Hongkongers desperate for flu vaccine turn to Macau for help
A citywide flu vaccine shortage has prompted Hongkongers to seek the jab in Macau as health officials warn of a possible surge in outbreaks next week as children return to school, the Post has learned....
View ArticleHong Kong A&E units see rise in number of severe patients as winter flu...
More severe patients have been treated in public accident and emergency departments this winter flu season than in the past, Hospital Authority officials said on Friday, while bracing for another...
View ArticleHere’s how Hong Kong parents can balance the amount of time their children...
Schools in Hong Kong have embraced technology by adopting e-learning, yet such easy access raises an important question: how to balance the amount of time children spend on their computer screens?...
View ArticleFrom Hong Kong IT worker to Canadian plumber: the path of those seeking...
The determination of Hongkongers who say they want to avoid their city’s “hopeless future” has led to some taking up menial jobs to earn a foreign citizenship for a new life elsewhere. In the case of a...
View ArticleConcerns persist as Hong Kong schools prepare to reopen after early Lunar New...
After an extended Lunar New Year break, Hong Kong’s schools, pupils and parents are gearing up with extra caution for the first day of classes since the sudden class closures enforced by the government...
View ArticleCall to ease Hong Kong patient’s ‘living hell’ with drug subsidy to treat...
Sufferers of a rare neurodegenerative disease are calling on Hong Kong’s health authorities to provide them with subsidised treatments and an escape route from a “living hell”. The nightmare for Mrs...
View ArticleCan you recycle Mark Six tickets and Post-it notes? Hong Kong authorities...
Post-it notes, old credit card receipts, Mark Six tickets, promotional fliers and fancy packaging from retail items may be among trash found in a recycling bin, but none can be recycled, according to...
View ArticleHong Kong schools take flu precautions as classes resume after extended Lunar...
Hong Kong schools have been taking extra precautions against flu, including cancelling assemblies and asking pupils where they have travelled, as most classes resumed on Monday after an extended Lunar...
View ArticleElectric car industry ‘demoralised’ by Hong Kong government policy after tax...
Hong Kong lawmakers on Monday expressed doubts about the city’s policy on electric cars, including its prioritisation of commercial over private vehicles and limited tax incentives for buyers. At a...
View ArticleTin Shui Wai Hospital eyes expanded services, will offer 24-hour emergency care
Tin Shui Wai Hospital will extend operation of its accident and emergency unit to 24 hours and launch inpatient services in November, Hong Kong’s food and health secretary said on Tuesday. Before the...
View Article‘Talent list’ coming to lure foreign workers to Hong Kong
Hong Kong will issue a “talent list” by the middle of the year to attract foreign labour and ease the city’s manpower shortage amid a rapidly ageing population, the finance chief said on Wednesday....
View ArticleMedical insurance scheme gets fresh push with tax breaks for Hong Kong workers
People are being encouraged to join a long-awaited voluntary medical insurance scheme with tax deductions of up to HK$8,000 (US$1,025) on premiums per insured person. Details of the tax incentive came...
View Article‘Best birthday gift’ for rare disease patient as Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam...
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor brought good news to paralysed patient Josy Chow Pui-shan on Thursday, saying a new drug to treat her rare condition would arrive in the city in two months....
View ArticleHong Kong health chief Sophia Chan defends insurance scheme despite critics...
Hong Kong’s health minister on Thursday defended a long-awaited voluntary health insurance scheme despite criticism that a small tax break announced in Wednesday’s budget would not be sufficient to...
View ArticleHong Kong has sped up a tax break for green buildings, but environmentalists...
A change that speeds up a tax break for companies investing in greener buildings got a lukewarm response from environmental groups on Thursday. The move – though “better than nothing” – would have...
View ArticleAs fatal Hong Kong bus crash raises transport safety questions, a survivor is...
Every weekend for the past few years, Tsui Ma-shun tried his luck at the racecourse in Sha Tin. Living in Tai Po, he often rode the KMB route 872 bus. But Tsui, 66, put a halt to his routine after his...
View ArticleHorns of a dilemma: what can be done about Hong Kong’s feral cows?
A water buffalo stands at the entrance to one of Hong Kong’s iconic tourist sites, the Big Buddha on Lantau Island, keeping still as a couple walk up to it and pose for pictures. On the other side of...
View ArticleWinter is not yet over: Hong Kong temperatures expected to plunge to as low...
Winter is not yet done with Hong Kong, as temperatures are predicted to plunge to as low as 13 degrees Celsius on Friday, the city’s weather authority said. Such a reading would mark a 13-degree swing...
View ArticleHong Kong could offer HIV test kit collection at convenience stores for...
Hong Kong could follow Taiwan by distributing HIV self-testing kits at convenience stores to address privacy concerns, a Taiwanese health official has said, a move that may raise testing rates for...
View ArticleAsthma patients warned with weather in Hong Kong set to drop by more than 10...
The weather in Hong Kong is set to cool again with a drop of more than 10 degrees Celsius in the coming few days – likely to be the biggest fluctuation so far this winter – prompting a respiratory...
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