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Hong Kong maintains ban on seafood from 10 Japanese prefectures
City government will stay ‘prudent’ as it continues communicating with Japan on developments in waste water discharge at Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
How a Hong Kong man’s drug-resistant epilepsy was relieved using robotics
30 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Appendicitis surgery blunder puts spotlight on Hong Kong public hospital safety
28 Jun 2025 - 9:51PM
Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong father’s anguish after inquest rules teen died of natural causes
Tai Shun-keung labels verdict on his 14-year-old daughter’s sudden death ‘unacceptable’ after family’s Covid-19 vaccination concerns.
27 Jun 2025 - 10:25PM
A five-member jury at the Coroner’s Court delivered a unanimous verdict that Tai Shun-keung’s 14-year-old daughter Tai Yee-ting died of natural causes. Photo: Fiona Sun
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong public hospitals to limit ‘as needed’ medication to 8-week supply
New arrangement will cover 14 types of drugs for relieving symptoms, including laxatives and creams for bruises.
28 Jun 2025 - 6:30PM
Hong Kong society
Godiva ordered to halt dark chocolate ice cream sale after bacteria find
Chocolatier branch at Cityplaza in Hong Kong’s Tai Koo instructed after sample found to contain bacterial count 46 times higher than legal limit.
27 Jun 2025 - 6:40PM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong woman opens up about life after moment her heart stopped beating
Olivia Cheung, who was 19 when her heart stopped beating for 63 minutes, shares experiences to educate public about intensive care treatments.
27 Jun 2025 - 7:08AM
Olivia Cheung (left) and Dr Simon Sin spoke to the media to help educate the public about intensive care treatments. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong to hold public hospital executives accountable for medical incidents
Health authorities also say hospital chief executives, department heads to have power to appoint and dismiss staff instead of headquarters.
27 Jun 2025 - 2:39AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong to begin independent drug review, approval in 2026
Department of Health reveals plan to set up own drug regulatory authority as early as end of next year, in effort to make city a medical innovation hub.
26 Jun 2025 - 10:23PM
Hong Kong weather
Hong Kong Observatory cancels amber rainstorm warning in effect for 2 hours
Forecaster had issued the warning with heavy showers and thunderstorms hitting the city.
26 Jun 2025 - 7:22PM
Hong Kong weather
Hong Kong issues No 1 typhoon signal as tropical depression intensifies
Forecaster raises signal at 2.20pm on Wednesday, says it will remain in force throughout day.
25 Jun 2025 - 3:43PM
Rain and squally thunderstorms are expected to affect Hong Kong on Thursday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong man faints after smoking shisha, triggering investigation
Man, 31, lost consciousness due to carbon monoxide poisoning and hit his head, authorities say.
24 Jun 2025 - 6:57PM
Hong Kong environmental issues
1,500 Hongkongers report feeling tremors as 4.3 magnitude quake hits Guangdong
Epicentre located in Qingyuan, about 57km north of Guangzhou and 180km northwest of Hong Kong.
23 Jun 2025 - 10:45PM
Hong Kong weather
Weather phenomenon known as ‘fire rainbow’ spotted in Hong Kong skies
Observatory shares video, explaining ‘circumhorizontal arc’ is not true rainbow but optical phenomenon formed by sunlight refracting through clouds.
23 Jun 2025 - 8:57PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Elderly Hongkongers can use vouchers at 2 Zhuhai hospitals from Thursday
Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Zhuhai People’s Hospital added to pilot scheme that expands coverage across the border.
23 Jun 2025 - 4:15PM
A billboard in To Kwa Wan advertises the expansion of the Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Scheme to more cities in the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hongkonger channels mental health recovery into designing fashion collection
Ng Mei-ling is one of hundreds helped by Phoenix Clubhouse in daunting return to workforce following mental health struggles.
22 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Vulnerable groups in Hong Kong should get Covid-19 vaccinations: medical expert
Professor David Hui of Chinese University warns that new outbreaks will occur every six to nine months.
21 Jun 2025 - 1:10PM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong can lead world in AI healthcare by tapping trove of patient data: expert
City has amassed 11 million patient records, creating bank of valuable data unlike anything available in US or Europe, Professor Wang Haibo says.
16 Jun 2025 - 8:30AM
An expert has said Hong Kong public healthcare system has generations of population data and medical data. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong tourism
Hong Kong wants an ecotourism boom, but can its parks handle more visitors?
Mass tourism contradicts ‘conservation over everything’, the principle behind managing country parks, researcher says.
15 Jun 2025 - 6:34PM
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Hong Kong environmental issues
Hong Kong restaurants may start testing alternatives to plastics in next 2 months
Food containers among items in second phase of single-use plastics ban, as environment minister first looks to gauge feedback.
14 Jun 2025 - 6:44PM
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Severe Tropical Storm Wutip: Hong Kong issues T3 signal as winds intensify
No 3 alert to remain in force until at least Sunday noon, while chance of issuing No 8 signal is rather low, weather forecaster says.
14 Jun 2025 - 5:58PM
Hong Kong property
Jane Street to pay US$3.9m a month in record Hong Kong office lease
The trading firm takes a 223,000 sq ft space in one of the largest leasing transactions in Central in decades.
14 Jun 2025 - 11:45AM
An artist’s impression of Henderson Land Development’s New Central Harbourfront project. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong weather
Tropical Storm Wutip: Hong Kong’s T1 alert to stay in effect until at least Friday
Observatory says city will be hit by heavy showers and potential violent gusts on Thursday night.
12 Jun 2025 - 10:49PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong Red Cross tightens blood donor rules for recent inmates
Anyone who has been locked up for 72 hours or more in past 12 months cannot donate blood for a year, as organisation cites risks of infections such as HIV.
11 Jun 2025 - 8:54PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
How Hong Kong’s pilot disease scheme can help save HK$2.7 billion in expenses
Health Bureau says if 200,000 people join scheme, 9,000 cardiovascular diseases and 11,000 deaths could be prevented, leading to medical cost savings.
11 Jun 2025 - 10:47PM
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