Tough questions for all those involved in Hong Kong’s Wang Chau housing saga
The Wang Chau housing project has evolved from a land issue into a political battlefield where the two top men in the government cross swords, ahead of next year’s leadership election in which they may...
View ArticleControversial Hong Kong urns store faces legal challenge if it is approved
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions does not rule out lodging a judicial challenge against a controversial private columbarium in Chai Wan if it is approved. The Town Planning Board will on...
View ArticleCCTV to zoom in on scourge of illegal dumping in Hong Kong
CCTV will be installed at black spots under a pilot scheme in the fight against the illegal dumping of rubbish. The measure, to be launched by the end of this year, aims to curb poor hygiene...
View ArticleHong Kong and Lamma households could face higher power bills as HK$4.1...
Households on Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island could be hit by higher electricity bills with the government’s approval of HK Electric’s construction of a new gas-fired generating unit at an estimated...
View ArticleHong Kong greens urge expansion of river nature park to guard against...
All of the Tung Chung River system should be zoned as river nature park, not just part of it, to better protect it from eco-vandalism and development pressures, environmentalists say. A coalition of...
View ArticleStudy on clearing Hong Kong’s brownfield sites won’t be ready for nearly two...
A study on the feasibility of transforming brownfield sites such as sprawling container yards into land for housing is not expected to be completed until around mid-2018, a senior development official...
View ArticleExtra counselling sessions prompt more Hong Kong HIV patients to take...
HIV patients in Queen Elizabeth Hospital are taking drugs on time more often after receiving extra counselling and being given personalised treatment plans. The drug adherence rate, which measures...
View ArticleThis was my decision: Hong Kong’s chief executive takes responsibility for...
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying took direct responsibility for the partial suspension of a housing project at the centre of a political storm, facing the media yesterday with his finance minister by...
View ArticleHong Kong hospital launches probe into patient’s death after bubbles were...
Queen Elizabeth Hospital has launched a probe into an incident involving a patient who died after using an oxygen-supplying machine in which gas bubbles were found. The 44-year-old man visited the...
View ArticleReady for its close-up, Hong Kong tourist attraction Avenue of Stars to get...
The popular Avenue of Stars along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront will get a facelift worth over HK$100 million with a drastic increase in greenery and shaded space as well as enhanced mobile technology...
View ArticleHong Kong urged to back tougher export controls on four shark species
Conservationists are calling on Hong Kong authorities to support amendments to an international convention on wildlife trade, specifically proposals to tighten export scrutiny of four species of shark....
View ArticleWith one in five Hongkongers overweight, will government accept WHO’s call to...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to issue a tax on all soft drinks in order to tackle the global obesity problem in the Western Pacific Region. The international public health...
View ArticleGoodbye blue skies: tropical cyclone Megi to bring week of showers to Hong Kong
Hongkongers can expect a full week of showers next week as a tropical cyclone moves towards Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. The Observatory has forecast that...
View ArticleThousands set to benefit from Hong Kong’s free HPV vaccination programme
More than 30,000 young girls from low-income families will be offered free cervical cancer vaccines under a HK$99 million scheme funded by the government’s Community Care Fund, it was announced...
View ArticleHongkonger who died after lung operation had lethal level of anaesthetic in...
A man who died following a lung operation was found to have had a lethal level of anaesthetic in his bloodstream, a forensic pathologist told an inquest on Friday. Ricky Ho Kam-chuen, 64, died at Hong...
View ArticleStop talking trash and get tough on plastic waste, Hong Kong green groups urge
Green groups are pushing the government to take more concrete measures to reduce the city’s plastic waste problem, which they say has reached epic proportions. This week, France became the first...
View Article‘The future of elephants is in the hands of Hong Kong’: top wildlife advocate...
Hong Kong is under international pressure to speed up a full ban of the ivory trade, as a wildlife trafficking adviser for the US president criticised the government’s five-year action plan as too...
View ArticleHong Kong’s first rabbit cafe stops selling food to avoid shutdown of business
Hong Kong’s first rabbit cafe has stopped selling food in a bid to remain open after the authorities found it was operating illegally. The South China Morning Post reported last month that the owners...
View ArticleHong Kong people willing to pay more for greener energy, environment minister...
The majority of people are willing to pay a price for a greener city, Hong Kong’s environment minister said on Saturday, after the government revealed that households on Hong Kong Island and Lamma...
View ArticleCan a logistics giant modernise Hong Kong burials? Controversial project part...
Hong Kong’s private columbarium market desperately needs competition to help meet increasing demand and modernise industry standards, said the head of a logistics giant awaiting approval to rezone and...
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