27 May 2007

The Health Department yesterday urged people to stop using the AMO Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution after an investigation linked it to a rare eye infection in the United States...

17 Jul 1995

WEARERS of soft contact lenses who follow advice offered by the Consumer Council may end up damaging their eyes rather than protecting them, according to one maker of lens cleaning solutions.

16 Jul 1995

HALF the territory's contact lens solutions are incapable of killing dangerous micro-organisms that cause serious eye infections.

1 Jan 1994

CONTACT lens cleaning solutions will be tested by the Consumer Council to see if they kill a rare but blinding amoeba which claimed its second victim yesterday.

24 Aug 1993

HEALTH inspectors yesterday took samples of water from two public toilets and a private home in a second attempt to find the source of the harmful amoeba which killed a boy last month.

AMOEBAE have been found in more than half of Hong Kong's public swimming pools, a week-long testing by the Department of Health has revealed.

AMOEBA found in water samples taken from the Hin Tin Public Swimming Pool in Sha Tin two weeks ago is harmless, the Department of Health announced.


Today: The Rock Gang at the Wanch. Energetic rock from the only all-local band to play this cosy Jaffe Road venue.


Amoeba at Amoeba, Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Broad-ranging rock...

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