Emily Tsang

City leader says she is not afraid to tackle issues left unresolved by predecessors as she offers solutions in her policy blueprint

Politics

‘Any problem can be solved,’ says Lam, unveiling ambitious plans

11 Oct 2018 - 3:16pm 16

The Department of Health will administer the vaccinations at schools. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Environment

Schoolgirls to be vaccinated against HPV in fight against cervical cancer

11 Oct 2018 - 12:09pm 3

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announces her policy address at the Legco Chamber in Tamar. Photo: Felix Wong

Politics

Five key takeaways from Carrie Lam’s policy address

10 Oct 2018 - 4:45pm 27

Unlike many countries and cities worldwide, Hong Kong has no postcode.

Society

You’ve got mail ... but no postcode: why so for Hong Kong?

1 Oct 2018 - 10:25am 11

Hong Kong has been haunted by some of the most grisly murders, especially in the 1980s and 90s.

Law and Crime

A history of violence: 4 gruesome killings that shocked Hong Kong

8 Sep 2018 - 3:39pm

A nurse prepares a vaccine for a child at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Health & Environment

Must Hong Kong brace for influx of vaccine seekers amid China crisis?

23 Jul 2018 - 11:38pm 30

Joseph Siu. Photo: Winson Wong

Health & Environment

Why 100 psychologists face uncertain future in qualifications fight

16 Jul 2018 - 8:58am 1

KFC’s hot-and-spicy combo meal yields an extraordinary 12 single-use items. Photo: Felix Wong

Health & Environment

How Hong Kong’s fast food restaurants serve up a mountain of waste

14 Jul 2018 - 4:01pm 11

Li Ka-shing says retirement has become too busy with all the projects at the Li Ka Shing Foundation. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong economy

‘Retirement is too busy,’ says Li Ka-shing as he continues foundation work

3 Jul 2018 - 2:14pm 8

Doctors warn about the risk of heart attack during the Fifa World Cup 25JUN18 SCMP/Emily Tsang

Health & Environment

Why World Cup fever could lead to a heart attack in couch potatoes

30 Jun 2018 - 2:16pm 3

Li Ka-shing (centre) receives a rock-star welcome at the Shantou University graduation ceremony, where he announced he would pass his lifelong mission to improving education to his son, Richard (left). Photo: Thomas Yau

Society

Li Ka-shing gets rock-star welcome at Shantou graduation ceremony

3 Jul 2018 - 5:48pm 7

Dr Chow says he expects to find patients in Cambodia with much more serious cataracts than patients in Hong Kong, requiring more complicated surgery. Photo: Emily Tsang

Health & Environment

Hong Kong doctor’s Cambodia mission to give sight to the blind

16 Jun 2018 - 11:45am 1

Locally, vaping products cost between HK$100 and HK$500. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Environment

Why both sides of e-cigarette debate are fuming over regulations

15 Jun 2018 - 10:50pm 2

Worldwide, the use of e-cigarettes – known as vaping – has become a multibillion-dollar industry. Photo: AP

Health & Environment

Stubbing out demand: sale of e-cigarettes set to be regulated

13 Jun 2018 - 8:06pm 7

Hongkongers are eating the equivalent of at least two 10oz steaks per person every day, a study found. Photo: SCMP

Health & Environment

Hongkongers eating ‘two steaks per person a day’ – at what cost?

11 Jun 2018 - 11:38am 16

About 20 women protested outside the MSD offices at Lee Gardens Two in Causeway Bay. Photo: Nora Tam

Health & Environment

HPV drug shortage in city prompts protest outside MSD offices

8 Jun 2018 - 10:59pm

More than a century ago, a plague caused by fleas from rats devastated Hong Kong and went on to become a global pandemic. Photo: Reuters/ Samrang Pring

Health & Environment

Ewww! Hong Kong pests that may terrify you this summer

8 Jun 2018 - 6:54pm 8

Food from parts of Japan have been banned from import to Hong Kong since the 2011 disaster. Photo: Alamy

Health & Environment

Hong Kong ‘should ease post-Fukushima ban on Japanese food’

5 Jun 2018 - 11:31pm 23

Rotary International President Ian Riseley leads 1.2 million members who belong to more than 35,500 clubs around the world. Photo: Tory Ho

Society

How did this man rise to lead a service group of 1.2 million members?

3 Jul 2018 - 5:31pm

Eva Chan with her two children. Photo: Felix Wong

Health & Environment

Why Hong Kong children reach extremes before they are diagnosed with ADHD

28 Apr 2018 - 11:27am 5

Microplastics are small fragments of less than 5mm in diameter. Photo: Nora Tam

Health & Environment

Green group’s health fears after microplastics found in popular fish

3 Jul 2018 - 5:31pm 6

Tissue paper is the second most common item found in Hong Kong’s landfills. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

‘No tissue’ event aims to wipe out 720 tonnes of daily waste

21 Apr 2018 - 10:00am 7

Noisy, polluted and narrow, hawkers and performers need to be brought back under control if streets are to be enjoyed by all

