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Hong Kong plans 37 priority farmland areas but critics say some sites left out
Environment and Ecology Bureau says it has identified 37 agricultural priority areas comprising around 980 hectares of land.
5 Dec 2024 - 2:01AM
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Court ruling is latest twist in battle to build flats on Hong Kong golf course
3 Dec 2024 - 7:00PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
New pharmacy at University of Hong Kong aims to aid pharmacists citywide
3 Dec 2024 - 7:04PM
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Hong Kong courts
Golf club reprieve as Hong Kong court quashes approval for 12,000 flats on site
Judge notes that decision could lead to public consultation being conducted again.
3 Dec 2024 - 2:42AM
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The Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong environmental issues
Bag found in whale lost in Hong Kong waters ‘highly likely’ to be cause of death
Whale earlier discovered in shallow waters off Lantau Island, but declared dead a day later as authorities scrambled to rescue animal.
2 Dec 2024 - 6:49PM
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Hong Kong-based head of insurer calls for better policies for people with autism
Damien Green of Manulife Financial Asia earlier criticised his employer’s ‘clinically dumb’ underwriting policies for people with autism.
2 Dec 2024 - 8:30AM
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Animal welfare in Hong Kong
Synthetic bag found in stomach of whale that died in Hong Kong
Authorities say whale was in ‘extremely weak condition’ when found in waters off Lantau Island.
2 Dec 2024 - 3:57PM
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Animal welfare in Hong Kong
Rescue under way for stranded whale off Lantau waters in Hong Kong
Authorities say whale is five to six metres long with wounds on its body, urge public to stay away from mammal.
30 Nov 2024 - 11:47PM
The whale is five to six metres long with wounds on its body, authorities say. Photo: Facebook/Irene Flanhardt
Health & Environment
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Pilot scheme for cross-border ambulance transfers to Hong Kong begins on Saturday
Patients in Shenzhen and Macau eligible for scheme, with health professionals on both sides of border conducting assessments to avoid abuse.
29 Nov 2024 - 9:05PM
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Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s new medical school to work closely with Northern Metropolis partners
Task group unveils framework for proposals to set up school, as health minister stresses need for ‘quality and quantity’ of medical professionals.
28 Nov 2024 - 9:39PM
Health & Environment
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong authorities warn that e-cigarettes could be tools for drug abuse
Devices could be used to consume illegal substances or products with higher concentrations of nicotine that cause greater addiction.
28 Nov 2024 - 8:11AM
Health & Environment
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong research using sewage to detect Covid-19 could track other diseases
HKU researchers say sewage surveillance technology first developed with Health Bureau funding now used by about 100 cities in mainland China.
27 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM
Undersecretary for Health Libby Lee (centre), flanked by researchers (from left to right) Frankie Leung, Zhang Tong, Winnie Mak and Olivia Jung at the Health Bureau’s office in Hong Kong government headquarters. Photo: Sun Yeung
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Jane Goodall: all Hongkongers need to work together to promote biodiversity
‘We have five years to get together and try and slow down these horrific harms that we’ve done to the planet,’ primatologist says.
27 Nov 2024 - 7:30AM
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Hong Kong weather
Elderly Hongkongers urged to prepare for winter as cold front set to hit
‘Temperatures will fall progressively over coast of Guangdong in next couple of days, and weather will become fine and dry,’ Observatory says.
25 Nov 2024 - 7:22PM
Health & Environment
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
HKUST can draw talent to Hong Kong for medical school despite inexperience: adviser
Ex-Hospital Authority chairman Leong Che-hung says university’s strong research background in life sciences and AI also gives it competitive edge.
25 Nov 2024 - 7:30AM
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Hong Kong environmental issues
Amount of waste Hong Kong generates has peaked, environment minister says
City also threw out nearly 2 billion fewer plastic bags last year compared with 2022, official figures show.
24 Nov 2024 - 9:36PM
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Discarded items at Sun Tsui Estate in Tai Wan. For the city as a whole, the daily quantity of waste on average last year was 10,884 tonnes, a 2.2 per cent decrease from 2022, and down by 4.2 per cent from 2021.Photo: Eugene Lee
Health & Environment
Hong Kong society
Paralysed Hong Kong Mirror dancer undergoing therapy like ‘professional athlete’
Mo Li, who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a giant screen while performing in July 2022, has ‘obviously improved’, his father says.
24 Nov 2024 - 5:58PM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Senior managers at Hong Kong public hospitals to face pay freeze over blunders
Firing staff not an option for punitive action given public health sector’s manpower crunch, Hospital Authority chairman says.
23 Nov 2024 - 10:19PM
Health & Environment
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Where are the nurses? Will higher pay lure non-locals to Hong Kong?
Worries persist despite rule change to open door to professionals trained elsewhere, as city set to be short of thousands of nurses by 2045.
23 Nov 2024 - 11:46AM
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Senior managers at Hong Kong public hospitals may be on hook for blunders
Hospital Authority releases report by special committee established to review its operations following string of medical care mistakes.
22 Nov 2024 - 9:22PM
The government earlier ordered the Hospital Authority to perform a thorough review after a series of blunders, including at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Warton Li
Health & Environment
Hong Kong weather
Hong Kong temperatures set to drop to 14 degrees Celsius next week as monsoon nears
Intense monsoon expected to hit coast of southern China from Monday, but weather will be fine over weekend, Observatory says.
22 Nov 2024 - 4:31PM
Education
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
75% of sexually experienced young Hongkongers have not had HIV test: poll
Schools should offer more comprehensive sex education, including teaching young people about safety measures, academic says.
22 Nov 2024 - 10:02AM
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Hong Kong science and tech
Hong Kong revs up medical hub ambition as city tests HIV vaccine
Analysts say new clinical trial institute will help expand cross-border research and development.
21 Nov 2024 - 10:47PM
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