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A team from Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority (HA) has visited Kuala Lumpur to try to recruit Malaysian nurses in hopes of easing a significant manpower shortage in Hong Kong’s public hospitals, with 2,559 nurses resigning or retiring last year. The authority hosted recruitment briefing sessions on Monday and Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, introducing a new policy to allow non-locally trained nurses to work in Hong Kong, according to a statement on Wednesday. “The response was very positive, with many participants expressing interest in coming to Hong Kong for career development,” Simon Tang, the HK’s ...
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Hong Kong’s second largest public housing provider has announced a 10 per cent rent rise as it faces a rising repair bill for ageing estates. The Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS), an independent and non-profit organisation which operates 20 rental estates citywide, announced on Wednesday it had approved the increase. “Well-off tenants” – those whose income and assets exceeded certain thresholds – will start paying the new rents in October, while the others will be exempt until January. The new measures will see tenants in Group A estates, which cater to low-income families, pay an extra HK$230...
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Two concrete slabs fell from the ceiling of a Hong Kong public hospital’s geriatric ward on Monday night, with no injuries reported. It marks the latest in a series of safety incidents at the city’s public hospitals. The two pieces of concrete, measuring approximately 20 centimetres in length, 30 centimetres in width, and three centimetres in thickness, fell along with the false ceiling in an integrated medical and geriatric male ward at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital at around 8.15 pm. Inspections and repairs“Maintenance staff immediately arranged emergency repairs. No patients or s...
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Hong Kong writer was born with muscular myopathy, a condition that weakens her muscles and forces her to use a wheelchair for most daily activities. The condition can be life-threatening, particularly during childhood. Her muscular weakness would frequently escalate a common flu into pneumonia because she struggled to breathe or cough properly. At the age of eight, one of her lungs collapsed, forcing Nesar to stay in hospital for four months. It was during this time, when she buried her head in books, that she found solace in stories about her Islamic faith. Despite living with physical barrie...
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Hong Kong’s High Court has granted an application for a legal challenge against environmental authorities’ approval of a report into the development of a large-scale technology hub. Critics have said the San Tin Technopole will destroy swathes of valuable ecosystems near the city’s border with mainland China. The legal bid was launched earlier this month by registered social worker and the convenor of the green group Save Lantau Alliance Eddie Tse, who sought to challenge the decision to greenlight the environmental impact assessment (EIA) into the San Tin Technopole development. According to ...
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The Hospital Authority (HA) in Hong Kong has said it is concerned about the suspected resale of medication prescribed by a public hospital on online retail platform HKTVmall. Local media reported on Monday that the HA had vowed to follow up on a complaint by a pregnant woman concerning a bottle of lactulose she purchased from HKTVmall in July last year. The customer said the product came with a prescription label from the Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital and showed the name of another individual. According to screenshots widely circulated online, the customer left a one-star review on the HKTVmall ...
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The Hong Kong government has warned residents travelling to Japan to stay alert after the country issued a “megaquake” advisory in response to a 7.1 magnitude tremor last Thursday. In a Chinese statement issued on Monday afternoon, the government noted that it was currently the summer holiday season and Japan was among Hongkongers’ favourite travel destinations. “The SAR government reminds Hong Kong people planning to go to Japan, or who are in Japan, to stay alert, be mindful of safety, and pay attention to the Japanese government’s latest announcements,” the statement read. Japan’s Miyazaki ...
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Hong Kong’s urban renewal body has announced plans for a HK$1 billion redevelopment in To Kwa Wan affecting 180 households and 20 stores. Under the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) project, even-numbered blocks between 324 and 354 Ma Tau Wai Road will be demolished to provide some 14,200 square metres of gross floor space, most of which will go to housing. General Manager for Planning and Design of the URA, Mike Kwan, said at a press conference on Friday that the buildings marked for redevelopment were already in a state of disrepair, with bad environmental hygiene and loose concrete. See also: ‘...
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Covid-19 activity in Hong Kong is expected to see a “further increase,” local health authorities have warned. High-risk individuals – including pregnant women and healthcare workers – are urged to get vaccinated or receive a booster shot. The risk posed by Covid-19 still exists in Hong Kong, while virus activity in the city and neighbouring regions has continued to increase, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) warned on Thursday. The virus, which first hit Hong Kong in early 2020, still presents rising waves around every four to six weeks in the city, and there has been an uptick in activit...
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Authorities have approved plans for a fourth youth hostel, with monthly rent starting at HK$3,400, under a scheme to provide affordable accommodation for young Hongkongers in one of the world’s most expensive cities for housing. Sky One, at 8 Tin Sau Road, Tin Shui Wai, is the latest project approved by the government under a programme for converting hotels and guesthouses into affordable accommodation for young working Hong Kong residents. The hostel, which will provide up to 672 hostel places with a total of 336 rooms, will be operated by the Tin Shui Wai Residents Services Association Fund ...
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