12 weather records broken in 2016 for Hong Kong but ‘normal’ winter expected
Hong Kong has broken a dozen weather records this year, ranging from the highest consecutive number of hot days to the most rainfall recorded in autumn. The Observatory is expecting 2016 to go down in...
View ArticlePlan to turn old Hong Kong airport site into hub for government facilities...
The old Kai Tak airport site in West Kowloon is on course to become a hub for government facilities after it was confirmed that Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Revenue Tower will both move to the new...
View ArticlePolice report made over complications from injection on Hong Kong child, 2
Parents of a two-year-old girl have made a police report after swelling and blisters appeared on their child’s right foot following an intravenous infusion. Photos posted by the child’s parents in a...
View ArticleAnother 19 ill in Hong Kong after Thanksgiving meal at Dan Ryan’s
Another 19 people reported feeling unwell as a suspected salmonella outbreak involving Thanksgiving dishes from an American-style restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui escalated. The newly identified patients...
View ArticleHong Kong taxi trade fights back with dozens more cabs offering a premium...
Sixty more premium taxis will offer customers a smoother ride as industry players step up efforts to revive the city’s tarnished cab trade. By gradually upgrading the quality of service, they hope the...
View ArticleHong Kong grocer fined HK$5,000 for violating plastic bag levy
A Hong Kong grocery store owner was fined HK$5,000 on Thursday for failing to charge customers for plastic bags – the city’s first such case since the bag levy was introduced last year. The levy...
View ArticleApproval rate up for developing agricultural land into brownfield sites, Hong...
The approval rate for applications to develop unused agricultural land into brownfield sites surged from 71 per cent in 2008 to 88 per cent last year, a Hong Kong World Wide Fund study shows. The study...
View ArticleHong Kong medical group calls for extra community care and more affordable...
Medical experts have called for stronger community support and more affordable drugs for cancer patients as the number of new cases hit a record high in 2014. Some 29,618 people were diagnosed with the...
View ArticleA walk on the mild side of Wan Chai offers upmarket shops and restaurants
Wan Chai increasingly offers a host of family-friendly attractions as gentrification shrinks the red light district. The area attracts 600,000 people daily for work and leisure and is now home to a...
View ArticleHong Kong’s LGBTI youth still at risk as authorities ignore international...
The Hong Kong government is continuing to put the lives of young LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) people at risk by failing to condemn or outlaw so-called “conversion therapy”, gay...
View ArticleJapanese eco-warriors hit Hong Kong’s polluted beaches
After hearing about Hong Kong’s coastal pollution crisis in the summer, Toma Kondo, a 10-year-old Japanese boy, spent all of his savings on booking a flight to the city to clean up the beaches. Kondo...
View ArticleGovernment’s ambitious 2030 land reclamation plan to cost HK$400 billion,...
The government’s grand long-term blueprint for Hong Kong, which envisions a 1,000-hectare man-made island in the middle of the sea, could cost over HK$400 billion, a concern group estimated. The...
View ArticleMinor reclamation needed for construction of Hong Kong harbourfront walkway,...
A proposed wooden harbourfront walkway running from Fortress Hill to Quarry Bay will involve reclamation of about 5,500 square feet to place piles to support the structure, the latest government design...
View ArticleOpening date confirmed for Hong Kong MTR’s new South Island Line
The new MTR extension connecting the southern part of Hong Kong Island to Admiralty will open December 28, according to the corporation’s senior officials. Announcing the opening date on Monday, MTR...
View ArticleWoman dies seven days after food poisoning from Dan Ryan’s Thanksgiving meal
A woman has died after eating a Dan Ryan’s Thanksgiving meal at the centre of a growing food poisoning scare that health officials now say involves 50 victims. Domestic helper Miguela Secolles, 42, was...
View ArticleNew technology could help break down city’s plastic problem
A group of entrepreneurs want to introduce an inexpensive but organic additive to the plastic used in Hong Kong which they claim will slash the time it takes for the waste to biodegrade in landfills....
View Article400 syringes, 200 drug phials: the medical waste plaguing Lantau beach next...
Piles of medical waste have continued to wash ashore at a beach on Lantau Island despite a government pledge to ensure Hong Kong coastlines are kept free from rubbish floating over from mainland China....
View ArticlePhilippines consulate to give financial aid for family of dead woman in Hong...
Financial support will be offered by government agencies in the Philippines to the family of Miguela Secolles, the domestic helper who died a week after eating a Dan Ryan’s Thanksgiving meal. The...
View ArticleArtificial island or country park development? Hongkongers face hard housing...
Hongkongers might have to choose between building an artificial 1,000-hectare island in the middle of the sea or developing the city’s precious country parks to fulfil a long-term requirement for land,...
View ArticleHong Kong power suppliers could cut electricity charges next year,...
There could be a 1 to 2 per cent cut in electricity charges in the coming year despite the recent uptick in international fuel prices, an environmental group has forecast. The city’s two power...
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