive to end-of-life services outside hospitals, survey finds
Hongkongers are broadly receptive to end-of-life services outside hospitals, according to a new survey revealing that up to 72 per cent wanted to receive such care in community care organisations. But...
View ArticleCancer-linked chemicals found in Hong Kong hairy crab
Authorities have urged retailers to stop selling hairy crabs from two mainland farms after some were found to be contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals. Two out of five hairy crab samples from...
View ArticlePublicise antibiotics usage data for humans and livestock, says Hong Kong...
Drawing up a five-year plan and requiring doctors and livestock farmers to state how much antibiotics have been used are among proposals floated by government advisers to tackle the city’s superbug...
View ArticleHong Kong engineer says judge’s move to reject him as expert witness in...
A veteran mechanical engineer, affectionately known as “Hong Kong’s detective Galileo” for his role in solving tricky traffic disputes, has accused a district court judge of unfairly rejecting him as...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors urged to run more tests before prescribing antibiotics, as...
Hong Kong’s top microbiologist has urged doctors to conduct more tests before prescribing antibiotics, as the city sees a growing number of superbugs. University of Hong Kong professor Yuen Kwok-yung,...
View ArticleFive Hong Kong hairy crab distributors cry foul over alleged links with...
At least five hairy crab distributors in Hong Kong have cried foul over being named by authorities for sourcing contaminated crabs from two mainland Chinese farms, with one threatening to take legal...
View ArticleHong Kong government urged keep close eye on Samsung’s disposal of Note 7 phones
Environmentalists are urging the Hong Kong government to keep a close watch over how Samsung deals with the disposal of its halted Galaxy Note 7 phone, to avoid an e-waste disaster. In the long-run,...
View ArticleJia Jia’s fur will warm new generation of giant pandas at Ocean Park
The remains of Jia Jia – the world’s oldest giant panda who was put to sleep last month at the age of 38 – will be used for scientific research, education and conservation, Ocean Park said yesterday....
View ArticleKitchee football centre can remain in Sha Tin for time being, Hong Kong...
Kitchee Sports Club’s football training centre can stay in Sha Tin for now, the latest government papers showed, a surprising move from officials’ earlier plan to take the site back to develop housing....
View ArticleHuman aerial art on Hong Kong beach aims to draw attention to ocean protection
More than 900 children and volunteers in Hong Kong teamed up to form a “human art piece” on Thursday to raise awareness in the city on ocean protection. Participants stood in formation on Repulse Bay...
View ArticleHong Kong quality of life nears lows of 2003 with sentiments on housing...
Hong Kong’s overall quality of life has slumped to its lowest level since 2003, with sentiments on housing affordability, freedom of speech, the economy and noise pollution deteriorating the most, an...
View ArticleHong Kong government slammed for taking too long to test hairy crab samples...
Hong Kong’s health minister said it would take two weeks to determine whether mainland-imported hairy crabs contain any cancer-causing chemicals, but some say the process should be speeded up. The...
View ArticleHong Kong charities, unions and political organisations refuse to ‘say no to...
An overwhelming majority – 73 per cent – of Hong Kong’s public organisations are still not willing to drop consumption of shark’s fin after three years of encouragement from the government to do so,...
View Article‘Grow a mo, save a bro’: Hongkongers sport moustaches for a good cause
Hey chaps, Movember is here! Yes, it’s that time of year when you’ll see moustaches of all shapes, sizes and colours strutting the sidewalks – and all for a good cause. For all of November, the...
View ArticleHong Kong officials meet crab traders to better understand business in wake...
Food safety authorities met hairy-crab traders on Friday for the first time after officials were accused of being ignorant of how the business operates. The Centre for Food Safety met some of the...
View ArticleThink tank floats ‘fairer’ water supply deal as Hong Kong’s bill rises
A think tank has proposed a fairer pricing deal for the city’s water supply from mainland China amid escalating costs. Since 2006, the Hong Kong government has been paying a fixed lump sum to its...
View ArticleHow a ‘green living’ Hong Kong family survives on HK$8,000 monthly
Environmentalist Mok Ho-kwong and his wife spend their days in a small, rural house tucked between Fanling and Kam Tin. They tend their farmland, where they grow their own vegetables. They cook their...
View ArticleHow many earths do we need, if the rest of the world consumed as much as Hong...
Hongkongers consume so much that if everyone else in the world lived like us, we would need almost four Planet Earths to sustain us. Hong Kong’s ecological footprint per capita, or the area required to...
View ArticleThe fight to lift the barrier to same-sex equality in Hong Kong
Many Hongkongers support allowing same-sex couples to ask about their partner’s medical condition and claim their ashes after they die, yet the city still does not recognise such rights and continues...
View ArticleWild boar injures police officer and security guard at Hong Kong housing estate
A security guard and a police officer were hurt Saturday morning after a wild boar broke into a residential housing estate on Tin Hau Temple Road in North Point. According to a police spokesman, the...
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