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A resident of Hing Tung Estate in Sai Wan Ho uses a waste-charging bag on October 8, 2024. Photo: May Tse
Waste Management

Editorial | Hong Kong still needs a waste-charging scheme

Despite the decline in solid waste levels, there is a need for a solution to deal with the reality of the city’s overwhelmed landfills.

Hong Kong

Opinion | How to invite meaning to your Christmas feast in a turmoil-filled world

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s solid waste levels dip for third year, but green groups still worried

Extreme weather

Letters | Asia is waking up to storms that are stronger – and more polluted

Readers discuss new research that shows how typhoons spread microplastic pollution, encouraging the use of an anti-scam app, and the migrant domestic workers who fell victim to the Tai Po fire.

A man crosses a muddy street where cars piled up after being swept away in floods brought on by Typhoon Kalmaegi, in Bacayan, Cebu City, the Philippines, on November 5. Photo: Reuters
2025 National Games

Letters | In the National Games, Hong Kong has a model of a green mega event

Readers discuss the features of the games that safeguard sustainability and the passing of an Indian cinema legend.

Hong Kong

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

Despite being caught in Pak Nai fishing nets, scientist says presence of juvenile shark suggests city’s ‘abused’ marine ecosystem is recovering.

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Hong Kong water supply

Editorial | Hong Kong must hasten water pipe replacement efforts

While the government has swiftly responded to the fifth drinking water pollution case this year, it must speed up pipe replacement work.

A resident fills up a bottle at a water truck dispatched by the Water Supplies Department to Taikoo Shing on November 17. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong society

Letters | Rare stingray in Victoria Harbour a welcome sign of nature’s restoration

Readers discuss how Hong Kong’s marine conservation efforts are paying off, plans for a residential development in a Tai Po site, and geopolitical contests in Central Asia.

Shek O

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 society

Hot water runs out at Hong Kong estate amid bitumen clean-up, safety fears grow

Worried Taikoo Shing residents seek to clean meters after bitumen found in drinking water, turn to bottled options.

Taikoo Shing residents stock up on drinking water from a truck. Photo: Sun Yeung
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 society

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.

Art

A sea exhibition in Hong Kong explores our relationship with the ocean

Through the works of eight artists, a new exhibition at Karin Weber Gallery pays homage to the connection between people and the sea.

Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong hooked as endangered stingray fished out of Victoria Harbour

Ocean Park identifies fish as endangered longhead eagle ray and urges anglers to release rare species immediately if caught.

The stingray caught in Victoria Harbour earlier this week has been identified as an endangered species. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Flooding, leaks and power cuts: how extreme weather hits Hong Kong’s poorest

Survey finds extreme weather has had a ‘wide-ranging and severe impact on the lives and living environment’ of those in subdivided flats.

A rooftop home in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong society

Typhoons damage 20% of Hong Kong Covid isolation cubicles, reuse plans under way

Development Bureau says modules will be repaired and reused at construction sites of future public works projects.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong this year endured hottest October since records began: Observatory

Hong Kong also experienced record-breaking warm nights and exceptionally hot days for October, forecaster says.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong confirms second locally acquired case of chikungunya fever

School worker, 55, found to have the same source of infection as the first case, an 82-year-old woman in Diamond Hill.

Mosquito control work is carried out near the location of the first patient’s home in Diamond Hill. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Editorial | Hong Kong is right to step up action to prevent chikungunya spread

With the city recording its first case of local infection, residents should support the health authorities and take protective measures.

Hong Kong

Opinion | 2 steps Hong Kong must take as it expands eco-tourism

Nature-based tourism can drive funds into marine conservation, but proper planning is needed to prevent visitors from damaging the environment.

Hong Kong tourism

Letters | 3 ways Hong Kong can keep the golden goose of ecotourism healthy

Readers discuss how to manage ecotourism, the safety of bamboo scaffolding, and empathy for people with disabilities.

Tourists go snorkelling at Sharp Island on October 4, during the National Day holiday. Photo: Dickson Lee
Architecture and design

Want to save a floundering industry? Go solar, add shade and cut labour

A University of Hong Kong team has designed innovative structures that modernise traditional aquaculture while creating public spaces.

The artificial landscape supports the natural ecosystem and improves the economic efficiency of the fishpond operators. Photo: Donn Holohan
Hong Kong

Coca-Cola goes green in Hong Kong with locally recycled PET bottles

Bottling partner Swire Coca-Cola starts using locally sourced recycled PET from Hong Kong supplier New Life Plastics.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong develops AI-driven landslip warning system with more than 90% accuracy

New system, to be implemented next year, boosts landslide risk management by combining AI, big data, and real-time rainfall monitoring.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to review tourist capacity and marine protection amid coral damage

City leader John Lee urges balance between environmental protection and tourism after coral damage off Sharp Island during ‘golden week’.

Greenpeace found that tourists trampled corals and dug coastal organisms on Sharp Island, Sai Kung, during the ‘golden week’ holiday. Photo: Handout
Chinese tourists

Opinion | Better public awareness of coral will help preserve our natural bounty

Hong Kong has a wealth of coral treasures, but recent events show that better education and management are needed.

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Tourists snorkel around Sharp Island to see the corals during the “golden week” holiday, on October 4. Photo: Dickson Lee
Energy

Hong Kong nursing home, hospital first to benefit from new CLP energy saving plan

Initiative expected to save both organisations electricity equal to consumption of 120 households annually.

Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: the Mariners’ Club returns, bistros boom, and Miffy

Hong Kong’s Mariners’ Club returns as a neighbour to the luxury Kimpton hotel, China’s hottest new food trend, and a destination to rival Amsterdam.

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