Nearly half of Hong Kong youngsters feel ‘despair’ if they don’t have...
Nearly half of Hong Kong youngsters feel “despair” if they do not have anything to post on social media, while a tenth want to break into the ranks of popular online influencers, a first-of-its-kind...
View ArticleCalls to protect dragonfly, damselfly environment on Lantau Island, home to...
At least 67 species of dragonfly and damselfly – half of the total figure for Hong Kong – can be found on Lantau Island, the city’s first comprehensive survey of its kind in recent years has found. The...
View ArticleAs China’s vaccine crisis unfolds, Hong Kong needs ‘urgent policy’ against...
Hong Kong urgently requires a policy to ensure local children receive necessary vaccines before an influx of mainlanders drives up demand in the coming months, experts have said. The warning from...
View ArticleAs China's vaccine scandal unfolds, anxious parents turn to Hong Kong to get...
When Shenzhen mother Emily Liu heard about the latest vaccine scandal over the weekend, the first thing she did was make an appointment for Monday at her clinic over the border. The 33-year-old was...
View ArticleNew Hong Kong private hospital CUHK Medical Centre out to lure public...
Hong Kong’s 13th private hospital, set to open in 2020, will be the only one to guarantee up front the price of all medical procedures in standard beds, in an effort to lure cost-conscious middle-class...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong’s young people don’t want children
Almost two in 10 Hongkongers between the ages of 20 and 39 do not want to have children at all, a survey by a local youth think tank has found, saying the cost of raising them, the responsibility of...
View ArticleHong Kong businesses fear being squeezed out in city’s quest to find land for...
Construction and logistics companies being forced out of Hong Kong’s New Territories so the government can build 61,000 flats there say their business will take a hit if they are not relocated to a...
View ArticleTemperatures in Hong Kong set to soar over the weekend
Very hot weather is forecast for Hong Kong on Saturday, with the UV index set to hit a maximum of 12, indicating an “extreme” level of radiation and expected temperatures of between 28 and 33 degrees...
View ArticleEcologists left hopping mad after Hong Kong politician calls for tadpole cull...
A Hong Kong politician has spawned a furore by calling for tadpoles in a public housing estate pond to be exterminated before they become “noisy frogs”. Ecologists were quick to point out Yuen Long...
View ArticleAfrican-themed cafe in Hong Kong offers coffee and a taste of diversity
“People are people, why are we seeing Africans so differently?” Charlene Hua asks. As a former corporate investor relations consultant, the 44-year-old last year quit her job to set up cafe Africa...
View ArticleHong Kong land reclamation explained: the good, bad and ugly methods of...
With 7,014 people per sq km, Hong Kong is the world’s fourth most densely populated jurisdiction in the world, according to the UN, trailing only Singapore (8,155 people per sq km), Macau (20,821...
View ArticleHealth care booking agents cash in on China’s vaccine scandal amid rush to...
Health care booking agents are cashing in on China’s vaccine scandal by promising pricey appointments to mainland parents seeking jabs for their children in Hong Kong, with at least one company...
View ArticleFrench envoy Eric Berti says goodbye to Hong Kong after three years in...
After three years in his post, French Consul General Eric Berti will return to Paris at the end of August, bringing with him memories of tasty dim sum, the efficient MTR system and the city’s iconic...
View ArticleHomeless in Hong Kong: a cycle of despair for evicted street sleepers with...
Nguyen Van Son is accustomed to rising with the sun. When you’re homeless, he says, if the light doesn’t wake you, the heat will. But when the sun comes up over the footbridge Nguyen calls home on a...
View ArticleElderly Hong Kong woman has part of her reproductive system removed after...
A 79-year-old patient at a Hong Kong public hospital sustained serious injuries to her reproductive organs in a medical blunder in which a medical device which was supposed to be introduced rectally...
View ArticleMong Kok buskers say thank you and good night
“It’s been a very happy night for us,” said Steven Lai Cheuk-yin, who was performing on one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts for the first and last time. A few hours before the closure of the...
View ArticleSubsidised screening for more than 2 million Hongkongers hopes to tackle...
The first of 2.55 million people can get heavily-subsidised screening for colon cancer from next week, with health authorities announcing a five-year plan on Monday to combat the city’s most common...
View ArticleHong Kong heatwave set to roll on although ‘start of autumn’ nears – at least...
The “start of autumn” is almost upon us but that does not mean Hong Kong’s sweltering heat is about to ease too much, weather forecasters say. Maximum temperatures will hit the 33 degrees Celsius mark...
View ArticleNot using new e-waste collection service could harm environment, Hong Kong...
Consumers and sellers who choose not to make use of a new government scheme for the disposal of electrical appliances could unknowingly harm the environment, a top Hong Kong official has warned....
View ArticleHigher prices for electronic appliances on the cards, as Hong Kong rolls out...
A scheme requiring producers of some electronic appliances to pay for their recycling and waste disposal came into effect in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but retailers warned it would only be a matter of...
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