Hong Kong needs dozens more foreign doctors, health minister says
Hong Kong’s health minister says the public hospital authority should recruit dozens more doctors from overseas and give them longer contracts to relieve a manpower shortage. Dr Ko Wing-man said there...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific seeks 80pc emissions reductions on some long...
Cathay Pacific Airways has pledged an 80 per cent cut in the amount of climate-changing gases some of its longest flights pump into the Earth’s atmosphere, by betting big on biofuels. The Hong Kong...
View ArticleAnkle bone replicated with 3D printing technology in medical first for Hong Kong
In a medical first for Hong Kong, doctors at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital have manufactured a replica of a talus – a small bone connecting the lower leg and foot – for a motorbike accident...
View ArticleHong Kong farmers give antibiotics to healthy chickens ... and raise...
Some of Hong Kong’s poultry farmers have admitted feeding antibiotics to chickens even when they are healthy, prompting fears about resistant superbugs among livestock and raising calls for more...
View ArticleGovernment aid for upgrades inadequate, Hong Kong chicken farmers say
While modernising chicken farms may be a way to improve hygiene practices and reduce the controversial use of antibiotics on healthy livestock, the upgrade is not an easy one for local farmers working...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong students hand out smart advice to phone addicts
Imagine you are holding a bottle of water in each hand. Raise your arms into a straight line parallel to the ground. Hold the pose and then turn your wrists as if you are turning the bottles upside...
View ArticleHongkongers get no holiday for proposed fee increases at public hospitals
Hong Kong’s acting secretary for food and health said opinions were still being sought on proposed fee increases for emergency services. The comments by Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee came as a survey...
View ArticleHong Kong husband makes new year wish for double lung transplant for ailing wife
The husband of an ailing 53-year-old woman who is suffering from a rare lung condition has only one wish for the Year of the Rooster: a new pair of lungs for his wife. In 2004, doctors diagnosed...
View ArticleHong Kong just had its warmest January on record
The first month of this year was the warmest January in Hong Kong since records began in 1885, according to the Observatory. Locals experienced a record-breaking average temperature of 18.5 degrees...
View ArticleHepatitis A ‘outbreak’ prompts Hong Kong health authorities to roll out free...
A spike in the number of reported hepatitis A cases among Hong Kong men who engage in sexual relations with other HIV-positive men has prompted health authorities to offer free vaccinations to...
View ArticleCustomers set to bear cost of upgrading Hong Kong mini-storage facilities in...
Mini-storage operators warn that customers could bear the cost of an industry shake-up, as an impending regulatory clampdown by authorities coupled with escalating property prices pose challenges to...
View ArticleCity urged to think green on red packets with 320 million new lai see...
A green group has made an appeal to the public to be more responsible in distributing red packets – also known as lai see – during the Lunar New Year, with more than 320 million new ones doled out...
View ArticleEuropean trade body calls for Hong Kong tax breaks for hybrid cars
A European motoring trade group has called on the government to start subsidising hybrid cars, claiming such a move could prompt more people to drive such vehicles and thereby help to reduce roadside...
View ArticleEmergency visits to Hong Kong hospitals dip after hitting Lunar New Year peak
The number of people visiting the city’s public hospital emergency wards has dropped after reaching its Lunar New Year holiday season peak. A total of 5,300 people visited emergency wards at the city’s...
View ArticleHong Kong environment chief plays down fears officials to be vexed by country...
The city’s environment chief has played down concerns that conservation authorities would be put in a difficult position helping the government identify sites within country parks in which development...
View ArticleHong Kong government hopes two new fishing zones in Central and Tai Po will...
Two fishing zones in Central and Tai Po – proposed by the chief executive in last year’s policy address and costing HK$5 million in total – are expected to open to the public next month, the government...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors will not need to be present all the time in supervising...
Doctors will not be required to be present throughout beauty procedures involving the use of risky medical devices or have specialist qualifications, according to a government proposal. The...
View ArticleSpring Lantern Festival brings rare lunar eclipse to Hong Kong, but set your...
A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on the morning of the Spring Lantern Festival on Saturday, but an unusually small viewing window means local moon gazers will have to rise early if they want to...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors say beauticians should not handle high risk procedures and...
A collective of Hong Kong doctor groups has argued that a number of risky medical devices and beauty procedures should be operated by them, not by beauticians. It comes just days after details surfaced...
View ArticleCold snap hits Hong Kong as temperatures plunge into single digits
A cold snap hit the city as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, with crisp weather to remain in the coming few days. Temperatures were as low as nine degrees Celsius in urban areas...
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