Nutritional contents in some baby milk formulas overstated, Hong Kong...
Some manufacturers of baby milk formula sold in Hong Kong had overstated the nutritional contents of their products, the city’s consumer watchdog warned on Monday.The Consumer Council said six of 15...
View ArticleMental health and working from home: what companies can do to help staff amid...
The Covid-19 pandemic is pushing the world into a mental health crisis. Not only is unemployment on the rise, but it has brought workplace mental health issues to the forefront.In Hong Kong, 87 per...
View ArticleTyphoon Mangkhut, which slammed Hong Kong in 2018, joins Rumbia in...
Two typhoons that ravaged the region in 2018 – Mangkhut and Rumbia – have seen their names forever struck from the international roster of tropical storm designations, though the next dark clouds on...
View ArticleHong Kong bans Air India from flying to city for two weeks over imported...
Air India has been banned from flying to Hong Kong for two weeks for carrying too many passengers infected with Covid-19, the Post has learned.The government acted after linking 11 imported cases on an...
View ArticleWorkers crammed into windowless containers at Hong Kong’s busiest port sleep...
With cargo ships unloading around the clock, workers at Hong Kong’s busiest port are forced to grab what little sleep they can during long shifts in makeshift dormitories crafted from containers.The...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory on typhoon signal No 3 alert as storm Higos moves...
The Hong Kong Observatory expects to raise typhoon signal No 3 later on Tuesday as Typhoon Higos moves towards Guangdong.Forecasters are considering issuing the signal between 2pm and 4pm, the...
View ArticleNow is the time for Hongkongers to upgrade to a bigger, better flat as...
Many of us are currently re-evaluating the way we live and work. As Hong Kong, like much of the world, wrestles with a third wave of coronavirus, the city has again gone into a partial lockdown, with...
View ArticleMedical experts in Hong Kong call for review of Covid-19 testing on dock...
Medical experts have called for a review of coronavirus testing strategies for dock workers and domestic helpers, as Hong Kong confirmed 36 new cases on Tuesday.Covid-19 also killed two more patients...
View ArticleAre fears over catching coronavirus from imported frozen food justified? And...
As Hong Kong continues to battle its third wave of coronavirus infections, fears over contaminated frozen food have prompted local authorities to suspend imports of chicken from a processing plant in...
View ArticleDo Hong Kong's work-from-home employees get a day off when typhoon signal No...
A debate over whether work-from-home employees should be allowed a day off has erupted as Severe Tropical Storm Higos raised the city’s first typhoon signal No 8 this year – an alert long taken as...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory downgrades Typhoon Higos to No 3 signal after courts...
Hong Kong’s Observatory downgraded the status of Typhoon Higos to a No 3 signal just after 11am as it moved away from the city on Wednesday, with disruptions caused to scheduled court hearings and the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong mass testing set for September 1 launch as first...
The daily number of new coronavirus infections in Hong Kong fell to its lowest in a month with 26 cases on Wednesday, as a Covid-19 patient was found in a detention centre for the first time, prompting...
View ArticleCamper and 70-year-old mum rescued after being trapped on remote island while...
A 38-year-old camper trapped on a remote islet with his elderly mother while their belongings were blown away by Typhoon Higos told Hong Kong rescuers he was unaware of the imminent storm as he had...
View Article‘Masks, Covid-19 tests can’t fix crammed living woes at Hong Kong domestic...
Indonesian domestic helper Susan always avoided rolling around at night because she worried that even a slight twitch could wake up other residents sleeping shoulder to shoulder by her side in a...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: just 18 Covid-19 cases expected to be recorded, though...
Hong Kong is expecting to record about 18 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a day after the number of new infections fell to its lowest daily total in a month.The cases, according to a medical source,...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong welfare chief says negotiations under way with major...
Negotiations are under way with one major supermarket chain to offer discounts to shoppers as a new prerequisite for receiving pandemic-related government wage subsidies, the city’s welfare minister...
View ArticleHong Kong watchdog to investigate possible regulatory shortcomings after...
The city’s ombudsman has decided to investigate the government’s role in ensuring the quality of vaccines offered by private health care facilities after counterfeit human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: social-distancing measures not likely to be relaxed...
Social-distancing measures in Hong Kong are unlikely to be relaxed until mid-September, when the administration has finished carrying out its population-wide Covid-19 testing, the Post has learned.The...
View ArticleCovid-19 cases expected to drop again in Hong Kong, as government prepares to...
Hong Kong continues to see a declining trend in coronavirus cases, with about 28 cases expected on Friday, according to medical sources.The latest figures come ahead of the launch of citywide testing...
View ArticleHong Kong records 27 new coronavirus cases, as residents and staff of two...
Hong Kong recorded 27 new coronavirus infections on Friday, as 130 residents and staff at two homes for the elderly faced being quarantined after a confirmed case was found at one and a resident at the...
View Article