Study finds cost keeps nearly one tenth from seeing doctor in Hong Kong
Almost a tenth of Hongkongers have avoided seeing a doctor because they couldn’t afford it, a survey has suggested, challenging the conventional wisdom that the city’s subsidised public health system...
View ArticleHongkongers seek help from Immigration Department after 7.8 magnitude quake...
As of 5pm Monday, the Immigration Department has received requests for assistance involving 23 Hong Kong residents in relation to a powerful earthquake in New Zealand. These included Hongkongers saying...
View ArticleAids support group’s mobile HIV screening test offers unexpected hope
Spending just 15 minutes in Aids Concern’s seven-seater van could change one’s life forever as that is how long it takes to obtain the results of an HIV screening test. And for one HIV-positive...
View ArticleHong Kong energy use per household down since 2000, but hotels and schools...
Hongkongers used three per cent less electricity in 2013 than in 2000, adjusted for population changes, climate and economic growth, a new study has claimed. But the commercial sector used 10 per cent...
View ArticleShared dialysis machine leads to hepatitis B concern
Some 79 patients given kidney dialysis have been found to have shared the same machine as a patient with hepatitis B, in the second blunder involving Tuen Mun Hospital reported in a week. The hospital...
View ArticleSupermoon over Hong Kong inspires photographers to capture lunar marvel
Hong Kong stargazers were treated to a special event Monday night, as the city witnessed a rare supermoon. Clear skies allowed unimpeded views of the moon rising over Hong Kong early in the evening....
View ArticleHK$14m revamp of Hong Kong Star Ferry looks to make waves with sofas, glass...
A decommissioned Star Ferry will soon set sail in Victoria Harbour again after a HK$14 million transformation saw its upper deck revamped with luxurious sofas and a glass roof and the vessel fitted...
View ArticleHong Kong confirms 56-year-old man as city’s second imported Zika case
A 56-year-old man was yesterday confirmed to be the city’s second imported Zika case, prompting the government to take extra mosquito control measures. The patient, who was in stable condition...
View ArticleBoost access to Hong Kong’s Happy Valley with underground train line, says...
A driverless, underground train line connecting Happy Valley to the Hong Kong Island MTR system would help improve the area’s connectivity, the chairman of Wan Chai District Council suggested, as the...
View ArticleWorkers conduct mosquito control measures in Yuen Long village where Zika...
Mosquito control measures were conducted in a Yuen Long village on Wednesday morning after the city confirmed its second imported Zika case on Tuesday. The operation, involving about 35 workers from...
View ArticleOmbudsman to probe Hong Kong government’s handling of illegal waste dumping...
The Ombudsman will launch a direct investigation into possible inadequacies of the environmental protection, planning and conservation departments in handling illegal landfilling and fly-tipping cases...
View ArticleHighly toxic hairy crabs may have been hidden, then sold with fake documents:...
A Sheung Wan hairy crab retailer has been accused of hiding toxic hairy crabs during a citywide recall then selling them with fake documents, according to the food safety watchdog. The Centre for Food...
View ArticleNew focus needed on big issues facing third Hong Kong airport, alliance urges
An alliance of green groups and lawmakers wants the agenda of a Legislative Council subcommittee set up to monitor the third airport runway project to be rearranged so high-priority issues such as...
View ArticleSpecific law needed to tackle Hong Kong subdivided flats like in New York,...
Tougher punishments for subdividing flats into tiny homes are needed to tackle the safety hazards such projects bring, a study by City University has recommended. Researchers called on the government...
View ArticleCash coupons aim to whip up trade at new Hong Kong food market
The Urban Renewal Authority is giving out cash coupons and presents in an attempt to attract customers to a newly opened Central market. It acted following complaints of slow business by tenants at the...
View ArticleDoctors raise doubts over plans to more than double Hong Kong emergency ward...
Doctors and patients’ groups have expressed concerns over proposals that could see emergency ward fees more than double in an attempt to cut waiting times and prevent overuse. It is understood that...
View ArticleWarning over aluminium levels in Hong Kong snacks
Common local snacks such as egg waffles, Ma Lai cake and other baked goods contain high levels of aluminium – an excess of which can cause kidney damage and affect children’s development – the Centre...
View ArticleHong Kong’s lack of rehabilitation services leave minority drug addicts with...
Thapa was only 16 when he first started abusing ‘brown sugar’ - an adulterated form of heroin - in Nepal. He came to Hong Kong in 2004 to reunite with family, but pressured by peers and feeling...
View ArticleBritish artist’s giant sculpture comes bear-ing environmental message
A giant teddy bear made by a British artist out of recycled material is on display in a Kwun Tong shopping centre to promote protecting the environment. The 12-foot bear, made of 20,000 flowers and...
View ArticleHong Kong’s asylum seekers demand better support to help and protect refugee...
Asylum seekers in Hong Kong will protest on Monday at the Social Welfare Department, calling for increased levels of assistance and better protection of the rights of refugee children in the city....
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