Authority’s actions labelled ‘unbelievable’ after admitting vehicles hit wild...
The Airport Authority has admitted its vehicles made “physical contact” with a wild pig that wandered into the airport’s restricted area before it was captured and put down due to severe injury. Police...
View ArticleHong Kong to press ahead with cigarette packaging reform
Hong Kong will press ahead with cigarette packaging reform to increase warnings that “smoking kills”, despite opposition from the tobacco industry, a leading health official said on Saturday. Cigarette...
View ArticleChristmas rescue mission to fly home more than 1,000 Hong Kong tourists...
A Christmas rescue mission is under way to fly stranded Hongkongers home from northern Japan after the popular winter holiday destination was battered by its biggest snowstorm in more than 50 years....
View ArticleHong Kong ivory traders mull legal challenge against plan to ban sales in...
The city’s ivory traders plan to seek advice from lawyers on the feasibility of mounting a legal challenge against the government’s plan to outlaw all buying and selling in five years, a move they...
View ArticleHong Kong’s first integrated recycling plant for e-waste part of plans to...
The operator of Hong Kong’s first integrated recycling plant for electronics is hoping to increase the local recovery rate of such waste materials once its new facility and collection network become...
View ArticleHong Kong hospital redevelopment will force psychiatric patients to leave...
The redevelopment of Prince of Wales Hospital is set to displace some 20 psychiatric patients who prefer living in a group in one of the city’s few supported hostels. The closure in March will worsen...
View ArticleHong Kong man dies in first imported case of bird flu this winter
A 75-year-old man in the first imported case of bird flu this winter has died after being admitted to hospital following a visit to mainland China, health authorities confirmed. The Hongkonger, who...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory issues first cold weather warning of winter
The Observatory issued its first cold weather warning of the winter season as temperatures plunged several degrees on Tuesday, but the cooler temperatures are not expected to last and a relatively warm...
View ArticleSharp improvement in Hong Kong’s bad air days attributed to wild weather
Hong Kong breathed a little easier this year as the number of hours of air pollution reaching “high health risk” and beyond fell by half the recent average. But much of the decline was due to wetter,...
View ArticleHong Kong health officials ban poultry imports from three more areas after...
Hong Kong food safety officials have placed a temporary suspension on the import of poultry meat and products from three more regions – in mainland China, Japan and Poland following the detection of...
View ArticleSix months after fatal fire, a third of mini-storage centres in Hong Kong...
A third of the 756 mini-storage outlets checked in a citywide inspection failed to meet fire safety regulations, six months after an inferno at a storage facility claimed the lives of two firemen. But...
View ArticleUnder the sea: species flourish in Hong Kong waters, study reveals
Hong Kong occupies less than 1 per cent of Chinese waters but “disproportionally” accounts for more than a quarter of the 22,629 marine species recorded in the country, according to the latest...
View ArticleHong Kong airlines Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon cut back on deep-cleaning...
Travellers may notice on their next flight with Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon that their plane may seem a little less clean than usual. Deep cleaning of aircraft cabins has been trimmed from once...
View ArticleHongkonger in hospital tests positive for H7N9 in possible second imported...
Hong Kong health officials are looking into the source of a newly confirmed human case of bird flu, according to a statement released after midnight on Friday. The Centre for Health Protection said it...
View ArticleReady for play? ESF reopens five artificial turf pitches after its tests show...
Five schools run by the English Schools Foundation have reopened their artificial turf pitches after tests it commissioned found “no increased health and safety risk associated with use”. On December...
View ArticleCan you handle the heat? Hong Kong Observatory director forecasts more...
The Hong Kong Observatory will consider extending its forecasts following a record number of extreme weather events in recent years and predictions of more harsh conditions to come. Speaking on radio...
View ArticleHong Kong’s illegal ivory hub status ‘could grow after planned mainland China...
Wildlife campaigners have urged Hong Kong authorities to fast-track the phasing out of the city’s ivory trade, warning of a surge in illegal business after the mainland announced a total ban within a...
View ArticlePlanning chiefs reveal vision for more public space in heaving Hong Kong
Planning officials say they are contemplating “out-of-the-box” solutions to provide more recreational space in built-up areas to meet higher standards set out in the city’s latest long-term development...
View ArticleHong Kong environment professionals call for accreditation scheme to improve...
A professionals institute has called for the creation of a government-recognised chartership scheme that would accredit qualified environmental impact assessors and raise industry standards. It comes...
View ArticleHow shrinking dolphin numbers off Hong Kong’s largest island point up...
On paper, residents of Kat Hing Gardens, a cluster of small village houses near Kam Sheung Road railway station in Kam Tin should have a phenomenal view – one of sprawling wetlands full of waterbirds...
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