By Kalum Chen Chinese authorities have arrested nine people in a recent milk powder scandal, which involved the production and selling of fake baby formula under the global brand Abbott’s Similac series and leading domestic […]

by Petra Loho | Dec 3, 2015 “The World of Suzie Wong,” a 1960 American movie starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan, takes us through late 1950s Hong Kong. The film introduces us to an […]

By Chenyu Liang Eating well is vital to your health, as it says on the HK government website. The Food Pyramid initiated by Central Health Education Unit under the Government of HKSAR, suggests HK residents eat more […]

by Melissa Peg Yoc Hui | Nov 18, 2015 It is 10pm on a Friday night in Hong Kong, and the 24 hours McDonald’s in the city’s poorest district, Sham Shui Po, has all the […]

By Kevin Lui The World Health Organisation says there is now “scientific consensus that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)“, but a new small-scale study finds that the virus may also […]

by Wang Yingnan | Nov 18, 2015 It’s a typical sunny Sunday in Hong Kong. And as usual, many domestic helpers are gathering together at the Statue Square, sitting, lying and chatting on mats, just […]

By Kevin Lui China reported a new case of imported Zika virus infection on Sunday, April 10, bringing the country’s total case count so far to 16. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) in Hong […]

by Honey Tsang Hang Yee | Nov 16, 2015 Slumped on a mattress surrounded by plastic bags building with belongings, a beat-up kettle looking out of place in the barren corner, Piu, in his late […]

By Ryanne Xu While many have complaints about the crazy urban density in Hong Kong, high residential density is not all bad – it makes you exercise more and, thus, may protect you from diabetes, […]

by Julian Jesse | Nov 16, 2015 When Hong Kong’s highest court upheld a law that prevented local refugees from working in 2014, they underestimated the resolve of asylum seekers for a better life. Many […]

By George W. Russell Local governments on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are formulating a variety of mosquito prevention strategies as the Zika virus continues to spread. Meanwhile, unscrupulous entrepreneurs are trying to extract […]

by Rainie Bao | Nov 16, 2015 With great joy and expectation, Mr. Chong Chan-Yau stood at the finish line of “Run for Vision”, a round-the-island 50 km relay, listening carefully to the sounds of […]

By Christopher Li Residents and six staff members at an elderly home in Tai Hang were infected with the upper respiratory tract infection (URI), The Centre for Health Protection (CHP)  today reported. All infected residents are […]

by Yang Yuqing | Nov 16, 2015 Only one man in a white doctor’s coat stood on the stage and held a puppet with the same outfit in his right hand. But there were two […]

By Kalum Chen One new human case of H7N9 was reported from Anhui Province, China,  between March 27 and April 2,  according to the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health in Hong […]