Urine

Surprise urine checks aimed at potential relapse offenders

10 Mar 2013

Rehabilitation authorities are stepping up surprise urine checks on discharged drug offenders to tighten scrutiny of potential relapses. Two former prison officers were jailed last year for...

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Officials defend rigour of drug testing on former prison inmates

25 Sep 2012

Two correctional services officers told court they falsified urine samples for drug tests in 2009, even though, it emerged yesterday, a computerised system existed that kept track of the whole...

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Drugs rehabilitation officer denies ordering fake urine samples

23 Aug 2012

A senior prison officer denied in court yesterday that he ordered urine samples falsified to make a drug treatment centre appear more successful.

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Cheng fails drugs test, but might still ride on Sunday

11 Apr 2012

Top local jockey Howard Cheng Yue-tin has returned a positive random urine test for ephedrine and methylephedrine from the April 1 meeting at Sha Tin but may still be cleared to take his place at...

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Bladder agony of young drug abusers

20 Mar 2012

Young drug abusers suffer painful bladder problems for up to 10 years rather than seek help, doctors treating them at a recently established clinic have found.

In the worst cases...

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Health Bites

14 Jun 2011

An apple a day keeps muscles OK

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

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Alice Wu

Security chief's remarks on rape are illogical and misguided

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Urine in milk charge lands maid in court

An Indonesian domestic helper has appeared in Eastern Court over allegations that she fed urine-tainted milk to a newborn baby at her employers' home in Shum Wan, Aberdeen, on Monday.

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Six days' jail for maid who put urine in cup

An Indonesian maid who gave a cup of drinking water mixed with urine to her employer was jailed for six days yesterday.

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FYI: Does urine have any redeeming features?

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Beating the cheats

Name: Gary Leung Ngai-wa Occupation: Hong Kong Jockey Club racing chemist

Young Post: What are your responsibilities?

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Oh, water feeling

With the weather getting hotter, it's time to think not just about summer clothes, cleaning air-conditioners and planning a holiday, but also about drinking.

Let me clarify that I...

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Chongqing blows the whistle on demand for tiger urine

Some zoos in Chongqing are marketing tiger urine for human consumption at 15 yuan for 250 millilitres.

In Chongqing, some people believe the urine of male tigers has magical powers,...

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