Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital to open with 15-hour emergency service in first...
Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital will open its doors to patients on Tuesday with the introduction of a 15-hour emergency service in its first phase of operations. While almost all major services except...
View ArticleMinister behind Hong Kong’s waste-charging scheme admits rules will be hard...
The environment secretary on Tuesday admitted it would be hard to enforce his new plan to make Hongkongers buy and use government-designated bin bags. But Wong Kam-sing insisted it would be more...
View ArticleBreakthrough in H7N9 study a boost for bird flu drug research in Hong Kong
A team of researchers at the University of Hong Kong has cracked the mystery behind how the deadly H7N9 virus has attained a higher ability to infect humans while also being contagious among avian...
View ArticleHong Kong scientists reveal link between late-night dinners and breast cancer
Women who eat rice or noodles after 10pm are more at risk of developing breast cancer, a study led by Chinese University revealed. The risk increases by half if food is consumed after 10pm at least...
View ArticleHong Kong bans imports of Brazilian meat after food safety scandal
Local supermarkets and restaurants rushed to pull their stocks of meat and poultry from Brazil last night after the city’s food safety authority issued a ban on imports following a scandal over the...
View ArticleHong Kong government comes under fire for not recalling all questionable meat...
The government’s reluctance to recall all questionable meat products on sale in the cityhas been greeted with criticism, despite the announcement on Tuesday that it was banning the import of all meat...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong bans sales of disposable bottled water to help planet
The University of Hong Kong is banning sales of disposable bottled water on its Pok Fu Lam campus to help the environment. All single-use bottles measuring one litre or less will be banned from shops,...
View ArticleChaos and confusion: Brazilian meat prices across Hong Kong to ‘shoot up’ in...
Hong Kong restaurateurs and meat importers have warned of escalating menu prices if the tainted Brazilian meat scare is not resolved in the near future. The government’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) on...
View ArticleMemorial area set up at Sha Tin fire station to mourn Hong Kong fireman who...
A fire station in Sha Tin has set up a memorial area on Thursday for citizens to pay their respects to a firefighter who died in the rescue of two hikers a day before. Yau Siu-ming, 50, lost his...
View ArticleWhat winter? Hong Kong sees one of the warmest starts to year since records...
Hong Kong has seen one of its warmest starts to a year since weather record-keeping began in the city, extending a streak of progressively mild and even non-existent winter conditions. A possible...
View ArticleHong Kong to recall meat imported from 21 Brazilian companies linked to...
Hong Kong’s food safety authority will immediately recall all meat exported to the city by 21 Brazilian companies involved in an investigation over bribery and tainted meat, the food and environmental...
View ArticleEndangered black-faced spoonbills’ rise not reflected in Hong Kong
The global number of endangered black-faced spoonbills rose to a record high this year, but a concern group has voiced fears over whether the birds’ local habitathas deteriorated, with only a...
View ArticleStop ‘paying lip service’ to cycling projects and get serious, NGO warns Hong...
Lawmakers must commit to investing in cycling infrastructure projects instead of just “paying lip service” to eco-friendly policies, a campaign group has warned. Upgrades to the city’s roads, which...
View ArticleWhy climate change is very real, despite what Donald Trump says, and how...
While all eyes are on the United States to see if it will pull out of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, a Hong Kong-born scientist, who has spent over 40 years studying the issue in...
View ArticleRecall in Brazil meat scandal amounts to sale ban, Hong Kong traders say
Traders affected by the meat scandal in Brazil called for a comprehensive inspection system on Saturday, saying the government’s decision to recall the products from 21 companies in the country...
View ArticleHong Kong’s angling zone in Central opens to little fanfare but hooks in a...
Two fishing enthusiasts spent hours on Saturday casting their reels into the inaugural angling zone along Central Promenade, but there was little to show for their efforts. The fishing policy,...
View ArticleCool weather set to hit Hong Kong on chief executive election day
Cooler climes and unsettled weather is set to arrive in Hong Kong on Sunday, the day of the election for the city’s next leader. Temperatures are set to dip to a low of 14 and a high of 17 degrees...
View ArticleIn pictures: Hong Kong switches off the lights as cities and monuments...
The International Finance Centre in Hong Kong and the Empire State Building in New York joined other iconic buildings and monuments around the world plunging into darkness for sixty minutes on Saturday...
View ArticleLax controls exposing Hong Kong prisoners to infectious diseases, former...
Inadequate prison control measures are exposing inmates to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV, according to a former remand detainee. The former inmate, surnamed Chen, approached the Post...
View ArticleTapping into Hong Kong’s water wastage: how an app aims to expose the city’s...
In February last year torrential rains finally eased one of the worst droughts ever seen in Brazil, but for a meat-crazed Hong Kong which relies heavily on the South American country’s meat exports, a...
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