https://www.scmp.com/rss/324485/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A few minutes’ drive from Macau’s grand casinos, a group of haggard men slump around plastic tables drinking tea, playing on mobile phones or gawking at a television drama portraying perfect lives far removed from their own. “When I was a young man, I knew some guys who took drugs, so I took them as well because I was curious,” says Hung Chia-wai, 63, who has been using heroin for more than three decades. “I once managed to stop using for about four years, but as soon as I felt in a bad mood or... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2099670/treating-drug-addicts-what-macau-can-teach-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2099670/treating-drug-addicts-what-macau-can-teach-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:47:39 +0000 Victor was just like so many other young Hongkongers who enjoy making a quick and easy trip across the border to Shenzhen to take advantage of its cheap food, shopping and massages. He had even planned to document his last trip as the first post on a travel blog he was planning to set up. The 26-year-old university student went by train, but returned to Hong Kong in an ambulance, scared for his life. Victor (who requested anonymity) believes he fell victim to a wong luk yee saang – literally a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2095831/hong-kong-student-left-injured-after-shenzhen-acupuncture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2095831/hong-kong-student-left-injured-after-shenzhen-acupuncture?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 May 2017 22:45:25 +0000