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Last week’s blaze left at least 159 dead and 79 injured. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

140 private doctors offering free basic healthcare to Hong Kong fire victims

Scheme grants survivors of Tai Po fire three consultations, plus medication, free of charge between now and February 28 next year.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s investment body posts US$300 million income in first year

Hong Kong environmental issues

Bull shark found stranded in Hong Kong mudflats returned to sea by residents

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Standard X-rays to stay free despite fee overhaul at Hong Kong public hospitals

Government will still cover 90 per cent of cost of radiological examinations after fee reform next year, according to Hospital Authority.

At present, the government fully subsidises all radiology services at public hospitals. Photo: Handout
At present, the government fully subsidises all radiology services at public hospitals. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong mum who gave birth at 58 marks 100-day milestone with happy family

Lilian Chan and her husband Brian Wong celebrate occasion with more than 400 guests and reveal challenges and joys of journey so far.

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Hong Kong society

Chikungunya strikes 2 Hong Kong travellers as infection count rises to 70

Man, 69, and woman, 49, had travelled to mainland China, and Centre for Health Protection has classified the cases as imported.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Broader virus protection urged as 86% of Hong Kong toddlers yet to get flu jabs

Experts urge public to get vaccinated against both influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, citing higher risk of co-infection among high-risk groups this winter.

Students at a primary school in North Point. More than 85 per cent of Hong Kong infants and toddlers remain unvaccinated against the flu, an expert has said. Photo: Jelly Tse
Students at a primary school in North Point. More than 85 per cent of Hong Kong infants and toddlers remain unvaccinated against the flu, an expert has said. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Tech focus for doctors trained at new Hong Kong medical school, HKUST head says

Professor Nancy Ip says university will use its strength in research, especially in AI, to train future doctors to treat patients.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong Medical Council overturns decision to end inquiry into alleged blunder

Panel ended inquiry last month into Dr Sit Sou-chi, who was accused of delaying treatment that left child with cerebral palsy and quadriplegia.

Hong Kong society

Urgent plea for heart donation as Hong Kong teacher, 44, fights for life

Heart transplant only hope to save husband’s life, says wife, adding their daughters are still young and need their father as they grow up.

Yu Siu-hei with his family in happier times. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Baby boom or bust: Trip.com co-founder launches HK$500 million birth-rate fund

Trip.com co-founder James Liang says Hong Kong is uniquely placed to help solve China’s looming population crunch.

Trip.com’s James Liang believes that Hong Kong is perfectly placed to help tackle China’s looming demographic crisis. Photo: Xinhua
Trip.com’s James Liang believes that Hong Kong is perfectly placed to help tackle China’s looming demographic crisis. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong’s whale of a tale: famous skeleton at Shek O gets new lease of life

Damaged skeleton of infant mammal that wandered into Victoria Harbour in 1955 meticulously recreated and displayed at original resting spot in Cape D’Aguilar.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s fourth local chikungunya case unrelated to past 3: health officials

Centre for Health Protection says source of fourth city-based case’s infection genetically distinct from past imported, locally acquired cases.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

HKUST pledges to invest more than HK$7 billion into third medical school project

Plans include a HK$2 billion complex at the university’s Clear Water Bay campus ahead of a long-term site in the Northern Metropolis by 2034.

Dr Leong Che-Hung, left, Professor Harry Shum Heung-yeung, Professor Nancy Ip Yuk-yu and Dr Michael Mak Hoi-hung of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology attend a press conference outlining the strategic vision for establishing the city’s third medical school. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong registers low of 13.2 degrees Celsius, coldest so far this autumn

The Observatory attributes cooler weather to ‘intense’ northeast monsoon, and temperatures could be one to two degrees lower in New Territories.

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The weather in Hong Kong has hit a low of 13.2 degrees Celsius, the coldest temperature so far this autumn. Photo: Jelly Tse
The weather in Hong Kong has hit a low of 13.2 degrees Celsius, the coldest temperature so far this autumn. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

What must Hong Kong’s new medical school focus on to succeed?

Experts weigh in after government’s announcement that HKUST, with strong strategic and financial position, will operate city’s third medical school.

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers to pay up to 2.6% less for electricity from 2026 as fuel prices ease

A three-person household would pay about HK$10 less per month with the tariff reductions by CLP Power and HK Electric.

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Education in Hong Kong

HKUST to run Hong Kong’s third medical school on ‘strategic’, ‘financial’ merits

After eight-month race, expert panel finds HKUST has ‘broad global vision’ and ‘winning edge’ over Baptist University and Polytechnic University.

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Photo: May Tse
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong weather

Weather in Hong Kong will feel colder than 14 degrees Celsius due to wind chill

Forecaster says situation will persist on Wednesday and Thursday, urges residents, especially elderly, to avoid staying outdoors for too long.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong asked to layer up as temperature set to dip to 14 degrees by Wednesday

Observatory adds city is expected to have between nine and 17 cold-weather days, when mercury falls below 12 degrees, this winter.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Chikungunya may be spreading silently in Hong Kong, expert says after fourth case

‘This latest case, I believe, highlights that we have some silent transmission chains in Hong Kong,’ expert says.

Hong Kong may have silent chains of chikungunya fever transmission in the community, a leading infectious disease expert has warned. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong authorities vow to clean bitumen-polluted water tanks by early morning

Laboratory tests confirm black particles found in polluted drinking water of 14 blocks of Taikoo Shing residential development were bitumen.

Hong Kong authorities have sent supply trucks to Taikoo Shing after residents reported finding black particles in the water supply. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong authorities have sent supply trucks to Taikoo Shing after residents reported finding black particles in the water supply. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s flu season could extend into winter due to mutation: expert

Expert David Hui says extended flu season compounded by cold snap, adding city should study if it could become perennial, as in Singapore.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Fourth local Hong Kong chikungunya case ‘may be linked to new infection source’

Medical expert says case is likely to represent ‘new source of infection not linked to previous three local cases’.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

7 doctors contract hand, foot and mouth disease at Hong Kong public hospital

Hospital Authority says outbreak occurred at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, with infected having developed symptoms since November 2.

Seven doctors have been infected with hand, foot and mouth disease at Princess Margaret Hospital. Photo: May Tse
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