Disinfectant

Briefs

18 Mar 2012

Death-plunge doctor had HIV, says health chief

10:27AM

Bug scare prompts vow to review inspections

6 Jan 2012

Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has promised to include testing for the legionella bacteria in new buildings in a review of inspection guidelines.

4:42AM

Deadly bacteria found in chief executive's office

3 Jan 2012

The chief executive's office is among several sites at the new HK$5.5 billion Tamar government headquarters where the bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease have been detected, the Centre for...

4:28AM

Doctor swallows disinfectant in suicide bid

28 Apr 2011

A doctor at Tung Wah Hospital's department of surgery was critically ill after he swallowed half a bottle of disinfectant in an apparent suicide attempt.

8:51AM

Push for more cleaning staff

25 May 2009

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department was severely understaffed and lacked enough equipment to clean the city properly, a union said yesterday.

1:24AM

Hongkongers don't seem so worried

6 May 2009

Hongkongers no longer appear so concerned about swine flu, with stores reporting a drop in demand for surgical masks and disinfectant.

6:03AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

3 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Pig viruses not expected to infect humans

Experts say a combination of viruses that has killed about 300 pigs in Guangdong in the past 10 days will not threaten humans.

6:48AM

Thursday Thinktank

Five things we're all wondering about

1 Nina Wang leaves her entire estate to a fortune teller ... hmm, you think he saw this one coming?

2 ThreeSixty withdraws hemp...

3:30AM

Cleanliness is king as farm bosses play safe

A pool of disinfectant has collected at the gate to the Guangzhou Kwangfeng Industrial Company where vehicles are hosed down before being allowed to enter.

4:43AM

Donald Tsang's Key Proposals

- Raise fixed penalty fine for spitting and littering from $600 to $1,500

- Assign a security guard to each team of hygiene inspectors

- Disinfect and clean the common...

7:36PM

Tainted water bottle 'isolated case'

Watson's Water Company said tests proved its bottled water was safe after a case in which drops of disinfectant were found in a bottle. A girl, nine, fell sick on Sunday after drinking a bottle...

9:22PM

Bottled water 'spiked with disinfectant'

Police were yesterday investigating a suspected case of sabotage after a Watson's distilled water bottle was found to contain disinfectant at a Mannings store in Diamond Hill.

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