... s in Hong Kong and reselling them across the border for huge profits, Apple Daily reported. The alleged scheme was divulged by lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki in a question addressed to Secretary for Food and Hea ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
... e in Hong Kong. Until the end of 2014, there were 2,578 chronic disease patients on the waiting list for organ transplants in Hong Kong, according to data from the Hospital Authority. Every year, ther ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... contender Ko Wen-je (柯文哲). Surely many KMT members have become frustrated since then. One piece of evidence is that all the factions chose to remain on the sidelines when the party’s early primary and ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
... The Hong Kong Medical Association said it collected 1,600 signatures in support of the doctors' demands. Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man told the doctors his department supports an extra 3 ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
Hong Kong's biggest medical associations are taking part in a sit-in protest by public hospital doctors demanding an extra pay increase. The Hong Kong Medical Association, Hong Kong Doctors Union, Hon ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... rmer Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-wah to develop a "Chinese herbal medicine port" in the city. Although we don't have much farmland to grow herbs in Hong Kong, I believe we remain at a definite ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
... secretary Ko Wing-man. Ko responded in a professional way, saying: "From the medical perspective, there is no document or evidence to support that lead is good for our health." As can be expected, thi ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... s of Hong Kong and the mainland. My premise did not draw much attention at the time. It was not until the agreement was signed in Atlanta on Monday that people suddenly awakened to the challenges pos ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
Children under two years old should not be allowed to use any electronic devices, according to eye specialists. The warning came after a survey found that one-third of Hong Kong children are exposed t ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
There is indeed something special about mainland tourists in this golden week holiday. On paper, there has been a 19 percent increase in the number of mainland tourists to Hong Kong -- above market ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
Hong Kong University Council members who nixed former law dean Johannes Chan's appointment as the new pro-vice-chancellor have been avoiding the media following the controversial vote. On Thursday, af ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
The University of Hong Kong council discussed at its meeting Tuesday night the search committee’s recommendation to appoint former law dean Johannes Chan Man-mun pro vice chancellor for academic staff ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
... nd Health Ko Wing-man, who learned of Lo’s condition on Monday night, also appealed for a donor. Lo, born to a Filipino mother and Chinese father, is a higher diploma (hotel and catering management) s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
What do model Chrissie Chau (周秀娜), former Hospital Authority chairman Anthony Wu Ting-yuk and Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man have in common? Just like local tycoon Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠) and Ten ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
As uncertainties continue to cast a pall over Hong Kong's housing market, even the real estate gurus are becoming increasingly bearish. Among the pessimists, seasoned property investor Chan Ching-bak ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
Water samples from a Kwun Tong nursery have 10 times the World Health Organization limit for lead content. Hong Kong Christian Service Kwun Tong Nursery (HKCSKTN) said the samples were taken from an e ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... The Hong Kong property market has three similarities with the market situation in 1997. There are as many main differences. The first similarity is that property prices today are as unreasonably high ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... nd Health Ko Wing-man revealed that a patient in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan had part of his lung removed due to a wrongful cancer diagnosis. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah has the highest support rating among the top three officials in the Leung Chun-ying administration, according to the latest poll by the University of Hong Kong' ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
Social workers are pushing back against claims they missed signs a seven-year-old girl in a vegetative state in a Hong Kong hospital was a victim of child abuse. The girl was emaciated and her body wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
