Dog lovers bite back: time for Hong Kong to fix archaic laws and train police...
On a regular evening walk in Fanling, Hong Kong, last Thursday, Micro, an eight-year-old chihuahua, was his usual self – a bouncing, rambunctious ball of fur. But when he returned home, he was vomiting...
View ArticleDisappearing lives: the iconic Chinese animals you soon might not see again
The world’s last male northern white rhino died in Kenya on March 20, leaving behind two females of the rhinoceros subspecies. Last week giraffes were placed on the endangered species list for the...
View ArticleA Hong Kong girl, a DNA deletion syndrome, and a passion for rugby
In the playground of a Wong Tai Sin school on Tuesday, a group of pupils took part in their weekly touch rugby practice. The session was not your usual game. The players at Po Leung Kuk Anita LL Chan...
View ArticleMindset College helping bipolar disorder patients get back on their feet one...
Grace Tang Yeuk-ha had never experienced a mood swing as severe as the one she had when she was 27 years old – one that lasted for months. Not long after that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a...
View ArticleTime for the Hong Kong government to take back control of city streets,...
Noisy, narrow, disorganised and polluted, walking along Hong Kong’s streets is not always a pleasant experience. Throw in street hawkers and performers, and something that could be part of the city’s...
View ArticleMan dies in Hong Kong after fainting on hike
A Hong Kong hiker died after collapsing in warm weather near the Shing Mun Reservoir at midday on Saturday. The 71-year-old, surnamed Cheung, was walking along stage seven of the MacLehose Trail with...
View ArticleAlmost 20 spreads sold in Hong Kong ‘could increase your risk of cancer’
At least 18 margarine products sold in shops in Hong Kong contain glycidol, a substance thought to cause cancer, and at least 16 carry a by-product that can harm kidneys and male fertility, the...
View ArticleNew app tells you how much salt is in that quick meal you just bought in Hong...
Want to know if your tuna, bacon or cup of noodles is too salty? Then the University of Hong Kong has just served up the perfect app for you. Just scan the bar code of a food product in any store using...
View ArticleHong Kong families with rooftop solar panels or wind turbines could sell...
Hong Kong households and businesses that produce renewable energy through rooftop solar installations or wind systems could soon sell their excess supply to the city’s power grid – and charge up to...
View ArticleUS salmonella scare could affect 2 million eggs in Hong Kong as recall hits city
Imports of poultry eggs from Rose Acre Farms in the United States have been suspended with immediate effect, as they might be contaminated with salmonella, Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) said...
View ArticleMore land for homes on the way, but what about quality of life in Hong Kong,...
Hong Kong’s efforts to find land for new homes will amount to little without long-term solutions to improve quality of life in the space-starved city, environmental group Greenpeace says. In one of the...
View ArticleSuccess of Hong Kong’s renewable energy plan depends on ‘salesmanship’ of...
The effectiveness of Hong Kong’s newly proposed scheme to spur investment in renewable energy installations will hinge on how well the city’s two power companies are able to sell the renewable energy...
View ArticleIt’s a bit late now, say Hong Kong suppliers as majority of recalled US eggs...
More than 2 million imported eggs that may be contaminated with salmonella will have mostly been eaten already, Hong Kong traders said on Wednesday. The eggs, brought in from the United States, were...
View ArticleWhat is lurking in your margarine and will it really give you cancer?
A cancer-risk food scare spooked Hong Kong residents this week after the city’s consumer watchdog said many margarine spreads sold locally contain possible carcinogens. The Consumer Council found two...
View ArticleVoluntary labels on salt, sugar the only way to get plan moving quickly in...
With Hong Kong set to roll out “front of package” food labels on salt and sugar content, the head of a government advisory committee has defended the decision to make the scheme voluntary. Bernard Chan...
View ArticleHong Kong Spartan Race under fire for leaving litter at ecologically...
Organisers of an international boot camp-style obstacle race have been accused of failing to clean up after themselves following an event they held at an ecologically sensitive spot on Hong Kong’s...
View Article‘No tissue’ event aims to wipe out some of the 720 tonnes of waste dumped...
Imagine a day without tissue paper. Nothing to dry your hands with after using the bathroom or to wipe your mouth after a meal. Try using a handkerchief instead – at least that is what two green...
View ArticleAre e-cigarettes all smoke and mirrors? One man’s quest for clean Hong Kong air
With the daily smoking rate of Hong Kong’s population at a record low, one might think public health advocate Antonio Kwong Cho-sing could not be any happier as head of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking...
View ArticleEarth Day clean-up nets 3 tonnes of trash on Hong Kong beaches – and it’s...
“End plastic pollution” was the rallying cry for this year’s international Earth Day. But going by the 3,000kg of rubbish cleared from Hong Kong’s beaches on Sunday, the city does not look to be moving...
View ArticleGreenpeace in health warning after plastic found in a fish species popular...
Plastic fragments have been found in nearly two-thirds of a fish species commonly consumed in Chinese meals, prompting a green group to warn on Monday about the potential environmental and health risks...
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