Hong Kong set to add hospital charges but also widen safety net for neediest
Patients may pay separately for services such as CT scans, but some ‘middle-class’ residents with critical illnesses would get more help, source says.
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Rather than soulless freeways and tunnels, imagine looping round Victoria Harbour, through local neighbourhoods and ending at Kai Tak Sports Park.
View ArticleHong Kong health chief confirms patients may pay separate fees for scans like...
Health minister Lo Chung-mau says hospitalised patients and those visiting emergency rooms would be excluded from proposed move.
View ArticleCould indefinite embryo storage lead to a baby boom in Hong Kong?
Proposal would not only offer more flexibility for working women but could also tap into economic potential of the industry.
View ArticleHong Kong urged to speed up adoption of electric lorries and taxis
Civic Exchange also stresses importance of catching up with country’s environmental goals to ensure carbon emissions peak before 2030.
View ArticleNarrow escape for Hong Kong platform worker left swinging in strong wind
Video clip shows gondola swinging in strong wind in Tin Shui Wai as worker grips onto railings and ropes in lashing rain.
View ArticleHong Kong’s New Town project could threaten 29 bird species, green groups say
Largest project in Northern Metropolis could result in extensive loss of farmland, which is critical for birds that rely on wetlands, they say.
View ArticleAmid spate of youth suicides, Hong Kong must weave a safety net
A teacher’s attentiveness, a neighbour’s kindness, a policymaker’s resolve – we all have roles in intercepting despair before it turns fatal.
View ArticleHongkongers wake up to cool weather, as temperatures fall to 15 degrees Celsius
Strong winds also expected, with temperatures set to reach a high of about 21 degrees.
View ArticleSeparate fees for Hong Kong’s public medical services ‘could lead to abuse’
Former health official and patients’ rights group warn residents may abuse proposed exemption of emergency cases to get ‘best deals’.
View Article6 more Hong Kong students ill with gastroenteritis on mainland China school trip
Tally rises to over 100 from similar cases in past few weeks, as six students report symptoms while visiting Xiamen on exchange tour.
View Article5 to 8 typhoons expected to skirt past Hong Kong this year
Observatory director Chan Pak-wai also predicts longer-than-usual typhoon season that could continue well into November.
View ArticleHong Kong drivers will have to pay to use CLP Power’s EV charging stations
Larger of the city’s two electricity suppliers says the move aligns with ‘market development’, ending 16 years of free service.
View ArticleAnother Hong Kong school trip to mainland hit by gastroenteritis outbreak
Centre for Health Protection says five students from S.K.H. St Michael’s Primary School in Fortress Hill had symptoms.
View ArticleRace for third Hong Kong medical school hots up, but which team is leading?
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Baptist University and Polytechnic University have now submitted their proposals.
View ArticleHong Kong schools urged to avoid high-risk foods on study trips to mainland...
Education authorities make the call following another outbreak of gastroenteritis among primary school pupils on mainland exchange tour.
View ArticlePolyU makes bold offer to pay for set-up cost of Hong Kong’s new medical school
Council chairman Lam Tai-fai says the institution can cover costs if needed, until the school moves into the Ngai Tam Mei campus.
View ArticleHong Kong doctors to face HK$50,000 fine if they repeatedly ignore data-input...
Penalty for repeatedly failing to input patient data into eHealth system among proposals in legislative amendments.
View ArticleHong Kong A&E wards aim to cut wait times for urgent patients with fee change
Hospital Authority says it hopes to meet its service target of treating 90 per cent of urgent patients in A&E within 30 minutes.
View ArticleHong Kong authorities revoke licences of 2 shops for selling frozen meat as...
Officers have confiscated and destroyed 180kg of beef from the shops located in Sai Kung and Kwai Tsing districts.
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