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Inside Out David Dodwell

Just look at Mangkhut’s havoc to see how climate change is personal

28 Oct 2018 - 10:39pm 6

Just Saying Yonden Lhatoo

Nice job banning e-cigarettes, now for a total ban on all tobacco

13 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 30

Blowing Water Luisa Tam

Stop lagging behind, Hong Kong, it’s high time to extend maternity leave

8 Oct 2018 - 10:45pm 10

Just Saying Yonden Lhatoo

Rats! Hong Kong finally beats Singapore at something

30 Sep 2018 - 12:57pm 46

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The man died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei on September 30. Photo: Dickson Lee

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Legionnaires’ disease is caused by legionella pneumophila. Photo: Alamy

Legionnaires’ disease: what is it, who is at risk, and how do we stop it?

15 Dec 2018 - 11:03am

According to the Education Bureau, over 1,100 people have received its hearing aid fitting and related services up to the start of 2018/19 school year. Photo: Shutterstock

Lack of government contracts leaves children without hearing aids

14 Dec 2018 - 11:11pm 1

The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant has come online more than a decade after the project was launched. Photo: FactWire

World first: new breed of nuclear reactor online in southern China

15 Dec 2018 - 4:54am 31

Most people cannot tell the difference between flu and cold symptoms. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong students produce simple but revolutionary flu-detection kit

14 Dec 2018 - 10:17am

Hong Kong’s total greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by about 5 per cent from 2013 to 2016. Photo: Nora Tam

Lack of ‘champion’ affecting climate change action, report warns

14 Dec 2018 - 9:30am 2

Plastic accounted for 21 per cent of municipal solid waste heading to landfills. Photo: Shutterstock

Cafe de Coral, Fairwood, Maxim’s named and shamed for plastic use

14 Dec 2018 - 3:01pm 25

Under the Chinese Medicine Ordinance, a Chinese medicine is defined as any product composed solely of, for example, any Chinese herbal medicine, or any materials of herbal, animal or mineral original customarily used by the Chinese. Photo: Alamy

How a drop of something extra helps Chinese medicine evade regulation

13 Dec 2018 - 10:01pm 1

To reduce plastic use, Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong to produce more cans and glass bottles under HK$150 million plan

300 mineral water dispensers to hit Hong Kong in 2019 under Coca-Cola plan

11 Dec 2018 - 8:01pm 10

Temperatures will continue to fall on Tuesday and Wednesday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Temperatures dip to 7.9 degrees as Observatory predicts colder days ahead

10 Dec 2018 - 10:58pm 4

Farmland owned by companies linked to New World Development at Pok Wai, within wetland conservation and buffer areas. Photo: Roy Issa

Hong Kong's biggest developers have links with owners of wetland sites

10 Dec 2018 - 2:24pm 1

Fish kept at Hong Kong university could hold key to finding cure for dementia, say scientists who won prestigious innovation award

Hong Kong scientists make breakthrough in search for dementia cure

10 Dec 2018 - 9:08am 6

Almost half of the Hongkongers who consume alcohol go binge drinking, survey finds

Almost half of Hongkongers who consume alcohol go binge drinking

9 Dec 2018 - 10:59pm 4

Hong Kong to consider asking mainland China authorities to help in event of repeat of Typhoon Mangkhut, says city’s security chief

Government may ask mainland authorities for help if disaster strikes

8 Dec 2018 - 11:59pm 6

The 86-year-old was undergoing a computerised tomography colonoscopy at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan. Photo: Martin Chan

Woman, 86, suffers rectal rupture during imaging procedure

8 Dec 2018 - 7:39pm 4

A footbridge at Mai Po nature reserve, installed with raised sides for wheelchair safety. Photo: Nora Tam

Nature with no barriers: how disabled can enjoy the great outdoors

8 Dec 2018 - 11:13am

Counselling cafe out to beat ‘self-imposed constraints’ of Chinese culture, says founder ‘Mrs Wong’

Counselling cafe out to beat ‘self-imposed constraints’ of Chinese culture

8 Dec 2018 - 11:06am

The Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir, a water resource of Hong Kong, which gets most of its supply from the mainland. Photo: Roy Issa

Let’s not wait till the water runs dry: Hong Kong’s consumption problem

8 Dec 2018 - 2:37pm 5

As work and social norms continue to delay marriage and baby-making plans for couples, the number of people seeking IVF treatment will rise.

Why more Hong Kong couples are turning to IVF treatment

8 Dec 2018 - 10:06am 3

More then 2 million people visited A&E between July 2017 and June 2018, down 4.4 per cent year on year. Photo: Dickson Lee

Rise in hospital emergency fees has not cut queues and waiting times

7 Dec 2018 - 11:28pm 17

A schoolboy walks past collapsed trees on Tin Ping Road in Sheung Shui after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong on September 16. Photo: Sam Tsang

Ombudsman may probe government handling of typhoon tree waste

7 Dec 2018 - 7:19pm 7

Even colder days can be expected early next week. Photo: David Wong

Hong Kong bracing for a cool weekend as temperatures fall

7 Dec 2018 - 4:53pm 5

Agricultural officials conducting a swine fever culling drill using stuffed pigs, under the watchful eye of Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee. Photo: Facebook

Hong Kong trains for swine fever cull with toy pigs

7 Dec 2018 - 12:52pm 6

More than 80 per cent of dementia sufferers need help with banking from family or carers, according to a survey. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

HSBC deploys dementia specialist staff amid greying population

8 Dec 2018 - 10:36am 5

Plastic drink bottles at a supermarket in Sheung Wan. Photo: Sam Tsang

Drinks manufacturers and green groups team up for recycling drive

6 Dec 2018 - 10:47pm 10

Fallen and broken trees from Typhoon Mangkut collected and piled together at the old airport runway at Kai Tak. Photo: Winson Wong

Three times as much yard waste this year, thanks to typhoon Mangkhut

5 Dec 2018 - 10:47pm 6

Single-child households are the dominant family structure in Hong Kong. Photo: Shutterstock

Why do only 15 per cent of Hong Kong women want to have a baby?

5 Dec 2018 - 11:45am 98

Tseung Kwan O Hospital. Photo: Winson Wong

Two Hong Kong men with legionnaires’ disease in critical condition

5 Dec 2018 - 7:30am 1

Hong Kong has long been plagued by waste problems. Photo: SCMP

Wide backing for pay-as-you-throw scheme on rubbish, survey finds

4 Dec 2018 - 9:14pm 12