MTR Corp says it needs time to investigate crash and remove battered carriages from site.

Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme which rolls out on April 1 expected to cost about HK$2,000 a year and cover all diseases except congenital illnesses.

Despite chronic shortages and what some staff say is a surfeit of meetings and administrative work, John Leong says performance during tough times was ‘acceptable’.

Yeoh Eng-kiong says 78 per cent of elderly residents still use public health care, which does not help city’s overcrowded hospitals.

Yeoh Eng-kiong says 78 per cent of elderly residents still use public health care, failing to help city’s overcrowded hospitals.

Crisis could be solved with ‘Hong Kong model’ rather than imported ideas, executive councillor Lam Ching-choi says.

A new HK$10 billion stabilisation fund will offer sector a safety net, while extra funding will be provided to expand the list of prescription drugs.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivers his third budget for Hong Kong on Wednesday. In the second part of a series on the spending plan, we look at the issues surrounding the city’s public health care system.

Department of Health scheme to provide free shots has pushed up vaccination rate to about 55 per cent among primary pupils, health chief says.

Simon Lee lives on leftovers from McDonald’s and hand-outs from a Sikh temple, and says he gets by just fine. His self-imposed life on the streets has released him from the pain of relationships and burden of material things, he says.

District councils are debating whether to remove the once vital booths after it was revealed that more than half of payphones take in less that HK$1 a day on average.

Centre for Health Protection recommends 20 per cent of facilities close for seven days after four flu outbreaks reported at three kindergartens and a primary school on Thursday.

Public hospitals are already stretched amid the winter flu season and health authorities warn virus activity could further increase in the coming weeks.

Professor Lo Chung-mau hopes how his hospital dealt with the death of a newborn baby could spark reforms in mainland medical system, where cover-ups and disputes are common.

Man given 160 hours’ community service and ordered to pay six victims compensation, after first ever successful prosecution of trader for making sale without making clear they stood to gain.

Many animals in east Kowloon neighbourhood facing similar fate, as more ageing buildings are set to be torn down, group says.

Shopkeepers welcome new law banning sale of alcohol to under-18s as they begin checking customers’ ID.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she is not afraid to tackle issues left unresolved by predecessors as she offers solutions in her policy blueprint.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces immunisation programme, as well as ban on e-cigarettes and other health policies.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has unveiled 244 new initiatives on pressing issues such as land shortage, health care, elderly care and welfare in her policy address. Here is what you need to know.

There is 999077 for mainland mail bound for city, but it is unheard of in local postage and rarely used.

City may have a low crime rate but it has seen its share of terror and dark tales.

Lawmaker warns that mishandling situation would be a blow to local administration, but others say fears are unfounded as free market can adjust.

Long-delayed voluntary accreditation scheme for health care sector has left two rival professional bodies at loggerheads.

Environmentalists say the need to phase out the use of disposable packaging is especially pressing locally given the city’s acute shortage of land.

The multibillionaire says a time will come when he will have to hand over the reins of the Li Ka Shing Foundation to his two sons.

It is especially risky for men with an existing or hidden heart problem when watching their favourite teams, studies suggest – but winning ways could have an unexpected bonus for society.

‘After today, I will step down as honorary chairman of Shantou University,’ Hong Kong tycoon told students at Shantou University – famed for its international outlook and clashes with Communist Party inspectors.

Dr Chow Pak-chin and other medics are heading abroad to remove cataracts from thousands of the continent’s poorest people.

Trade argues measures are too harsh on innovative products but anti-smoking body counters that they should not be treated any differently than tobacco.