Six men have been arrested in connection with Sunday's violence at Yuen Long MTR Station that left more than 40 people injured in suspected triad gangster attacks that mostly targeted anti-government ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-23
At least 40 people were arrested after a march against the extradition bill turned into clashes between police officers and protesters at a shopping mall in Sha Tin. They were arrested for unlawful as ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-15
Police have pulled out officers stationed at two public hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital, following allegations that they have improperly accessed patient records for the purp ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-27
Dozens of members from three election committee sectors called on the police not to hinder treatment being delivered to patients at hospitals, saying medical care comes before any police investigation ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-24
The Hospital Authority has pledged to review the security of patient information following reports that several protesters against the extradition bill were arrested while seeking treatment in public ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-21
The Hospital Authority (HA) has denied a legislator's allegation that police could access its computer database containing patients' personal information, stressing that it upholds patient confidentia ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-18
As Hong Kong is engulfed in a firestorm of controversy over the government’s proposed extradition law changes, religious leaders in the city made a rare intervention into political affairs. The Colloq ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-14
Police had no choice but to use force to quell the violence outside the Legislative Council building on Wednesday as protesters stormed defense lines, posing a threat to law enforcement officials, Pol ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-14
The Housing Authority (HA) has started distributing application forms for a new batch of flats for sale this year under the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS 2019). As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, the HA Customer ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-24
A scheme launched by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) in 2018 to ease the housing shortage has not been yielding positive results, and now the group is said to be in discussion with the government ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-22
A lawyer who took the witness stand in the trial of a bribery case involving former government official Wilson Fung Wing-yip and Macau businesswoman Cheyenne Chan Ung-iok, testified that he did not kn ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-22
The Medical Council of Hong Kong has finally approved a plan to ease requirements for overseas-trained specialist doctors to work in the city, a move that is expected to alleviate the severe manpower ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-09
The Medical Council of Hong Kong, which oversees the registration of medical practitioners in the city, will vote on a new plan to ease the severe staff shortage in public hospitals, after it rejected ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
A lab under the Hospital Authority (HA) has warned members of the public against eating wild plants without confirming the safety of the species first, pointing out the fact that some plants can cause ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-11
Five more people, including a 28-year-old pregnant woman, were confirmed to have contracted measles in Hong Kong, taking the number of cases this year to 61, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) und ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-09
Members of the Medical Council of Hong Kong, which oversees the registration of eligible medical practitioners in the city, have rejected all the measures proposed to exempt an internship requirement ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-04
Four more people were confirmed to have contracted measles in the city, taking the number of such cases this year to 40. Three of the four new measles patients work at the airport, while the fourth is ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-03
