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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong unveils its first blueprint to develop Chinese medicine sector
Health minister says plan underpins city’s contribution to national strategy of bringing healing powers of Chinese medicine to the world.
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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong dental scheme serves 10,000 teens and poor, adds 1,500 street sleepers
17 Dec 2025 - 10:22PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Chinese University of Hong Kong to offer free autism test for 200 young children
17 Dec 2025 - 11:13PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority vows flexible approach to A&E fee transition
Hospitals to make allowances as well as deploying more staff during shift to new healthcare payment arrangements from January 1.
16 Dec 2025 - 6:39PM
The Hospital Authority says public hospitals will accommodate patients during the implementation of new A&E fees. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong weather
Temperature in Hong Kong to drop to 14 degrees and remain cool till midweek
Cold front is moving across coast of Guangdong province, bringing cooler weather until middle of next week, Observatory says.
13 Dec 2025 - 5:46PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hongkongers urged to get Covid vaccine as next infection wave approaches
Centre for Health Protection asks public to get shots in ‘timely manner’ as more than five months have passed since last surge of activity.
12 Dec 2025 - 9:29PM
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Hong Kong weather
Chilly weekend ahead for Hong Kong as temperatures set to hit 15 degrees
Cold front expected to move across Guangdong’s coast from Saturday, bringing strong winds, few rain patches and significant drop in temperatures.
12 Dec 2025 - 6:23PM
A cold front is expected to begin affecting Hong Kong on Saturday. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Why ‘Hong Kong model’ combining Chinese and Western medicine could go global
German facility says it is exploring potential areas of collaboration and possible joint projects with the city’s new hospital.
12 Dec 2025 - 8:40PM
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Hong Kong should study social media impact on teens, craft own policies: experts
Education experts note difficulties in enforcement and urge further local research following Australia’s social media ban for children under 16.
11 Dec 2025 - 6:20PM
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital opens to popular demand
Facility, which hopes to bring Chinese medicine development in Hong Kong to the world, adds extra quota slots to meet demand.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:24PM
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Hong Kong scaffolding net sample ignites in test despite passing safety standards
Findings from test commissioned by Post prompt calls to review standards set for nets and improvements to safety regulations.
8 Dec 2025 - 5:11PM
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Workers remove scaffolding nets at Sui Wo Court in Fo Tan. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
Hong Kong confirms 10th locally acquired case of chikungunya fever
A 67-year-old woman confirmed as the latest case after hiking in Tsing Yi, the Centre for Health Protection says.
6 Dec 2025 - 11:27PM
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.
4 Dec 2025 - 4:59PM
Banking & finance
Hong Kong’s investment body posts US$300 million income in first year
Every dollar invested by the HKIC has attracted more than six in long-term market capital, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:05AM
Hong Kong environmental issues
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.
26 Nov 2025 - 9:52PM
The one-metre-long juvenile bull shark found stranded on the mud flats of Pak Nei, Hong Kong. Photo: Swire Institute of Marine Science
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.
24 Nov 2025 - 10:05AM
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.
23 Nov 2025 - 10:58PM
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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.
24 Nov 2025 - 12:08AM
Chikungunya is spread by bites from infected mosquitoes. Photo: AP
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.
23 Nov 2025 - 10:32PM
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.
23 Nov 2025 - 12:37AM
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.
22 Nov 2025 - 11:15PM
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.
21 Nov 2025 - 1:29AM
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.
20 Nov 2025 - 7:35PM
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.
23 Nov 2025 - 4:16PM
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.
20 Nov 2025 - 1:46AM
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