All Hongkongers missing after Sichuan quake found
All Hongkongers who went missing in the aftermath of a magnitude 7 earthquake in Sichuan have been found. The quake, which took place in the southwestern Chinese province on Tuesday night, has claimed...
View ArticleMore than 40 million one-off umbrella bags add to Hong Kong’s waste crisis
Hongkongers may end up using as many as 41 million disposable umbrella sheaths during the wet season from June to September, prompting a green group to call for alternative environmentally-friendly...
View ArticleHong Kong government seeks legal advice for damage claims over palm oil spill
The Hong Kong government is seeking legal advice to claim damages from the owners of two vessels which collided on Thursday, causing hundreds of tonnes of palm oil to leak into the sea, with some...
View ArticleHong Kong’s summer flu season ‘could last for three more weeks’
The summer flu season could last for three more weeks despite a recent drop in local flu activity, a public health expert has said. Since May 5, some 474 adults and 19 children with influenza symptoms...
View ArticleNew blood test could help save patients with hard-to-spot type of head and...
A breakthrough blood test by Hong Kong scientists could lead to discovery of a hard-to-detect type of head and neck cancer at a significantly earlier stage, potentially saving lives, the Chinese...
View ArticleHong Kong government’s optimism about palm oil clean-up ‘ludicrous’, say...
Some of the closed beaches on the city’s southern coast could reopen this weekend, the government announced, as the deputy minister for the environment said the problem with clumps of palm oil washing...
View ArticleEmpty houses in 400-year-old Hakka village could get new lease of life as...
A cluster of abandoned dwellings in a 400-year-old walled Hakka village in Hong Kong could soon be one step closer to getting a new lease of life as holiday homes, giving momentum to efforts to revive...
View ArticleTwo visitors to Hong Kong taken to hospital with symptoms of deadly Middle...
Two foreign visitors to Hong Kong were taken to hospital on Thursday after showing symptoms of Middle East respiratory syndrome. The 48-year-old man and his two-year-old granddaughter had recently...
View ArticleEurope eggs scandal hits Hong Kong after shipment from contaminated farm...
A widening contaminated eggs scandal that started in the Netherlands has spread to Hong Kong, the European Commission has announced. Dutch farms confirmed to have insecticide-tainted eggs shipped...
View ArticleHong Kong centre draws on the arts to help people with emotional issues
Whenever Tong feels emotionally down, he reaches out for his coloured pens and starts drawing as a way to vent his frustrations. “I used to go into a panic whenever I felt upset and would scratch the...
View ArticleBeetle infestation at new Hong Kong hospital
The new Tin Shui Wai Hospital has been plagued by an infestation of brown scavenger beetles, it emerged on Friday. They first appeared in a wooden cabinet in February, barely a month after the opening...
View ArticleBrainwashing: what is it and how effective can it be?
“Brainwashing” is a term which is used very liberally. In former cult member Alexandra Stein’s groundbreaking book, Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems (2016),...
View ArticleHong Kong health officials to review whether ‘buying beds’ at private...
Hong Kong’s health care chief says the government will review whether it should become standard practice to “buy beds” from private hospitals to ease overcrowding at public facilities during peak flu...
View ArticleMore Hongkongers avoiding European eggs, hitting sales amid scandal
Sales of European eggs in Hong Kong have taken a hit amid an ongoing toxic poultry scandal, which has spread to 17 countries and regions. Customers in the city are cautious about all eggs imported from...
View ArticleHow can mainland China’s health care be improved? Hong Kong’s former finance...
Former Hong Kong finance minister Antony Leung Kam-chung has launched an ambitious project to recruit the city’s talent to train health care professionals on the mainland, which is experiencing a...
View ArticleIn a first for Hong Kong, university project offers emotional support to...
Like other cancer survivors who completed long and painful treatment and survived, Ng was troubled by many lingering physical symptoms such as chest pains, breathing difficulties and endless tiredness....
View ArticleTracking Hong Kong’s litter trail all the way to Taiwan
Up to 40 per cent of litter dropped on Hong Kong’s streets may end up polluting the city’s waters or being washed ashore as far away as Taiwan, a study involving floating balls with GPS trackers...
View ArticleAn earthquake-proof house made of clay? Inside the Yunnan home Hong Kong...
After a magnitude 6.1 earthquake reduced a small village in southwest China to rubble in 2014, its residents no longer thought clay houses were strong enough to withstand natural disasters. That is...
View ArticleJapanese-owned tanker and Singapore container ship identified as vessels in...
A Japanese-owned chemical tanker and a Singaporean container ship have been identified by the trade press as the two vessels involved in a collision in mainland waters that led to the recent palm oil...
View ArticleHong Kong green group claims one in three local retailers defying plastic bag...
A Hong Kong green group is urging officials to crack down on retailers’ free use of plastic bags after finding that over one in three ignored the mandatory levy. Throughout last month and this month,...
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