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A bull shark has been found stranded in the mudflats of Pak Nai, with Hong Kong authorities joining residents to rescue the animal and a marine scientist claiming that the sighting was positive news for the city’s marine ecosystem. Khan Cheung, a PhD student at the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) school of biological sciences who was involved in the rescue, said he and several c...
Standard X-ray services at Hong Kong’s public hospitals will remain free under a medical fee reform that will introduce charges for radiology procedures from next year, the Hospital Authority has announced. But about 40 per cent of patients using computed tomography (CT) scans will be charged HK$500 (US$64) per examination. Patients using non-urgent radiology services will also ...
A Hong Kong woman who defied the odds to give birth to a second child at age 58 has celebrated the newborn’s 100-day milestone, as the parents reflected on their physical challenges as well as how their oldest daughter was adapting. Lilian Chan Lai-lai and her husband, actor Brian Wong Chak-fung, hosted the celebration for Gia Wong Hay-kiu at a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sun...
Hong Kong has recorded two more imported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya involving a man and a woman. Both had recently travelled to mainland China. The latest cases pushed the total number of confirmed infections in the city to 70 so far this year, of which four were locally acquired, the Centre for Health Protection announced on Sunday. The man, 69, lives...
More than 85 per cent of Hong Kong infants and toddlers remain unvaccinated against flu, a leading respiratory disease expert has said, while warning of the approaching winter peak after more than 20 severe influenza cases were recorded among children, including two deaths. David Hui Shu-cheong, a professor of respiratory medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said on ...
