Traffic banished from stretch of one of Hong Kong’s busiest roads in unique...
A stretch of one of the busiest roads in the heart of Hong Kong’s business district was closed off to cars and buses for six hours on Sunday in an unprecedented social and environmental experiment on...
View ArticleHong Kong Eye Hospital sets sights on boosting number of cornea transplants...
The Hong Kong Eye Hospital will hire four additional staff members for its eye cornea donation team in the hopes of boosting transplant cases by 25 per cent, a top hospital official said. The public...
View ArticleSevere health warning for young and old as serious levels of air pollution...
There was something in the air on Monday as parts of the city saw a return to “serious” levels of air pollution, particularly to the west, with the haze expected to remain until Wednesday. The...
View ArticleGolden era for science: links to mainland China and rest of world give Hong...
For a city better known as an international business centre, Hong Kong is well placed to excel in science and innovation thanks to its connections with mainland China and the rest of the world,...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory issues very hot weather warning as Megi brings low...
Hong Kong woke to a scorching day with low visibility on Tuesday, as tropical cyclone Megi approached Taiwan, with the public being warned about the serious level of pollution brought by the storm. The...
View ArticleWorld’s leading flying eye hospital lands in Hong Kong after maiden...
The latest model of the world’s leading flying eye hospital touched down for the first time in Hong Kong last week, following its maiden sight-saving mission to Shenyang in northeastern China. The...
View ArticleBlow for developer of proposed giant burial urn complex as three Hong Kong...
Three government departments have expressed reservations to the Town Planning Board about a controversial proposal by Kerry Logistics to build a 15-storey columbarium complex with 82,000 urn niches in...
View ArticleWinners of Hong Kong’s 2016 Shaw Prize a stellar lot
Six international scientists, including a physicist whose work inspired the science-fiction film Interstellar, were recipients of the coveted Shaw Prize on Tuesday night. The annual award, founded by...
View ArticleDoctors raise the alarm at steep rise in myopia among Hong Kong children
Nearsightedness is on the rise among Hong Kong children, with close to 80,000 found to be suffering the condition in the last school year, a 10.5 per cent increase. Department of Health figures showed...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory issues typhoon standby signal as Megi hits mainland
Typhoon standby signal No 1 was issued at 8.40am on Wednesday morning as severe tropical storm Megi edged closer to Guangdong. But the Hong Kong Observatory said the chance of issuing strong wind...
View ArticleHong Kong minimalist shoe running experiment sets stage for better treatment...
A study which found that running in shoes with a minimal cushion can increase foot muscle volume by about 8 per cent could lead to better ways to treat heel pain. The research by the Hong Kong...
View ArticleHong Kong Shaw Prize winner who got into gravitational waves by chance
Physicist Rainer Weiss was never much of an expert on general relativity. He describes himself as more of an experimenter – “a plumber” and a maker of things. For 30 years, the Massachusetts Institute...
View ArticleHong Kong’s urban parks need ‘nature corners’ to nurture city’s ‘rich...
If you spot a rare butterfly in one of Hong Kong’s urban parks, consider yourself lucky. A new study by a team of University of Hong Kong ecologists has found the environmental conditions and designs...
View ArticleHospital bill scheme aims to curb dubious practices in Hong Kong’s private...
Hong Kong’s private hospitals have all agreed to start providing patients with bill estimates for 24 common surgical procedures before admission from tomorrow. The voluntary pilot scheme was announced...
View ArticleHong Kong fish population under threat from oxygen-starved water,...
Fish exposed to low or depleted oxygen levels in their marine environment – a phenomenon linked to algal blooms, or “red tides” – can develop reproductive impairments that are passed down to future...
View ArticleFee estimates under new scheme: charge patients less if difference is small,...
Patients could soon see lower medical fees thanks to an arrangement proposed by the leader of the city’s private hospitals. Under a voluntary pilot scheme, effective from Saturday, 11 private hospitals...
View Article‘It’s like they’re killing our children’: parents call for tougher action on...
Parents are urgently calling for tougher action on Hong Kong’s air pollution problem at the city’s schools as pollution levels caused alarm this week. Hong Kong endured two days of “serious” air...
View ArticleHow one breast cancer survivor turned despair into determination to help...
Breast cancer survivor Emily Ng recalled breaking down in tears at the doctor’s office when she was told that she may have to have her left breast surgically removed as part of her treatment. It was...
View ArticleDozens of endangered turtles rescued from fishing raft near Lamma Island
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department rescued 36 endangered sea turtles from a fishing raft at Sok Kwu Wan Fish Culture Zone, on the east coast of Lamma Island on Friday. The animals...
View ArticleMajority of Hongkongers willing to sign document setting out end-of-life...
More than 60 per cent of Hongkongers wish to sign a document that gives more control on how they spend their final moments when they are terminally ill, the city’s first territory-wide end-of-life...
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