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11 September, 2024
A University of Hong Kong study shows that being online, even if it is only once a week, brings mental health benefits for people over 50. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Older and feeling lonely? Go online for better mental health, study says

Staying informed and connected by going online, even once a week, lowers depression scores in over-50s, University of Hong Kong study finds.

Education in Hong Kong

3 universities in Hong Kong among top 10 in major ranking of Asian institutions

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

University of Hong Kong joins overseas experts to form first ADHD global task force

Education in Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong admits 50% more students from outside city this year

Half of 1,200 first-year students coming from outside Hong Kong are mainland Chinese, but university says student body remains diverse.

Professor Bennett Yim, HKU director of undergraduate admissions and international student exchange, says the university will have to balance its goal of selecting the best students based on merit with its aim to increase diversity. Photo: Dickson Lee
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Pianist Eric Lu revels in Chopin on Hong Kong recital debut

Lu, 2018 Leeds International winner, shows enough Baroque feel for Handel, is on surer ground in Schubert and comes into his own in Chopin.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkongers need more education about ‘silent disease’ osteoporosis: expert

HKU-developed screening software finds 29.4 per cent of 5,771 interviewees above age of 50 at ‘high risk’ of developing bone disease.

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Hong Kong society

University of Hong Kong must cut size of proposed IT centre by 60%: residents

University of Hong Kong has already agreed to scale back development of its Global Innovation Centre after strong local opposition.

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Development of the Pok Fu Lam site would require 2,000 trees to be cut down. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong University to scale back planned IT centre after locals object

Plan for Global Innovation Centre faced significant opposition from more than 3,500 residents, with calls for relocation amid warnings of legal challenges.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong team seeks patients to test AI tool targeting potentially fatal disease

‘P-Cardiac’ uses Asia’s largest patient records database to check risk of developing cardiovascular disease, among top causes of death in city.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court reduces jail terms for 4 students who praised attack on police

Court of Appeal finds trial judge had set too high a sentence and reduces university students’ jail terms from two years to 15 months.

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The site outside Sogo in Causeway Bay where a man stabbed a police officer in 2021. The attacker, who later killed himself, was praised by the defendants. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Education in Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong head to provide update this month on hiring of senior jobs

Resolution from HKU governing body says Xiang Zhang must submit update on hiring process, as some positions still vacant or temporally filled.

Two vice-president positions at the University of Hong Kong currently remain vacant. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Time for HKU to set aside differences and focus on luring talent

The government has stepped in to settle internal strife at Hong Kong’s oldest and most respected university; now the parties involved must turn the page.

Education in Hong Kong

Official report into University of Hong Kong rift aims to put school interests first

Government wants row between president Xiang Zhang and council chairwoman Priscilla Wong settled quickly and amicably, insiders say.

Education in Hong Kong

Universities in Hong Kong admit more non-local students after intake quota doubled

Baptist University says number of first-year, non-local students for 2024-25 to increase by nearly 200 per cent from last year.

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Baptist University has recorded a significant increase in its intake for first-year, non- local students. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation funds non-invasive liver cancer treatment

Li Ka Shing Foundation donates Asia’s first cutting-edge, non-invasive device for treatment of liver cancer to city’s oldest university.

Business magnate Li Ka-shing (centre) also made a virtual appearance at the ultrasound medical device’s unveiling on Tuesday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong logs coronavirus outbreaks in care homes, hospitals after global surge

Health experts say seven Covid-19 outbreaks involving 60 patients logged between late July and early August at local care homes, with more recorded later.

Bangladesh

Opinion | Can democracy in South Asia withstand US-China rivalry?

From rising authoritarianism to political instability, unrest throughout the region has intensified alongside shifting alliances.

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Hong Kong housing

Opinion | A Hong Kong competing for top talent must solve its housing problem

Housing and town planning reforms will raise social mobility, promote Hong Kong as an international talent hub and bring back our dynamism.

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Queen’s Hill Estate in Fanling on August 03. About 5,000 Hong Kong public flats have been taken back in the past two years from well-off tenants, including those whose luxury cars exposed their financial situation and 12 others owning properties across the border, authorities have revealed. Photo: Edmond So
China’s Communist Party

Agents ‘implanted’ anti-China content in university applications, ministry says

Top spy agency says some education consultants ‘stirred up sensitive issues’ in submissions to boost Chinese students’ chances of success.

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Education in Hong Kong

HKU head failed to get ex-Hong Kong official for senior role before CUHK offer

HKU president Xiang Zhang had sought Kenneth Chen for the vice-president role, but the candidate’s HK$5 million yearly package was rejected.

Greater Bay Area

Shenzhen establishes ‘one-stop shop’ to help foreign talent work at Hetao zone

The new facility on Hetao zone’s Shenzhen side will help foreigners expedite the process of obtaining their work and residence permits on the mainland.

The Hetao cooperation zone straddles two sections covering nearly 4 square kilometres in the boundary between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong star Ronald Cheng’s drink, depression discussion cuts stigma: doctors

Mental health experts say people with depression often try to self-medicate with alcohol, but celebrities discussing their problems breaks the taboo.

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Ronald Cheng, who has said he will seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems, promotes a tour last year. Photo: Getty Images
Education in Hong Kong

Fewer Hong Kong students secure university spots, offers from top 3 choices

An education consultant attributes decline to more applicants attaining the minimum entry requirements.

Business of climate change

AXA launches Hong Kong’s first heatwave insurance to protect outdoor workers

The payout from the insurance comes into force when the temperature stays above 36 degrees for three consecutive days from August to October.

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China economy

China, US middle classes a crucial link in relationship chain, analyst argues

Despite fraught relations between China and the US, a prominent political scientist has said, the two countries’ middle classes have mutual needs that can keep ties relatively stable.

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Political scientist Li Cheng said the middle classes of the US and China are essential for understanding their respective economies, and a potential source of stability in relations. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong environmental issues

Calls to charity for elderly hit 1,620 a day as Hong Kong logs record heat high

City’s temperature logged as 35.4 degrees Celsius on Monday, but some areas go up to 38.9 degrees.

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One young Hongkonger cools off in a pool in Central as the city records its highest temperature of the year. Photo: Eugene Lee
China's economic recovery

Open Questions | This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

Chinese economist Mao Zhenhua, who was among the first to spot weaknesses in the country’s real estate sector, says the era of large-scale construction which fuelled the property crisis has ended.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkongers studying abroad urged to get jabs against life-threatening infection

Britain and other popular school destinations have reported rise in cases of meningococcal infection.

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