Habits

2 Sep 2012

This summer is the first time I have looked after groups of my daughter's friends. I have been disappointed to see how few children bother to say "please" or "thank you". How can I help my five-...

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Letters

14 Jul 2012

Church right to ordain own bishops

Emperor Constantine legitimised Christianity in the 4th century and dominated Christendom.

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Family habit up in smoke thanks to ingenious proposals

28 Feb 2012

As many as 100 students won awards on Saturday for helping family members to quit smoking.

More than 13,000 children aged three to 15 entered the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and...

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10 Jan 2012

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Smokers light up in 50pc of Beijing restaurants

7 Nov 2011

A report by an environmental group says that only 20 per cent of surveyed restaurants in Beijing have been observing an indoor smoking ban that became law in May.

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letters

24 Oct 2011

We must do more to help the elderly

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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High tobacco tax increase has led to large drop in sales of cigarettes

I refer to the letter from Markus Shaw ('A lot of puff about new cigarette tax', June 23). Yet again Mr Shaw seeks to repeat the PR spin of big tobacco by attempting to equate tobacco smoking with...

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letters

Give liberal studies time to succeed

Many students complain that teachers often lack experience in teaching liberal studies, and that it should not be a core subject.

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Self-defence for tobacco officers

An increasing number of tobacco control inspectors are being attacked by smokers caught puffing in banned areas, prompting the Department of Health to introduce self-defence training for the law...

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Men wrestle with changing times

The erosion of their traditional role as family breadwinners may be a source of stress for the city's men, a survey by a social welfare group has found.

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Push for higher tobacco tax

The health chief wrote a column in Chinese-language newspapers yesterday to try to get support for a higher tobacco tax.

The government proposes a rise of 41.5 per cent in tobacco...

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Battle over tobacco tax rise nears its peak

Hong Kong risks becoming an international laughing stock if lawmakers vote down the government's proposed tobacco tax increase this week, the Council on Smoking and Health warned yesterday.

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