Young professionals are leaving Hong Kong in droves in search of better lives...
Hongkonger Lau Yuet-tan, 26, chose Iceland, when she decided to emigrate two years ago. She moved from the crowded streets, packed trains and tiny flats of city life to the Nordic island nation of...
View ArticleCan Hong Kong learn from how South Africa’s Cape Town handled its water...
Hong Kong has much to learn about conservation from a recent Cape Town water crisis – by harnessing the power of social media and reforming tariffs, according to an environmental expert from the South...
View ArticleDelay in mosquito monitoring system needs to be fixed, says Hong Kong...
A top microbiologist in Hong Kong has urged the government to introduce real-time monitoring of mosquitoes that could spread dengue fever in the city, as authorities on Saturday discovered four...
View ArticleHong Kong green groups call for endangered species smuggling to be dealt with...
Hong Kong conservationists are calling for wildlife offences to be included in the same laws used to combat organised crime for greater deterrence and investigative firepower. Despite Hong Kong’s...
View Article16th local dengue fever case in Hong Kong as tourist island of Cheung Chau...
Hong Kong’s dengue fever outbreak grew on Sunday as the outlying island of Cheung Chau emerged as “likely” having more than one source of infection, with a new local case of the virus there. The latest...
View ArticleMeet Hong Kong’s replantation specialists, who have given hope to hundreds of...
Thirteen years ago, a 19-year-old Hong Kong man whose right hand was crushed by a machine making fishballs was rushed to a local hospital. It was the man’s first day at his factory job and he had ended...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory cancels amber rainstorm warning but warns public to...
Hong Kong was soaked by heavy rain early on Monday morning with the Observatory issuing an amber rainstorm warning signal for more than 2½ hours. The signal was raised at 5.10am and cancelled at...
View ArticleHidden pollution risk means Hong Kong’s typhoon signal No 1 might be scarier...
Storms given the lowest No 1 signal in Hong Kong’s warning system pose a much greater hazard than strong wind or rain in the form of harmful pollutants blown in from mainland China, a study has...
View ArticleHongkongers live longer than any people on Earth, but what use is it when our...
For millennia, humans have been trying to defeat death, and some might say we are winning the battle. Through advances in medical care it has become easier to live longer and healthier lives. But while...
View ArticleGreen group urges Hong Kong race organisers to reduce waste at running events
A green group has called on local running event organisers to push forward more initiatives to reduce waste and build the city into a “green events capital”, as its research shows more than half of the...
View ArticleBattle to contain Hong Kong dengue fever outbreak intensifies, as wet weather...
Unsettled weather in the coming week is expected to add uncertainty to Hong Kong’s battle against a spreading dengue fever outbreak, as the acting food and health minister pledged to spare no effort...
View ArticleGround-level ozone: the invisible, deadly pollutant undermining Hong Kong’s...
On the surface, efforts to improve air quality in Hong Kong have paid off, and the government’s Environmental Protection Department earlier this year furnished the figures to prove it. Between 2013 and...
View ArticleDengue fever-carrying mosquitoes more widespread in Hong Kong as government...
The area of Hong Kong infested by dengue fever-spreading mosquitoes was last month bigger than during any month of July in the past 11 years, according to a widely used index, and health chiefs have...
View ArticleAir pollution levels in your street revealed with new Hong Kong app PRAISE-HK
On a hot afternoon on July 10 this year, as Super Typhoon Maria swirls 1,185km off the city’s coast, Dr Alexis Lau Kai-hon from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology examines a melange of...
View ArticleAir quality in Hong Kong improves but pollution levels expected to remain...
Parts of Hong Kong were blanketed in bad air earlier on Wednesday, with pollution levels posing a “very high” health risk at five of 16 air quality monitoring general and roadside stations as of 7pm....
View ArticleAs dengue fever scare hits Hong Kong, how can you best avoid infection?
A dengue fever scare has hit Hong Kong after 19 people in the past week were confirmed to have contracted the virus locally. While the mosquito-borne illness is not new to the city, most of the cases...
View ArticleKFC to ditch plastic straws and drink lids for dine-in customers in all of...
KFC will stop handing out plastic straws and lids at all of its stores in Hong Kong and Macau for dine-in customers starting from Thursday, becoming one of the first major fast-food chains in the city...
View ArticleBy giving out umbrella covers when it rains, Hong Kong government ‘taking...
By giving out covers for umbrellas at buildings it manages, the Hong Kong government is “taking the lead in producing plastic waste”, a local green group declared on Thursday. Greeners Action said it...
View ArticleHong Kong’s dengue fever outbreak hits record high as four new cases confirmed
Four more Hongkongers were confirmed to have dengue fever on Thursday, bringing the number of people who have contracted the virus locally to 23 this year – the most cases reported since records began...
View ArticleIncorrect seafood labelling by Hong Kong supermarkets leads to overpricing,...
Two major Hong Kong supermarket chains are incorrectly labelling their frozen seafood, resulting in overpricing and the possibility of endangered species being consumed, a green group has found....
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