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Hong Kong surfing coach slammed after claiming he’s riding waves during Typhoon Wipha
Hongkonger claims he’s out in water at Pui O, while company’s lesson offer comes with ‘the bigger the wave, the better it gets’ tagline.
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T8, red rainstorm signals raised as Hong Kong still faces storms, flash floods
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Hong Kong weather
Are AI-based forecasts changing the way Hong Kong’s typhoon watchers work?
19 Jul 2025 - 4:01PM
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Hong Kong braces for Wipha: all you need to know about cyclone and T8
Forecast models show possibility of ‘close onslaught’, one expert says, as emergency services put on standby.
19 Jul 2025 - 10:43PM
According to the Observatory, Wipha is expected to enter within 800km of Hong Kong in the early hours of Saturday. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong could ban mini konjac-jelly cups from April 2026 over choking risk
Proposed amendment would see mini-cup jellies containing konjac with a height or width of 45mm or less banned from April 1.
18 Jul 2025 - 8:11PM
Hong Kong weather
Tropical Storm Wipha: Hong Kong to issue T3 signal at 2.20pm, consider T8 next day
Storm expected to pass ‘rather close’ to city on Sunday, as forecaster warns of strong winds and torrential rain over the weekend.
19 Jul 2025 - 10:30AM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
New AI medical imaging ‘cuts X-ray radiation by 99%’: Hong Kong researchers
Development by the team at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology could also lead to cost savings and shorter hospital wait times.
17 Jul 2025 - 10:57PM
Tse Lung, medical consultant at Koln 3D, left, alongside Li Xiaomeng, assistant professor from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Edmond Yau Koln 3D founder, highlight the potential of artificial intelligence technology that generates 3D bone and organ models for implants from X-ray images. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong private patients to pay HK$7,000 for Covid drugs as free supply ends
Centre for Health Protection says Covid activity has declined in city, but some doctors warn move may place burden on public healthcare.
17 Jul 2025 - 10:00PM
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Hong Kong at risk of imported cases of mosquito-borne Chikungunya fever: experts
Warning follows outbreak in Guangdong, with expert saying disease could potentially be carried by some insects in Hong Kong.
18 Jul 2025 - 12:20AM
Insurance
Hongkongers show penchant for adding life to years, Manulife says
Hongkongers want to ‘live independently and do what is important’ rather than simply live longer, a survey of 1,000 residents shows.
17 Jul 2025 - 4:20PM
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Hong Kong may issue T8 warning on Sunday as tropical cyclone edges closer
Observatory will issue No 1 warning as early as Friday before potentially increasing it, with cyclone set to enter within 800km of the city.
17 Jul 2025 - 10:46PM
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Tourists walk along the Avenue of Stars under last week’s storm clouds. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong study finds lifestyle coaching helps residents lower blood pressure
Study focuses on programme which covered 4,399 participants aged between 35 and 59, who were at high risk of developing chronic diseases.
16 Jul 2025 - 3:34PM
Hong Kong society
Hongkongers feel mild tremors as magnitude 5.6 quake strikes Philippines
Weather forecaster says initial analysis suggests earthquake occurred in Luzon at 10.38am.
15 Jul 2025 - 12:54PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
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Singer JJ Lin’s ‘heart problem’ shocks fans but how common is such an illness?
The 44-year-old Singaporean singer-songwriter tells concertgoers that he fears for the future and senses career countdown.
14 Jul 2025 - 10:11PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong urged to expand carer support scheme to cover other vulnerable groups
Social worker and district councillor call for monitoring of those in subdivided flats amid launch of government’s new carer database.
14 Jul 2025 - 1:58PM
An elderly woman in Un Chau Estate, Cheung Sha Wan. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime in Hong Kong
Call for Hong Kong to set up registry to track cases of parents killing children
Registry, which may include victims’ personal information and marital status of parents, can help authorities devise measures to prevent future cases, experts say.
14 Jul 2025 - 12:33PM
Hong Kong weather
Rain, thunderstorms persist in Hong Kong, but weather to improve next week
Forecaster says sunny intervals expected in afternoon, adding squally thunderstorms and showers are brought by active southwest monsoon.
12 Jul 2025 - 4:16PM
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Could Hong Kong add preventive checks to its voluntary health insurance system?
Acting health minister Libby Lee says authorities will talk to insurance industry to study inclusion of some screenings.
11 Jul 2025 - 9:57PM
The scheme was introduced in 2019 to establish standards and improve market transparency for individual indemnity hospital insurance products. Photo: Getty Images
Education in Hong Kong
‘Better safe than sorry’, Hong Kong’s No 2 official says over school suspension
Chief Secretary Eric Chan addresses concerns from parents over earlier decision to suspend day schools on Friday, as morning sees calm weather.
11 Jul 2025 - 8:15PM
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Safety scare over Hong Kong public housing water in 2015 – from SCMP archive
On this day 10 years ago, lead levels in tap water at Kai Ching Estate sparked fears about safety of supplies in Hong Kong’s public housing.
11 Jul 2025 - 11:15AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
HKU launches clinical trial in Hong Kong to treat chronic hepatitis B patients
Existing medication only suppresses virus and has to be taken for decades, researcher says.
11 Jul 2025 - 3:48AM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong can save HK$90,000 per patient with better end-of-life care: think tank
Our Hong Kong Foundation says city can adopt model expanding care to dying patients outside hospitals.
10 Jul 2025 - 8:59PM
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Our Hong Kong Foundation has recommended stepping up the use of gerontechnology in improving end-of-life care quality. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Artificial intelligence
Hong Kong’s IntelliGen AI takes on Google DeepMind in drug discovery
The start-up, which aims to raise tens of millions of US dollars in an angel funding round, hopes to compete globally, founder says.
10 Jul 2025 - 7:50PM
Animal welfare in Hong Kong
Rescued Hong Kong leopard cat ‘growing stronger, preparing to return to wild’
Kadoorie Farm and Botanical Garden shares update on feline discovered by hikers in catchwater drain in April.
11 Jul 2025 - 11:05AM
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong authorities confirm bitumen in water in Sai Wan Ho private estate
Substance originated from upstream supply pipe work, government says after receiving reports of black particles in water.
10 Jul 2025 - 9:33PM
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14 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM
Celebrating 100 Top Tables’ top restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and Macau
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How Mostly Harmless is reinventing cocktail culture with its non-alcoholic drinks
28 Jun 2025 - 12:45PM
Why neighbourhood bars in Hong Kong are gaining popularity
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