Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 is ‘most severe’ to hit the city as...
Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 is by far the most serious of the public health crisis to date, the health authorities warned on Saturday as at least 61 people in the city were either confirmed as...
View ArticleNature buff’s passion project takes him to wide open spaces, recording sounds...
At a hiking trail by Kowloon Reservoir in Kam Shan Country Park, Andrew Kan Hei-chun faces off with a troop of monkeys.The sound designer is not on a mission to trap or feed the rhesus macaques....
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong expert warns each infected person can now spread...
A top medical expert advising the Hong Kong government on Covid-19 has warned that each infected person could transmit the coronavirus to four others, as the virus has turned more infectious, while the...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: Covid-19 situation ‘getting a bit out of hand’,...
Health authorities urged people to stay home and avoid social gatherings, warning that the situation in Hong Kong was “getting a bit out of hand” as they confirmed 38 more Covid-19 infections on...
View ArticleCoronavirus: University of Hong Kong dismisses allegations from former...
Hong Kong’s top university has dismissed as hearsay and distanced itself from allegations by a virologist it formerly employed that Beijing covered up the coronavirus outbreak in December.Yan Limeng,...
View ArticleHow serious is Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 infections and what can be...
Barely two weeks since people began returning to Hong Kong’s gyms and cinemas, and venturing out for dim sum in larger groups as social-distancing regulations were eased after the apparently successful...
View ArticleAcademic pioneering diabetes research nominated for Spirit of Hong Kong Awards
Patients living with medical conditions such as diabetes may wish to gain greater control over decisions and actions affecting their health.To make that happen, Professor Juliana Chan Chung-ngor, a...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong unveils most sweeping social-distancing rules yet as...
Key points:• All public transport passengers required to wear masks, with offenders facing up to HK$5,000 fine• Ban on dine-in service from 6pm until 5am, with only four people allowed per table in...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong book fair and other events postponed amid Covid-19...
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) has announced it will postpone the city’s annual book fair and three other major public events this month amid mounting concerns over a worsening Covid-19...
View ArticleThe not so great escape: Korean visitor recaptured after trying to flee...
A visitor to Hong Kong jumped out of a moving van while being escorted by police to a coronavirus quarantine camp on Monday, the man’s third escape attempt in less than 24 hours.The 39-year-old from...
View ArticleHong Kong summer activities for children cancelled or postponed as Covid-19’s...
Summer activities for children are the latest casualties of Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19, as the government asked tutorial centres to suspend face-to-face activities amid the resurgence of cases...
View ArticleAutopsy to be carried out on man who passed out in Hong Kong coronavirus...
An autopsy will be carried out on a 47-year-old man who died shortly after being found unconscious in a Hong Kong coronavirus quarantine camp, according to a police source.Emergency personnel were sent...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: learn from Covid-19 social-distancing mistakes and...
Hong Kong officials must learn from the mistakes made when they previously relaxed social-distancing measures and should overhaul their policy on quarantine exemptions as part of the new fight against...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: another patient in ward infected, sparking fears of...
Fears of Covid-19 spreading within a Hong Kong public hospital grew on Tuesday night, after health authorities revealed that a third patient from the same general ward had been infected with the...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: drivers to use softly-softly approach with passengers...
Public transport drivers will take a softly-softly approach with passengers who refuse to wear masks to avoid confrontations despite being empowered under Hong Kong’s latest anti-coronavirus measures...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: supermarkets to restrict sale of essential items to...
Two major Hong Kong supermarket chains have imposed a quota on essential goods such as rice and toilet paper following a surge in demand amid the third wave of Covid-19 infections, though some...
View ArticleHong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific and subsidiaries draw HK$680 million from...
Hong Kong’s embattled flag carrier Cathay Pacific has won some breathing space as the airline and its subsidiaries, which include cargo, frequent flier and laundry businesses, were among the latest...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: two deaths recorded on the same day for the first time...
Covid-19 claimed the lives of two patients in one day for the first time, as Hong Kong confirmed 19 new coronavirus cases and the government’s sweeping social-distancing measures including mandatory...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: 64-year-old could be first prosecuted for violating new...
Just hours after taking effect, a new regulation requiring Hong Kong residents to wear masks on trains amid a third wave of Covid-19 cases could have its first prosecution – a man arrested in an MTR...
View ArticleFivefold surge in complaints against food delivery apps as more Hongkongers...
Complaints against food delivery apps surged fivefold in the first half of the year compared with the same period last year, with customers unhappy about service quality and even claiming they received...
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