Donald Trump is the gift that keeps giving China a centre stage role in the...
“Across ancient and modern eras, orders built by great powers have come and gone. But they have normally ended in murder, not suicide,” Princeton’s Professor G. John Ikenberry noted with irony last...
View ArticleApp helps food banks and donors improve service to Hong Kong’s poorest
An app is improving the city’s fragmented food support service by matching supply more closely with demand from those in need. It is one of the first attempts to link hundreds of non-profit...
View ArticleMental slide of Hong Kong cancer patients and caregivers overlooked, survey...
A Hong Kong concern group for cancer sufferers has called for greater awareness of the importance of psychological support after a survey found that only a quarter of patients and their families raised...
View ArticleHong Kong stroke victims take a virtual journey to recovery
Virtual reality (VR) is helping stroke survivors in Hong Kong to regain confidence and the ability to perform daily tasks. At Kowloon Hospital, people with cognitive impairments can practise crossing...
View ArticleLaw review promised after Hong Kong couple’s agony over fetus labelled...
Hong Kong’s No 2 health official has promised to review a law that prevented a couple from retrieving a miscarried fetus a public hospital classified as “medical waste”, the Post has learnt....
View ArticleBan on donations from gay men could be eased, Red Cross Blood Transfusion...
The Hong Kong Red Cross’ Blood Transfusion Service will look into possibly changing the policy that prevents gay men from giving blood for the rest of their lives. The statement came hours after a...
View ArticleAir China flight has near miss with mountain on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island
An Air China passenger plane almost hit a mountain on Lantau Island on Sunday night when it deviated from its flight path after taking off from Hong Kong International Airport, it was revealed on...
View ArticleTrump has reheated debate with US withdrawal from Paris Agreement, former UN...
The United Nations’ former climate chief has struck a defiant note against US President Donald Trump’s pullout from the landmark Paris accord, insisting the global shift towards reducing carbon...
View ArticleHong Kong developers on target for 5 per cent cut in electricity
Hong Kong’s major developers are expected to cut electricity consumption at their commercial buildings by 5 per cent in the five years leading to 2020, according to a progress report on the city’s...
View ArticleHong Kong swelters ... and it is going to carry on for five days
Hongkongers have been advised to get their wide-brimmed hats and loose-fitting clothes out ahead of a five-day heatwave set to hit the city over the next five days. The Hong Kong Observatory issued the...
View ArticleMore Hongkongers taking out medical insurance policies, survey finds
More Hongkongers are buying medical insurance policies, with the city seeing a 300,000 increase as the population ages, and medical costs rise, according to insurers. The latest statistics from the...
View ArticleMore food could fail Hong Kong metal contamination tests under proposed new...
More seafood could be found with excessive levels of metals under a government proposal to strengthen food contamination standards. The government is seeking views in a three-month public consultation...
View ArticleHatchlings killed during tree pruning session at prime Hong Kong bird habitat
More than a dozen hatchlings were dislodged from their nests and killed or injured during a tree pruning operation at one of Hong Kong’s prime bird habitats in what could be a criminal act. The...
View ArticleWildlife crime expert appeals to Hong Kong government to ban ivory trade,...
A former wildlife crime investigator from Africa has pointed to Chinese individuals as being the major brokers currently active in Zambia’s illegal ivory trade, calling on the Hong Kong government to...
View ArticleHong Kong shops to face HK$50,000 fines for selling alcohol to minors
Retailers selling or supplying alcohol to minors could be fined as much as HK$50,000 under a government plan to tighten regulations and protect the health of the city’s young people. An amendment of...
View ArticleHong Kong’s ‘silver tsunami’ will require a holistic approach to health care,...
Integrated efforts both inside and outside government will be required to tackle health care challenges brought by Hong Kong’s ageing population, the head of a top American medical institution said....
View ArticleGreen group alarmed at state of Hong Kong’s marine parks and says more waters...
A report on Hong Kong’s marine parks found they are not being managed on scientific lines and that there are no hard targets to expand the protected areas. The parks make up just 2 per cent of the...
View ArticlePolicy expert calls new public transport road map ‘incomplete homework’, says...
The city’s newly unveiled public transport strategy blueprint fails to address three major challenges, according to a veteran transport policy expert, who described the plan as a piece of incomplete...
View ArticleHong Kong’s annual cross-harbour swim race to return to Tsim Sha Tsui after...
Hong Kong’s annual cross-harbour swimming race is returning to the heart of the city after 40 years, as better water quality allows it to move back to its original route. Organisers of the New World...
View ArticlePoor Hong Kong patients to see fees relief
More Hong Kong patients may find themselves exempt from charges at public hospitals with a relaxation of the fee waiver scheme. The move comes ahead of an increase in charges from June 18, which will...
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