Fox in the Lion City: beast found in Lantau gets new home in Singapore
A rare species of fox rescued on Lantau Island last year has found a new home in Singapore, prompting calls from local animal rights groups for Hong Kong to do more to combat the exotic pet trade. The...
View ArticleHong Kong’s first children’s hospital to open with only half its beds due to...
Hong Kong Children’s Hospital will open in the fourth quarter of this year with 200 fewer beds than its original goal due to a manpower shortage, the institution said on Tuesday. The HK$13 billion...
View ArticleCan superbugs be squashed with better drugs after enzyme discovery by Hong...
Researchers in Hong Kong may have identified a factor behind a rise in superbugs after discovering a type of enzyme that can break down antibiotics. The team from the University of Science and...
View ArticlePedestrian zone proves tough sell to shopkeepers in Hong Kong business district
A plan to pedestrianise a portion of Hong Kong’s central business district for three months hangs in the balance with district councillors and shopkeepers opposed to the idea. Urban planning group Walk...
View ArticleHong Kong tackles wild pig problem with birth-control scheme, as complaints...
With complaints of wild pigs straying into Hong Kong’s villages and urban areas more than doubling in the last five years, the government recently launched a pilot programme to control their population...
View ArticleDental services for Hong Kong’s elderly plagued by narrow public policies,...
Hong Kong has a higher percentage of dentists compared with a decade ago, but the sector is still plagued by long waiting times and limited access to dental care for the elderly because of narrow...
View ArticleFree flu jabs at primary schools planned as Hong Kong bids to tackle winter...
Medical teams will visit Hong Kong primary schools to give pupils free flu jabs under a pilot scheme set to start in the next academic year as the city tries to prevent a repeat of winter outbreaks of...
View ArticleFewer smokers in Hong Kong but among those who light up, more are turning to...
Even as the population of regular smokers in Hong Kong has declined over the years to about 10 per cent, the use of electronic smoking devices among them is on an alarming upwards trend, according to...
View ArticleDozens of Tuen Mun Hospital patients at risk of chickenpox infection
A total of 72 patients at Tuen Mun Hospital were on Thursday at risk of chickenpox infection, after it was revealed that a man with the virus visited the place earlier this month. A spokesman for the...
View ArticleObservatory chief Shun Chi-ming forecasts early typhoon season, hot days for...
Hongkongers can expect an earlier than usual typhoon season and above normal temperatures this year, according to the weather forecasters. Hong Kong Observatory director Shun Chi-ming on Friday said...
View ArticleWhy Sars still lingers in the minds of many Hongkongers, 15 years on
They may have been brief stopovers, but they left a deadly mark on Hong Kong history. On February 21, 2003, a 64-year-old medical professor from Guangzhou in neighbouring Guangdong province checked...
View ArticleWith vigilance slipping and a hard-pressed health system, is Hong Kong ready...
Hong Kong is now better equipped in some ways after battling Sars back in 2003, but experts warn of the city losing its vigilance against emerging threats and the dangers of an overwhelmed public...
View ArticleFinding happiness in the fields of Tung Chung: why one city dweller opted for...
With the extra daylight and warmer weather, Kevin Shum Ka-wang is excited about getting back to what he really loves – his crops in the fields of Tung Chung. “We are now ready to harvest the tomatoes,...
View ArticleEnter the dragon boat: Hong Kong rowers brave 12 hours in Taiwan waters for...
A Hong Kong dragon boat team will row 12 hours in Taiwan waters to reach one of the island’s most polluted areas as part of an environmental campaign to raise money and support clean-up efforts. The...
View ArticleMore action urged on potentially invasive alien wildlife in Hong Kong
Hong Kong must do more to prevent potentially invasive alien species from becoming established in the city, including tightening or introducing laws on animal imports and clamping down on “mercy...
View ArticleEarth Hour challenge: can Hongkongers reduce their energy usage by just 1 per...
As some Hongkongers on Saturday observed Earth Hour 2018, a challenge was sounded for the city to reduce its reliance on energy by 1 per cent till next year’s instalment of the global climate change...
View ArticleTuberculosis in Hong Kong falls to lowest level in 70 years, but health...
Tuberculosis in Hong Kong has dropped to its lowest level since 1947, with 40 fewer cases reported last year than the year before, but the health authority urged the public to stay vigilant due to the...
View Article‘How can she now say she represents us?’: Hong Kong’s poorly housed reject...
People living in Hong Kong’s cubicle flats lashed out at the city’s leader on Sunday, a day after she tried to use people’s poor living conditions to justify controversial land supply measures such as...
View ArticleEndangered black-faced spoonbill numbers dwindle again as wetland habitats in...
Degradation of wetland habitats in the ecologically sensitive Deep Bay area between Hong Kong and Shenzhen led to another decline in black-faced spoonbill numbers this wintering season, a conservation...
View ArticleKai Tak River’s HK$2.8 billion makeover ready before rainy season in Hong Kong
Long-awaited revitalisation works on Hong Kong’s Kai Tak River will be completed next month before the rainy season, giving the once putrid drainage channel a new lease of life as an “urban green river...
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