Medical watchdog reform bill passes Hong Kong Legco after years of setbacks,...
A much-delayed bill that seeks to reform the watchdog that polices Hong Kong’s 14,000 doctors was finally passed at the Legislative Council on Wednesday in a move that seeks to restore public trust in...
View ArticleTeam led by Hong Kong-based scientist identifies genes linked to Alzheimer’s...
An international research team led by a Hong Kong-based neuroscientist has identified three genes that could indicate a higher risk of contracting Alzheimer’s disease among Chinese people. The...
View ArticleHospital patients wrongly billed in Hong Kong through system error
More than 220 patients were wrongly billed by as much as HK$1,600 (US$200) because of a system error, the Hospital Authority admitted on Wednesday. The authority’s head office received a report from a...
View ArticleMedical watchdog reforms not cure-all for complaints backlog, says doctors’...
A lack of experienced doctors available to investigate medical complaints means the professional watchdog responsible for policing 14,000 local practitioners would still be unable to handle the...
View ArticleHongkonger, 19, seeks to be youngest person from city to climb Mount Everest
If all goes to plan, 19-year-old Benjamin Chan will conquer Earth’s tallest mountain come early May and tick an item off his bucket list. The Hongkonger is attempting to make history by becoming the...
View ArticleArt improves your mood, says founder of Affordable Art Fair ahead of Hong...
When it comes to dealing with stress, some choose to exercise, others may opt for a short getaway, while for Will Ramsay, it’s art. “For me, it’s about being moved by art and how a certain piece of art...
View ArticleShould Hong Kong look to Singapore to make its bike-sharing scheme a success?
For someone who rides a bicycle on a regular basis, Heidi Lau knows how to make good use of the city’s bike sharing services. Instead of waiting for the free shuttle buses that go between her Tai Po...
View ArticleFearless Hong Kong martial artist shows heart of champion in bid for black...
In a Hong Kong community hall where dozens of taekwondo athletes are doing their weekly training, a 26-year-old woman, who uses a wheelchair due to a mystery disease, breaks a small wooden board in...
View ArticleMeet the Hong Kong social worker who can solve your problems – without talking
It’s 5.30pm on a Monday, and Monique Hung Tjoe-foen has just finished a day of work at her primary school in Sha Tin. The social worker is next off to her “other counselling job”. With no fixed office,...
View ArticleIn worldwide first, Hong Kong hospital probe finds common blood tool infected...
Queen Mary Hospital will screen 58 patients for hepatitis C to rule out an outbreak of the infectious disease, after an investigation found – in a worldwide first – that a common reusable blood...
View ArticleHow can China’s Greater Bay Area improve health care to lure Hong Kong...
Hong Kong doctors seeking a slice of the mainland China market and residents considering retirement across the border stand to gain if ideas from two of the city’s best-known medical professionals come...
View Article5,000 more hospital beds and better operating facilities by 2026, Hong Kong...
As long waits at Hong Kong’s overstretched public hospitals persist, the city’s No 2 official assured on Sunday that 5,000 more beds, a new accident and emergency unit and better operating facilities...
View ArticleIs Hong Kong’s love affair with krill and omega-3 killing our planet?
For most, the Antarctic is a cold, faraway place, observed from a distance through Planet Earth documentaries and geography textbooks. Nothing there seems to matter much to our everyday lives, and yet...
View ArticleFourth suspicious fire breaks out at Hong Kong wetland conservation area Nam...
Another case of suspected arson took place in a popular Hong Kong wetland conservation area on Monday morning, the fourth such fire in the area in weeks. The Nam Sang Wai wetland in Yuen Long has been...
View ArticleSimulation in Hong Kong hospital will let people experience how disruptive...
You walk into what looks like an ordinary living room, turn on the television and see yourself winning an award at a film ceremony. Moments later, a voice tells you not to leave the room as you would...
View ArticleMore girls to get free HPV shots as Hong Kong expands vaccination scheme
More girls from poor families are expected to benefit from a vaccination scheme to prevent one of the deadliest cancers affecting women, with the Community Care Fund spending about HK$98.75 million...
View ArticleHong Kong beauty salon blunders spark move to regulate stem cell treatment...
The Hong Kong government on Tuesday moved a step closer to regulating stem cell treatment and other “advanced therapy” products in the city as it launched a two-month consultation following recent...
View ArticleIs liveability a luxury forever out of reach for ordinary Hongkongers?
When Ronald Lee Man-ho and his family moved from North Point to Tseung Kwan O more than a decade ago, they were delighted to leave their overcrowded urban neighbourhood for a new town near the hills...
View ArticleInfection kills endangered Chinese sturgeon at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park
A rare Chinese sturgeon raised in Hong Kong’s iconic Ocean Park died on Tuesday due to severe disease. The captive-bred fish was a second filial generation Acipenser sinensis, a species dating back 140...
View ArticleFood delivery companies try to help Hong Kong kick its 25 million-a-day...
Food delivery companies in Hong Kong have responded to environmental pressure to cut the plastic waste they generate by offering customers the option to reject disposable cutlery in mobile app orders....
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