6 Jan 2013

An investigation into the supply of meat from the mainland is under way in an attempt to break a monopoly on wholesale beef, with a result expected in three months, the health minister said...

4:06AM
11 Oct 2012

The government set up a committee on Thursday to tighten the supervision of high-risk beauty treatments, following the death of a woman who was given a blood transfusion.

5:01PM
10 May 2012

The World Health Organisation and the city's Department of Health yesterday launched their first collaboration on traditional Chinese medicine.

2:35PM
25 Mar 2008

The latest flu outbreak has brought back unfortunate comparisons with severe acute respiratory syndrome. Not because it is anywhere near as serious, but because, as in 2003, the government's and...

11:19PM
14 Mar 2008

Who was the busiest man in town yesterday? Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok, quite possibly.

10:20PM
10 Nov 2007

The government will release its long-awaited consultation paper on health-care financing by the middle of January, Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok said yesterday.

10:32AM

The new health chief was finally installed yesterday. He will have one of the toughest jobs in Hong Kong, so it is disappointing that the government could not even announce his appointment without...

10:30PM

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