Hongkongers urged to stay at home to ensure Covid-19 testing works, as city...
A top health official in Hong Kong has urged residents to stay at home to ensure citywide testing for Covid-19 works, as two more employees at the coronavirus-hit main port were among 26 new cases...
View ArticleNew ‘glamping site’ on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island wetlands did not seek...
An upmarket campsite that sprung up in a Hong Kong conservation area last November was built without approval and ordered torn down in May, officials said, but is still standing months later.The Bull...
View ArticleMental well-being among Hong Kong university students has declined since...
The mental health and well-being of university students in Hong Kong has deteriorated over the past three years, according to new research, with experts emphasising the need for tertiary-level...
View ArticleHong Kong events industry pleads for a lifeline as pandemic wipes out trade...
Exhibition planner Joe Wong Chu-kong’s heart sank when the annual Hong Kong Book Fair was cancelled two days before it was due to open last month.His team of workers had spent four weeks setting up...
View ArticleHong Kong health authorities admit hospital quarantine mix-up as 25 more...
Hong Kong health authorities have admitted a domestic helper undergoing treatment for cancer and who has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19 was kept in general wards for a month after her...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: city’s top officials unite behind universal Covid-19...
Hong Kong’s top officials were racing to convince the public of the citywide coronavirus testing scheme’s necessity amid increasing pushback from some quarters on Sunday, as health authorities...
View ArticleGreen group wants Hong Kong Gun Club to stop littering Shing Mun Reservoir...
The Green Earth, an NGO in Hong Kong, wants the government to revoke the lease of one of the city’s gun clubs if it does not start cleaning up after itself.They made this call after the government...
View ArticleElectronic health platform at AsiaWorld-Expo Covid-19 hospital streamlines...
Hong Kong health authorities have set up an electronic platform that will allow for easier processing of coronavirus patients and protect medical workers by minimising contact at the city’s first...
View ArticleBan on Air India flights to Hong Kong ignores imported coronavirus cases...
Despite recent government actions aimed at preventing Air India from carrying coronavirus-positive passengers into Hong Kong, a review by the Post has found that direct flights only account for part of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: World’s first reinfection case confirmed in Hong Kong University...
Hong Kong’s third wave of coronavirus infections was not yet under control even as the city reported just nine new cases on Monday, health authorities warned, as officials mulled relaxing some...
View ArticleHong Kong’s hot nights and even hotter days bring higher risk of mortality...
Consecutive hot nights pose a higher risk to public health than hot days, and bring a 6 per cent higher risk of death for women and the elderly, a study by a Hong Kong university has found.The findings...
View ArticleEvening dine-in services to resume, mask requirement for outdoor exercise to...
The resumption of evening restaurant dining, reopening of cinemas, beauty parlours and some sports venues, and an end to the requirement to wear a mask for outdoor exercise were among relaxed...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong Book Fair to tentatively go ahead in December after...
The Hong Kong Book Fair – one of the world’s largest – is set to be held from December 16 to 22, its organiser said on Tuesday, after the annual event was postponed amid the city’s third wave of...
View ArticleHong Kong third wave: public health experts split on easing social-distancing...
Daily coronavirus infections in Hong Kong rose for a second day in a row to 24 on Wednesday, as medical experts were split over whether the government should relax some social-distancing measures from...
View ArticleDisquiet mounts as Hong Kong government plans to use schools and stadiums for...
Over 20 government schools and stadiums are among the more than 100 sites that will be used for Hong Kong’s universal Covid-19 testing, as some people say there has been mounting disquiet over the...
View ArticleUniversity to launch Hong Kong’s largest solar energy project, generating...
A Hong Kong university will launch the city’s largest solar energy project: installing up to 8,000 solar panels on campus to generate not only electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong to push ahead with easing social-distancing rules...
Hong Kong will partially ease social-distancing measures from Friday, despite confirming another 21 coronavirus infections on Thursday, a decision the health authorities said was made after considering...
View ArticleHong Kong public hospitals to revise Covid-19 treatment guidelines, highlight...
Hong Kong’s public hospitals will revise clinical treatment guidelines for Covid-19 patients to better highlight the effectiveness of an antiviral drug that has helped achieve one of the lowest...
View ArticleHong Kong man who attacked McDonald’s worker over request to wear mask...
A Hong Kong man has been ordered to compensate McDonald’s HK$4,000 (US$512) after he admitted damaging a cash register and assaulting an employee who reminded him to wear a mask inside the fast-food...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Hong Kong records 13 new Covid-19 cases as health authorities...
Hong Kong confirmed 13 new coronavirus cases on Friday as health authorities revealed the locations of more than 100 community Covid-19 screening centres and said they would soon launch the online...
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