University researchers in Hong Kong develop air purifier that promises to...
An air purification system that claims to remove up to 99.99 per cent of airborne bacteria and viruses has been developed by researchers at Hong Kong’s University of Science and Technology. Different...
View ArticleHong Kong government study on building housing in country parks ‘biased’,...
The government’s study on building homes in country parks is biased because the Housing Society is conducting it, according to a former senior official. Wong Fook-yee, who was assistant director at the...
View ArticleVideo of Hong Kong slackliners’ Lion Rock stunt a hit online but some still...
A Hong Kong slacklining group’s weekend-long stunt on the Lion Rock mountain last December has proved hugely popular on Facebook, receiving thousands of likes. In a video, Slacklining Hong Kong members...
View ArticleHong Kong basks in sunshine after week of downpours and flooding
Hongkongers basked in glorious sunshine this weekend after a week which saw the city battered by heavy rainfall and flooding. But forecasters warned that more storms were on the way. Temperatures hit...
View ArticleCalls to ramp up manpower to prevent illegal dumping in new Hong Kong...
Green groups and a union for environmental protection workers have urged the government to set up a designated office with up to 1,000 staff to boost enforcement of laws on the dumping of waste. The...
View ArticleEverest-conquering Hong Kong woman rejects criticism for not helping dying...
The first Hong Kong woman to scale Mount Everest has defended her decision to carry on up the mountain without helping dying climbers, in the face of online criticism. Speaking on a radio programme on...
View ArticleHong Kong set for heat and rain over Dragon Boat festival
Hongkongers are set to celebrate the annual Dragon Boat festival in heat and rain on Tuesday, the city’s weather forecaster said. The steamy weather could be bad news for paddlers competing in the...
View ArticleLet’s get realistic about Hong Kong’s housing shortage
Should we develop slivers of out-of-the-way country parks for public housing? Apparently, it’s a sin just to ask this question. Not only can we not touch those parks, which account for 41 per cent of...
View ArticleHong Kong health minister rejects calls for more elected members on city’s...
Hong Kong’s health minister has rejected calls to increase the number of elected members on the city’s doctors watchdog, saying it would not increase transparency. The body, which licenses and...
View ArticleSports chief: HK$32b Kai Tak Sports Park ‘no white elephant’ – and Hong Kong...
Commissioner for Sports Yeung Tak-keung insists the controversial HK$31.9 billion Kai Tak Sports Park will not be another white elephant – and warned that Hong Kong faces missing out on playing a part...
View ArticleExplaining the fine line between absolute and relative poverty
Poverty is a topic that occasionally makes headlines in the newspapers and attracts a variety of commentators. In a lot of these discussions reference is made to the poverty line as a measure of the...
View ArticleMultiple sclerosis support urged after Hong Kong survey reveals nearly 30 per...
Doctors and concern groups in Hong Kong are calling for heightened awareness of the mental state of patients suffering from a rare and incurable neurological disease as a local survey found close to 30...
View ArticleHong Kong restaurant chains named and shamed over shark fin sale
Several Hong Kong restaurant chains have been named and shamed in new research by a shark awareness group over their sales tactics, lack of transparency and poor approach to the conservation of the...
View ArticleNo prosecutions planned over collapse of City University of Hong Kong roof
Nobody will be prosecuted over the collapse of a green roof at the City University of Hong Kong in May last year which injured three people, the government announced on Wednesday. In the final...
View ArticleHong Kong technology expo to feature 3D food printer, mirror analysing...
From a 3D food printer to a mirror that can analyse emotions, technology has been more widely adopted than before to address problems facing Hong Kong’s elderly population. The uptick comes as the...
View ArticleHong Kong’s attitude to sport is changing for the better, insists first...
Perhaps you’re nobody in Hong Kong politics until you’ve been harangued on the floor of the Legislative Council by Leung Kwok-hung, aka ‘Long Hair’. If that’s the case, then Yeung Tak-keung, the city’s...
View ArticleLet’s reconcile to a diet of squid as we overfish to our own peril
For the past decade, my clan village neighbours in Clear Water Bay have had panic attacks every weekend as I swim out across the bay for some leisurely exercise out in the open sea. They have for 10...
View ArticleCrackdown on Hong Kong illegal housing at Kwai Chung factory prompts protest...
A dozen families living in subdivided flats inside a factory building in Kwai Chung staged a protest on Friday, saying that they would be homeless if evicted in the latest government crackdown on...
View ArticleHong Kong smells: what are the distinctive scents in each of city’s 18...
Hong Kong has a variety of scents wafting through its streets, from the fish balls and beef brisket of street stalls to the exhaust gases from vehicles. These smells often bind together to become...
View ArticleTourist injured in harbour fall during Hong Kong light show
A tourist fell from the observation deck at Tsim Sha Tsui Promenande while watching the city’s light show on Saturday. Police said a report was received at 8.05pm after the 64-year-old foreign woman...
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