Fun in the sun on Buddha’s Birthday as Hong Kong experiences hottest day so...
Hongkongers basked in the sun on the city’s warmest day this year as they celebrated Buddha’s Birthday – a public holiday in the city – with temperatures soaring past 30 degrees Celsius in parts of...
View Article‘Veterinary field not just about pet care’: Hong Kong university says...
A Hong Kong university set to offer a veterinary medicine course – the first of its kind in the city – has questioned a governmental study looking at the demand for veterinarians, saying the research...
View ArticleExperts call for timetable to protect 19 Hong Kong enclaves and fold them...
A clear timetable should be set for folding 19 unprotected Hong Kong enclaves into country parks and increasing transparency in the process, government advisers on environmental policies said. Their...
View ArticleHow Hong Kong’s best rescue divers are preparing for more troubled waters...
As Tsui Wai-fat descended into the murky waters off west Lantau for his umpteenth mission, he knew he could count on his training and 23 years of experience as a rescue diver to get the job done. It...
View ArticleAmber rainstorm warning cancelled for Hong Kong
An amber rainstorm warning was cancelled shortly after noon on Thursday, two and a half hours after it was raised. The Hong Kong Observatory had issued the alert at 9.40am, warning of heavy rain and...
View ArticleHong Kong Red Cross issues urgent appeal for blood donors as supplies dwindle
The Red Cross has issued an urgent public appeal for blood donations in face of a serious shortage. The group’s Blood Transfusion Service said that inventory had dwindled over the past few weeks and...
View ArticleHeat rising in Hong Kong’s war on tobacco
Tobacco control is a sensitive subject, with the battle lines firmly drawn between those who advocate government intervention to protect public health, smokers who resent any intrusion in what they see...
View ArticleHong Kong nature lover offers HK$10,000 for safe return of baby wild owls
A Lantau resident has offered a reward of HK$10,000 for the safe return of a pair of baby wild owls that were taken from their home in the Tung Chung countryside. William Sargent, 41, an event...
View ArticleOpinion: Three reasons our health-care system is headed for a crisis
Over the past three weeks, I have seen far more of the inside of Hong Kong hospital wards than I would like – but it has reminded me clearly of the slow-boiling health-care crisis that is beginning to...
View ArticleLet owners of subsidised Hong Kong flats rent them to the needy, think tank says
A think tank says owners of government subsidised flats should be allowed to lease them to the needy without paying a land premium to shorten the queue for public housing and counter soaring rents. The...
View ArticleTwo Hong Kong workers on mega bridge construction injured in generator fire
Two workers involved in the construction of the multibillion-dollar bridge that will link Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau, were injured in a fire at the site on Friday evening. The industrial accident came...
View ArticleHigh levels of air pollution recorded in Hong Kong with conditions to worsen...
Hong Kong recorded high levels of air pollution on Saturday, with conditions likely to worsen later in the day, authorities have said. According to the Environmental Protection Department, as of 1pm,...
View ArticleAiling Hong Kong mother requires breathing aid after second liver transplant
A dying mother whose life was saved by two separate liver transplants now required artificial lungs to breathe due to an infection, Hong Kong’s health minister said on Saturday. Medical teams were...
View ArticleHong Kong charities face stricter rules on tax and land perks after loophole...
Nine government departments overseeing the city’s charities have promised to tighten their supervision after an audit report revealed gaping loopholes in the handling of their free land and tax-exempt...
View ArticleHong Kong activists petition against plan to demolish Sheung Wan site slated...
Activists in Hong Kong have slammed the Urban Renewal Authority for not upholding a previous plan to preserve an old site in Sheung Wan. In 2013, the preservation of a tenement building between...
View ArticleOn rare but deadly diseases, government is playing God
Senior government bureaucrats are presumably human beings, too. So I assume that’s the case with those in charge of the Food and Health Bureau. But an official response from the bureau about...
View ArticleHong Kong Red Cross overloaded by surge in blood donors after appeal, with...
Red Cross Hong Kong has appealed to people to visit its centres more often after work or during lunch time on weekdays after an urgent call for donations last Thursday resulted in an influx of would-be...
View ArticleCharity offers low-income Hong Kong children mental health care as city...
Twelve private psychiatrists have offered immediate mental health care to at least 400 children from low-income families who would otherwise have to wait up to three years to be treated publicly....
View ArticleBreathing new life into drab Hong Kong nullah
The musty smell of stormwater is hard to ignore near the King Yip Street nullah, a 1km, concrete-lined drain channel that connects Kwun Tong’s Tsui Ping area to Kowloon Bay. There is nothing appealing...
View ArticleAdvisory council casts doubt on Hong Kong Airport Authority’s claim of...
Environmental advisers have cast doubt on the Hong Kong Airport Authority’s claim that a rerouting of its high-speed ferry service had a minimum impact on the endangered Chinese white dolphin’s use of...
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