Shark encounter gives Hong Kong swimmers fright of their lives off Sai Kung
Hongkonger Shu Pu got the shock of her life in Sai Kung when a big fish she and her friends encountered while swimming turned out to be a shark – and there were possibly four of the marine...
View ArticleCoronavirus: some Hong Kong hospitals to resume visiting hours for family...
Patients in Hong Kong hospitals that provide rehabilitation services will be able to see family members from June 17, four months after visiting was stopped because of the coronavirus, as the city...
View ArticleCoronavirus: testing in pandemic’s early stages showed no immunity among Hong...
Not a single Hong Kong resident tested in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic displayed immunity, while just 4 per cent of returnees from Hubei province, the original centre of the outbreak,...
View ArticleSix Hong Kong doctors rapped by medical watchdog for signing off on...
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has found six private doctors guilty of signing off on restraining procedures for elderly residents at care homes without proper assessment, and warned improper operations...
View ArticleMore than half of candy sold in Hong Kong packaged in unspecified plastic,...
More than half of the candy sold in Hong Kong is packaged in unspecified types of plastic, a survey has found, despite a global pledge by leading producers to switch to more environmentally friendly...
View ArticleOver 30,000 Hong Kong companies enjoy six-month repayment holiday on HK$380...
Hong Kong’s banks have so far granted about 30,000 companies a six-month repayment holiday for a combined HK$380 billion (US$49.03 billion) in loans to help them cope with the dire economic slump,...
View ArticleHong Kong’s office market is hollowing out as vacancy rate hits 10-year high....
Hong Kong’s office landlords are facing the biggest crunch in a decade as rents slide and vacancy rate surges in the city’s notoriously pricey market.About 1.1 million square feet (102,193 square...
View ArticleCoronavirus: love was in the air but all Hongkongers cared about was getting...
In the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, Hongkongers were at their happiest on February 14 – not because it was Valentine’s Day, but because face masks became widely available, results of a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: ahead of predicted second wave, Hong Kong professor calls for...
Hong Kong should conduct genomic sequencing for every Covid-19 patient to date to trace all possible sources of infection ahead of a new coronavirus wave that could attack the city as early as autumn,...
View ArticleHong Kong man dies of suspected heart attack hiking in Sai Kung Country Park...
A hiker died in a hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack while trekking in a Hong Kong country park amid “very hot weather” on Thursday.The 56-year-old man was one of two hikers in two...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong’s Chinese University researchers craft supplement to...
Researchers at a Hong Kong university have developed a supplement designed to help increase good gut bacteria, something that could help boost Covid-19 immunity, after examining recovered patients who...
View ArticleHong Kong typhoon warning: No 3 signal issued as Tropical Cyclone Nuri nears...
Hong Kong issued typhoon signal No 3 on Saturday as the city prepares for disruption from Tropical Cyclone Nuri.The Observatory raised the signal at 3.40pm with winds expected to reach speeds of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hongkonger living in public housing at centre of infection...
A Hongkonger from public housing at the centre of a coronavirus cluster was confirmed as infected on Saturday, taking the infection tally there to nine and the city’s Covid-19 total to 1,109.A top...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory drops typhoon warning for Tropical Cyclone Nuri as...
Fears of rough weather in Hong Kong subsided on Sunday as the city’s Observatory downgraded typhoon signal No 3 before dropping the warnings altogether.The No 1 signal was taken down at 1.20pm after it...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong considers easing public-gathering limits to allow...
Health authorities could further relax rules on public gatherings to allow groups of up to 12 people to meet as early as the end of this week, sources familiar with the situation said, as Hong Kong...
View ArticleCoronavirus: quarter of Hongkongers on regular care duties for loved ones...
One in four Hongkongers took on regular care responsibilities for their loved ones at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, but half of them said they lacked sufficient knowledge to manage the health...
View ArticleHong Kong school heads call for early opening of border checkpoints to ease...
School heads have called for an early opening of Hong Kong’s checkpoints with mainland China to ease the commuting pains of cross-border senior secondary students, as the city’s kindergarten pupils...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records three imported Covid-19 cases but no new local...
Hong Kong recorded three imported Covid-19 cases but no local infection on Monday, with the government expected to announce the easing of some social-distancing measures on Tuesday.The total tally of...
View ArticleHong Kong Consumer Council’s ice cream warning as tests show some exceed...
Popular ice cream brands in Hong Kong were found to be high in sugar and fat, and some even exceeded the legal limit for bacterial content, the consumer watchdog warned on Monday.Among the 29 frozen...
View ArticleMore than 70 per cent of children’s swimming supplies in Hong Kong fail to...
More than 70 per cent of children’s swimming supplies in Hong Kong do not meet European safety standards, putting kids at the risk of drowning or suffering from skin irritations, the city’s consumer...
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