Society

Time to take back control of city’s streets, leading think tank says

3 Jul 2018 - 5:31pm 7

North District Hospital in Sheung Shui. Photo: Roy Issa

Health & Environment

Brain goes missing from Hong Kong hospital after autopsy

19 Apr 2018 - 3:59am 13

A worker cleansing the streets near the bird garden and market in Mong Kok. Photo: Felix Wong

Health & Environment

Bird flu scare shuts down popular songbird garden for 21 days

13 Apr 2018 - 11:32pm 2

Natalie Phan already has volunteers to adopt the animals saved last year. Now all she needs is people willing to take them across the Pacific

Health & Environment

Mission to send pets saved from China’s dog meat festival to US

8 Apr 2018 - 8:15am 45

Psychosis patients are most likely to commit suicide in the first three years after diagnosis. Photo: Handout

Health & Environment

Early intervention for psychosis patients cuts suicide risk by half

7 Apr 2018 - 11:35pm 1

The Mental Health Experience Museum is to open next year at Castle Peak Hospital

Health & Environment

Hospital simulation lets you experience disruption of mental illness

3 Apr 2018 - 8:33am 1

Two Hong Kong medical experts lay out how firms from the city can muscle in on the mainland’s burgeoning private sector as Beijing implements its grand plan for the Pearl River Delta

Health & Environment

Retiring to Greater Bay Area? Health care ideas could make it attractive

1 Apr 2018 - 10:18pm 4

Queen Mary Hospital’s suspicions were first raised when it found high levels of virus in a liver transplant patient despite her having displayed no risk factors before her death

Health & Environment

In world first, common blood tool infected liver patient with hepatitis C

1 Apr 2018 - 2:09pm 8

Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee. Photo: David Wong

Health & Environment

Medical watchdog reform bill passes Legco after years of setbacks

28 Mar 2018 - 10:58pm 3

HKTV chairman Ricky Wong says the company will focus on e-commerce. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong economy

Tycoon Ricky Wong quits free-to-air TV dream and exits sector

28 Mar 2018 - 12:24am 5

Sars heroes caution that it is always possible for the virus to make a comeback – and that ‘the son of Sars’ had already emerged in the shape of the Middle East respiratory syndrome

Health & Environment

Is Hong Kong ready for the next deadly epidemic?

24 Mar 2018 - 10:16pm 3

The seriously ill four-year-old girl was in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Four-year-old seriously ill with flu as school outbreaks surge

15 Mar 2018 - 11:40pm 3

Brochures on breast cancer aimed at spreading awareness of the killer disease. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Health & Environment

Will universal breast cancer screening reduce mortality rates in Hong Kong?

10 Mar 2018 - 11:29pm 3

The hospital has terminated the contract of the nurse in question. Photo: Dickson Lee

Law and Crime

Male nurse arrested after patient says she was groped at public hospital

6 Mar 2018 - 11:22pm

Former chief executive Donald Tsang (left) presented former chief secretary Rafael Hui with the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2007. Photo: ISD

Politics

Rafael Hui and Thomas Kwok lose civic honours over graft charge

2 Mar 2018 - 6:25pm 9

The voluntary health insurance scheme has been on the cards for years. Photo: SCMP

Health & Environment

Health chief defends insurance scheme despite criticism of tax breaks

1 Mar 2018 - 11:28pm 4

Chief Executive Carrie Lam (left) visits Josy Chow (centre) and her mother Chan Hung-mui. Photo: Winson Wong

Health & Environment

Carrie Lam tells rare disease patient new drug will arrive in two months

1 Mar 2018 - 10:37pm 1

Doctors were expected to be reluctant to import foreign workers despite the city’s manpower shortage. Photo: Sam Tsang

Health & Environment

‘Talent list’ to lure foreign workers to Hong Kong

1 Mar 2018 - 8:29am 1

Revenue for the 2017/18 financial year hit HK$612.4 billion – 20 per cent higher than originally estimated. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong economy

Six key takeaways from Hong Kong finance chief’s budget speech

28 Feb 2018 - 6:47pm 12

As it happened: with city holding surplus of HK$138 billion, administration announces HK$50 billion in relief measures

Politics

As it happened: HK$138 billion budget yields bumper tax benefits

28 Feb 2018 - 7:48pm 42

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Politics

Finance chief to announce close to HK$50 billion in budget relief measures

28 Feb 2018 - 3:11pm 12

Lau Ming-wai had earlier raised the idea of a high-level advisory body on youth policies to the city’s leader Carrie Lam. Photo: Dickson Lee

Society

Outgoing head of youth policy advisory unit ‘to be deputy’ of new, similar group

24 Feb 2018 - 5:07pm 4

The fast-paced urban lifestyle in Hong Kong, high cost of living and political uncertainty has put off some of its residents. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Environment

Would you rather be a Canadian plumber or a Hong Kong IT worker?

24 Feb 2018 - 11:13pm 84

A nurse on a ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon. Photo: Sam Tsang

Society

Doctors leaving Hong Kong in droves as emigration hits five-year high

24 Feb 2018 - 11:36pm 55

The scene of the accident in Central. Photo: Handout

Law and Crime

Car crash kills son of Tommy Wan, ex-delegate to top China political body

24 Feb 2018 - 11:13pm