Are you a ‘Monster Parent’? Experts say trend worsening in Hong Kong
What is a “monster parent”? The monster parent has become a worryingly prevalent archetype in Hong Kong, and the problem appears to be worsening, experts say. Some of the defining factors of a monster...
View ArticleFewer than 10 doctors answer appeal for help from Hong Kong public hospitals...
Fewer than 10 doctors from Hong Kong’s Department of Health have volunteered to work at overcrowded public hospitals on their days off to help battle a surge in summer flu patients, the city’s health...
View ArticleSignal downgraded to No 1 for tropical cyclone Roke as conditions improve in...
The Hong Kong Observatory has downgraded the tropical cyclone warning, issuing a No 1 signal at 3.10pm on Sunday as Roke began to depart the territory. The forecaster earlier dropped the No 8 signal to...
View ArticleThe struggle for Hong Kong’s old and sick to die with dignity
A few months ago, tragedy struck in a 15th-floor flat in Diamond Hill, where police discovered 58-year-old Au Kin-ming had jumped to his death after strangling his 56-year-old dementia-suffering wife,...
View ArticleRare fox found by Hong Kong hikers sent to Ocean Park for care and quarantine
A rare species of fox, which was found trapped on a Lantau trail last Friday, is now being cared for at Ocean Park. The park said in a statement on Saturday that it received the fox from the Society...
View ArticleFlights and book fair disrupted as Roke passes Hong Kong in city’s second...
Hong Kong faced its second tropical cyclone storm of the year on Sunday, enduring disruption to flights, ferries and the city’s popular annual book fair. The Observatory issued the No 8 signal at...
View ArticleHong Kong ‘bring your own bag’ event targets waste
A group of Hong Kong environmentalists is asking consumers to “shop naked” in a bid to protect Mother Earth. But fret not, they are not holding an exhibitionist movement. Instead, they are promoting an...
View ArticleUnusually high July rainfall sparks flood risk concerns in Hong Kong’s rural...
Hong Kong is experiencing an unusually wet July this year, with experts warning that the recent torrential rain and flooding have underscored the need to step up measures against extreme weather events...
View ArticleHow worried should you be about Hong Kong’s unusual flu outbreak?
The rising number of flu cases in Hong Kong this summer has sparked widespread concern, especially with the peak season arriving earlier than in previous years. More than 300 severe flu cases have been...
View ArticleTrainee doctor dives into Hong Kong harbour to help save man
Alex Wong Kin-chung has always wanted to save lives as a doctor but he never thought his skills would be put to the test at sea. That changed in the early hours of Sunday when Wong, a resident at...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Chinese medicine doctors ‘could help during flu crisis’
The city’s 18 government-supported Chinese medicine clinics could take up to 30 per cent more patients than they are currently, to help with the overload at public hospitals caused by the summer flu...
View ArticleFirst patients transferred to Hong Kong private hospital amid flu crisis
Up to 48 public hospital patients will be transferred to the privately-run St Teresa’s Hospital from Wednesday in an unprecedented move to ease overcrowding as Hong Kong tackles a flu crisis. With...
View ArticleDoctor who stole student’s coin bag found guilty of professional misconduct...
A general practitioner who stole from a student and failed to report his conviction promptly was found guilty of two charges of professional misconduct by the city’s medical watchdog and removed from...
View ArticleFirst group of public hospital transfer patients arrive at St Teresa’s as...
At least five patients from Queen Elizabeth Hospital were transferred to the privately run St Teresa’s Hospital on Wednesday morning as part of measures to ease the overcrowding problem at public...
View ArticleLet rural land leases expire if Hong Kong developers won’t build flats,...
Leases on idle plots of privately held land in the New Territories should be allowed to expire by 2047 to prod landowners to develop instead of sitting on them, a study has argued. The report by two...
View ArticleHong Kong expected to feel heat over weekend as tropical storm Nesat nears
Hongkongers can expect another scorching hot weekend as a severe tropical storm heads towards southern China. Tropical cyclone Nesat was moving from the Philippine Sea towards Taiwan and southeastern...
View ArticleHongkongers top life expectancy rankings worldwide for second year in a row
Hongkongers continue to have the highest life expectancy in the world, surpassing Japan’s men and women for the second consecutive year, according to the Japanese government. The city topped the charts...
View ArticleOvercrowding in Hong Kong hospitals stabilises with 1,000 fewer patients...
The situation of overcrowding at emergency wards in public hospitals has stabilised slightly in the past week, with about 1,000 fewer patients seeking medical treatment daily amid the flu crisis in...
View ArticleThe Hongkongers getting naked to create a more caring, sharing world
Hong Kong is stripping down to its roots, throwing away superfluous packaging and dropping unnecessary boundaries. The city is getting “naked”. “Naked” as a phrase has been cropping up increasingly...
View ArticlePutting in the hours, and the miles, for the perfect shot in Hong Kong
The morning sun will only just be filtering through the mist on Tai Mo Shan, but Hong Kong photographer Ng Tai will already be there, camera positioned, ready to capture the spreading rays of light and...
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