Hong Kong government hands HK$20 million to two conservation projects...
Two projects to conserve and restore Hong Kong’s countryside heritage have received more than HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) in government funding, as the environment minister urged groups to apply for...
View ArticleDevelopers use forced auctions to snap up Hong Kong’s older buildings for...
Some of Hong Kong’s ageing residential buildings are being snapped up for redevelopment through compulsory purchase orders amid a shortage of land in the city.Billionaire Edwin Leong’s Tai Hung Fai...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records eight imported cases of Covid-19, breaking...
Hong Kong recorded eight imported cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, with seven of the infected people returning on the same flight from Pakistan, according to health authorities.But officials were quick...
View ArticleShaw Prize given to three European scientists for work on controlling neurons
Three European scientists are among this year’s recipients of Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for their development of a technology that could help treat mood disorders, addicts quit drugs and paralysed people...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records two new Covid-19 cases, both with European...
Hong Kong recorded two new Covid-19 cases on Friday, both of whom had been to Europe before falling ill, city health officials confirmed. The two new positive tests bring the city’s tally of cases to...
View ArticleCoronavirus: no new Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong, tally remains at 1,065...
Hong Kong recorded no new Covid-19 cases on Saturday after several imported cases were reported in the past two days. The city’s tally remains at 1,065, with four related deaths.It has been more than a...
View ArticleHong Kong funeral parlour mixes up corpses, wrongly cremating one before the...
A funeral parlour in Hong Kong mixed up two corpses and wrongly cremated one of them in a shocking blunder that deprived a bereaved family of bidding farewell to the deceased.An industry source told...
View ArticleCoronavirus alert: as Hongkongers return from Australia and New Zealand,...
Hong Kong could see a surge of imported coronavirus infections when travellers arrive from the southern hemisphere over the summer, according to a top infectious-diseases expert in the city, who has...
View ArticleTwice as many Hong Kong employers have laid off staff compared with their...
Twice as many Hong Kong employers have laid off staff compared with their Singaporean counterparts to cut costs during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to surveys conducted by Comptify Analytics.The...
View ArticleHong Kong researchers to study ozone formation, PM2.5 in Greater Bay Area to...
Hong Kong’s researchers are planning to study two of the most persistent cross-boundary air pollutants in the Greater Bay Area.The Environmental Protection Department is embarking on a three-year...
View ArticleHong Kong braces for flash flooding as forecaster issues red and amber rain...
Hong Kong’s Observatory issued a red rainstorm warning signal for the city at 10.35am on Monday. Afternoon sessions in schools have been suspended, and the forecaster said further heavy rain could...
View ArticleCoronavirus: no new Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong
Hong Kong recorded another Covid-19 free day on Monday, extending its streak without locally transmitted cases to 11 days.The number of infections in the city remains at 1,065, with four related...
View ArticleCoronavirus: China’s ‘Sars hero’ Zhong Nanshan urges Hong Kong to relax...
In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with the Post, veteran Chinese infectious disease expert Zhong Nanshan discusses the origin of the new coronavirus, how Hong Kong has become a role model in...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records one imported Covid-19 case, as officials urge...
Two health experts have suggested relaxing Hong Kong’s restrictions on public gatherings if Covid-19 remains under control over the coming seven days, with the city not recording any local infections...
View ArticleCoronavirus: remdesivir study finds hospital stays for Covid-19 patients...
A major study of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir found that Covid-19 patients could be discharged from hospital five days earlier with a similar treatment outcome, a Hong Kong expert said,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records 13 imported infections, but 15-day streak...
Hong Kong health authorities confirmed 13 new imported coronavirus infections on Friday, the highest daily jump in nearly six weeks, although no local transmissions were recorded for the 15th day in a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong woman tests preliminary positive for Covid-19 in...
Hong Kong’s lengthy run without local contagion is under threat after a 34-year-old woman with no recent travel history tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus.A source told the Post that the...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Festival Walk mall hit by indoor downpour as water streams from...
Waterfall-like torrents poured down inside Hong Kong’s glitzy Festival Walk shopping centre on Saturday night, sparking the evacuation of customers and closure of stores.The freak, indoor downpour...
View ArticleCoronavirus: doctors blame Hong Kong’s outdated IT systems for slowing...
Archaic IT systems and bureaucracy have hindered Hong Kong’s anti-pandemic drive and are slowing efforts to reopen its border with mainland China, public health insiders say.The city has turned a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: fears over workplace transmission as Hong Kong woman, husband...
Health authorities in Hong Kong are investigating a possible workplace transmission of Covid-19 after a woman employed at an imported food warehouse was confirmed with the coronavirus on Sunday, while...
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