China’s biggest airline bans shark fin cargo
China Southern Airlines, the mainland’s biggest carrier, has banned shark fin shipments and promised to “actively participate” in animal conservation. The decision is significant as the company is...
View ArticleHong Kong firms aren’t meeting employees’ expectations on health care, study...
There is a growing gap between the health care benefits Hong Kong’s citizens expect from their employers and those with which they are provided, new research has found. According to a survey by health...
View ArticleTearful Hong Kong wife pleads for new heart to save her husband
The wife of a 50-year-old electronic engineer is appealing for a new heart to save her husband. Tearful Lilian Ip Lai-fong said on Thursday she felt “scared and helpless every day” for Sin Chi-wa, who...
View ArticleOne third of licensed Hong Kong ivory retailers encourage buyers to break the...
A third of all Hong Kong’s licensed ivory retailers have actively encouraged buyers to smuggle ivory out of the city without an export permit, which is illegal under the city’s laws, a new report by...
View ArticleAiling Hong Kong mother able to open eyes and nod after second liver transplant
A dying mother whose desperate hunt for an organ donor aroused deep public sympathy across Hong Kong is showing signs of recovery after a second liver transplant, seven days after the first. Tang...
View ArticleWe should look to Prince Harry, among others, for this important reset
What do Lady Gaga, Prince Harry, and Sesame Street’s Julia all have in common? They are all in their separate ways trying to bring the stigmatised problem of mental health out of the closet. For those...
View ArticleDrug-testing – or its absence – under scrutiny as thousands prepare for Hong...
Thousands of masochists will take part in Saturday’s Spartan Race in Hong Kong, climbing over nets, wading through mud, dragging sandbags and the like in an effort to “push themselves to their limits”...
View ArticleHong Kong bracing for a wintry weekend ahead as heavy rain, thunderstorms...
Put the beachwear away and dig the warm jackets back out – the city has been told to expect a rainy and cooler week following the first amber rainstorm warning of the year. The amber alert, issued by...
View ArticleExpect more rain and thunder in Hong Kong next week, weather forecaster says
Grey skies loomed over Hong Kong on Saturday afternoon, as the weather forecaster predicts the dreary weather will last until later next week. Very few parts of the city escaped rain showers, with the...
View ArticleUnder 18s allowed to make organ donations only if big majority backs it, Hong...
Amendments to the transplant law allowing people under 18 to be living donors would be considered only if a significant majority backed it, the health minister said. Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko...
View ArticleSurvey highlights Hong Kong women’s ignorance of ‘silent killer’
A quarter of Hong Kong women do not know what their ovaries are for, a survey found, highlighting the ignorance surrounding ovarian cancer. Dubbed the silent killer, it is the city’s sixth most common...
View ArticleHong Kong health chief defends response to legionnaires’ cases linked to...
Hong Kong’s health minister denied there had been a delay in a health investigation after three people who caught legionnaires’ disease were found to have visited the same five-star hotel in Macau. The...
View ArticleDoctors optimistic about Hong Kong mother’s recovery following two liver...
The medical team of a Hong Kong mother who endured two separate liver transplants was “very optimistic” about the woman’s recovery on Monday. But Dr Kelvin Ng Kwok-chai, from Queen Mary Hospital’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong scientists reveal new ultra-fast laser technology...
Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have developed a laser technology that could drastically reduce cancer diagnosis times through ultra-fast cell imaging. Pending US patent approval, it uses a...
View ArticleHong Kong vendors warn of protests if larger warnings are printed on...
Vendors warn they will protest if the government goes ahead with a plan requiring health warnings on cigarette packets to cover 85 per cent of the surface. They say the measure, to be fully implemented...
View ArticleGrass-roots families fight plans for Hong Kong’s only low-cost private rental...
A redevelopment plan for Hong Kong’s only privately owned low-cost rental estate has met opposition from a group of grass-roots families who want public housing to be built there instead. The Town...
View ArticleMore patients to avoid queues at Hong Kong public hospital clinics
Overcrowded public hospitals may divert 5 per cent of work at outpatient clinics to private doctors next year after a scheme is expanded to all city districts. The Hospital Authority said on Monday...
View ArticleChinese University of Hong Kong gets HK$14 million to fund research into...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been granted HK$14 million by a charitable trust to fund key research with scientists abroad into an inflammatory bowel disease afflicting seven times more...
View ArticleGuaranteed earnings cut for Hong Kong power firms
A long-awaited deal to lower the cap on guaranteed earnings for Hong Kong’s two power companies was announced on Tuesday, but it fell short of public demands and locked the city into another 15 years...
View ArticleNew power deal ‘favourable’ to consumers, Hong Kong environment minister says
Hong Kong’s new deal with its two power companies favours consumers as it strikes a balance between reliable electricity supply, affordability and sustainability, according to the city’s environment...
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