Health chief warns city to brace for peak flu season, following two deaths...
Peak flu season may almost be upon us after the city’s health chief on Sunday warned of a sharp spike in local cases. Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko Wing-man also expressed concern over three...
View ArticleBody of Hong Kong angler found floating off Cheung Chau beach
The body of an angler was found floating in the waters off a Cheung Chau beach on Sunday morning, more than a day after he was reported missing. It is understood the 52-year-old-man, surnamed Ng, left...
View ArticleHong Kong retirees healthier than office workers because they sit less: survey
Elderly retirees are the most mobile group among Hongkongers as they spend the least amount of time sitting in a day, according to results of a new survey. The findings were released by the University...
View ArticleHong Kong shrouded in smog posing ‘very high’ health risk
Several districts in Hong Kong experienced poor quality air on Sunday that posed a “very high” health risk, as a monsoon from the northeast brought the dreaded smog that has shrouded large parts of the...
View ArticleSafety concerns over artificial pitches become issue in Europe and United States
The heat has been turned up on Hong Kong’s artificial turf pitches, but the synthetic grass isn’t that much greener on the other side of the fence. The safety and health impact of artificial infill...
View ArticleHealth alert raised after tests on artificial turf reveal excess levels of...
Samples of artificial turf from two government pitches contained excessive levels of probable cancer-causing chemicals and heavy metals, according to laboratory test results obtained by the Post....
View ArticleToxic smog from mainland ‘not affecting’ Hong Kong, expert claims
It is unlikely the toxic smog that has blanketed swathes of northern China for weeks has affected the Pearl River Delta region significantly, an expert has claimed. Data from the University of Science...
View ArticleArtificial turf makers dismiss health worries over Hong Kong pitches
Manufacturers of artificial grass pitches have dismissed health concerns after two government pitches were found to contain potential cancer-causing chemicals. One firm said a neighbouring...
View ArticleHong Kong development chiefs eye sites for over 10,000 flats as they struggle...
More than a dozen sites in the New Territories – enough to build over 10,000 flats post-2019 – have been identified by the city’s development authority in the hope of meeting its ambitious housing...
View ArticleHong Kong boy, 10, tests positive for H7N9 avian flu virus after visit to...
A 10-year-old Hong Kong boy has tested positive for H7N9 bird flu, making him the fourth such case in the city this winter, according to the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health....
View ArticleA kind word goes a long way at drop-in centre for Hong Kong cancer patients
It’s only a two-minute walk from the back door of Tuen Mun Hospital to the white house sitting on a lake inside the Chinese garden-inspired landscape, but for Wu Tak-ming it’s an expedition. Just...
View ArticleHong Kong green group calls for curbs on car growth to improve air quality
Pollution numbers may be dropping but the next government must acknowledge that the relentless growth in road transport and congestion continues to drive Hong Kong’s roadside air quality woes, an...
View ArticleLawmakers call for stricter health screening for imported pigs
Lawmakers have called for tighter inspections of imported pigs as it emerged that fewer urine samples are collected from mainland pigs than from local pigs. The call comes after the outbreak of the...
View ArticleGreen activist’s crystal clear aim to solve Hong Kong’s glass recycling...
Environmental campaigner April Lai likes to start her day early. On some days, it can be as early as 4.30am, the time the 50-year-old gets up to travel from her home in Tai Po to lead her weekly glass...
View ArticleHong Kong public doctor ignored ‘important signal’ for abnormality in heart...
A public hospital doctor was judged to have ignored an “important signal” for an abnormality and went ahead with a heart operation on a patient, who is still fighting for his life after air bubbles...
View ArticleHong Kong sex assault victim to receive HIV treatment after it emerges an...
A mentally disabled boy who was sexually assaulted in a public hospital will be given emergency treatment for the HIV virus as one of the four suspects in the case was a carrier of the virus, the Post...
View ArticleHow a tiny orphan boy beat medical odds and is now hoping for adoption ......
A two-year-old boy scurries down a hospital corridor, leaping into the arms of nurses who fawn over him as he proudly demonstrates how to put on a rubber glove on his left hand. It’s hard to imagine...
View ArticleHong Kong public and doctors oppose Medical Council’s proposed medical...
Polls commissioned by medical sector lawmaker Dr Pierre Chan showed resounding opposition to controversial government reforms making it easier for foreign doctors to practice in Hong Kong. Between...
View ArticleHong Kong’s transitional care centres provide welcome relief for the elderly...
Lisa Hui Kit-fong was in despair when her 77-year-old mother, who has Parkinson’s disease, fell in November and broke her ribs. Mrs Hui was discharged after two weeks in hospital, but she could barely...
View ArticleHong Kong pharmacists struggle to find jobs amid waning demand and graduate...
When 27-year-old Lee returned to Hong Kong in 2014 with high hopes of becoming a pharmacist after graduating from university in Britain, she faced a harsh reality – she could not find a job. Lee, who...
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