After Typhoon Mangkhut, Hong Kong beaches could take months to recover
A week after Hong Kong’s most intense storm on record battered the city, some scenic coastal areas could take months to recover. At the front line of the storm’s intense winds, swathes of beaches have...
View ArticleMoon-gazing this Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong ruined by Typhoon Mangkhut...
Hong Kong’s moon lovers are among those reeling in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as popular spots around the city for gazing at the full moon this Mid-Autumn Festival have been damaged and left...
View ArticleDavid Beckham’s top tips for a healthy life: put that phone down, and talk to...
Former England football ace David Beckham has urged his Hong Kong fans to switch off their phones, and talk to their family more, especially over dinner, as he shared his top tips for healthy living on...
View ArticleHistoric Hong Kong banyan tree toppled by Typhoon Mangkhut permanently...
A century-old tree preserved at a Hong Kong mall but knocked down by Typhoon Mangkhut last week was quietly removed from the property over the weekend, and the government has demanded a full report and...
View ArticleDepression, anxiety rife among university students in Hong Kong as academic...
Close to seven in 10 Hong Kong undergraduates show symptoms of depression while more than half suffer from anxiety, a study has found. The researchers, medical students from the University of Hong...
View Article‘Wide support’ in Hong Kong for developing damaged farmland, land supply...
Developing Hong Kong’s large tracts of damaged farmland has won “widespread support” from different sectors, according to a preliminary report of a public consultation on tackling the city’s housing...
View ArticleVillager sues small Hong Kong developer in bid to get two houses built as...
An indigenous villager is suing a small developer that agreed to protect one of Hong Kong’s most ecologically rich enclaves through an unprecedented land swap with the government, claiming his family...
View ArticleWhy stalking, cyberbullying and doxxing are so harmful and what makes people...
The popular expression “revenge is a dish best served cold” does not seem to hold true in today’s digital age. A culture of impatience and instant gratification reigns supreme, and this mindset also...
View ArticleOne in 67 Hongkongers suffers from a rare disease, study finds
One in every 67 Hong Kong residents suffers from a rare disease, and 80 per cent of this total inherited their illness from a parent, according to the city’s first study of its kind. But the report’s...
View ArticleTaller, higher-density towers are the answer to Hong Kong’s property crisis,...
It’s already known for its imposing, tightly packed skyscrapers. But the answer to the chronic shortage of housing and commercial property in Hong Kong may be taller buildings of even higher density,...
View ArticleNew mortuary facility at Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital seeks to help the...
To better serve Hongkongers who have lost loved ones, Queen Mary Hospital has built a new mortuary facility with expanded storage and upgraded technology. Renamed the Bereavement Suite and Mortuary...
View ArticleHong Kong 999 callers to be given first aid advice on 32 common problems to...
Callers to Hong Kong’s 999 emergency service will receive first aid advice over the phone for 32 common situations or illnesses so they can help patients before first responders arrive. The city’s fire...
View ArticleHong Kong Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung urges medical students in Britain to...
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has urged medical students in the UK to consider coming to the city to work as doctors, citing among other things opportunities at the soon-to-open Children’s Hospital....
View ArticleRace against time to repair major Hong Kong sewage treatment facility damaged...
A major Hong Kong sewage plant damaged by Typhoon Mangkhut will not be fully repaired until the end of the year, but drainage officials are racing to upgrade effluent treatment to safer levels. Storm...
View ArticleBan e-cigarettes, Hong Kong medical experts say after ‘shocking’ 55 per cent...
Four Hong Kong medical groups have banded together to step up calls for a total ban on e-cigarettes following a 55 per cent rise in the proportion of Primary Two to Four pupils trying the products. The...
View ArticleRat Hepatitis E: a ‘wake-up call’ for Hong Kong to shape up on public hygiene...
Hong Kong has been put on notice to shape up on public hygiene and get rid of rodents, after a male resident became the first person in the world to be infected with a strain of Hepatitis E previously...
View ArticleRats ‘as big as kittens’ walk up the staircases at Hong Kong housing estate...
Choi Wan Estate in eastern Kowloon has been suffering from a rat infestation problem, with residents spotting rodents scurrying around staircases and in refuse collection centres on the ground floor....
View ArticleHong Kong’s ‘Brother Wai’ has repaired more than 10,000 umbrellas – and the...
“If it’s raining, I won’t have time for an interview – I’ll be too busy serving customers,” Yau Yiu-wai, the 64-year-old owner of Sunrise Company, said over the phone. Luckily for us, the sun was out...
View ArticleCall for stand-alone body to enforce protection and management of Hong Kong’s...
Hong Kong needs a stand-alone body with authority to manage and protect its sprawling wetlands in Inner Deep Bay and Mai Po, experts have said. They warn that the 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) there as...
View ArticleUncovering the secrets of the dead by reading their bones is a skill Winsome...
At a casual family dinner, Winsome Lee Hin-shin found herself fixated on a stack of leftover chicken bones – it was a habit from work the forensic archaeologist had picked up. She was thinking of a...
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