Hong Kong authorities should consider gradually raising some service charges to a cost-recovery level for the government’s long-term financial health despite the move not having an immediate effect on the nearly HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) deficit, experts have said. Experts on Monday pointed to immigration charges such as visa and passport fees and illegal parking…
Students at a proposed medical school at Hong Kong’s Baptist University will have some exposure to traditional Chinese medicine in their studies, while the institution aims to admit its first cohort of 50 to 60 next year at the earliest. The university said on Monday that it had completed a draft of its proposal for…
Baptist University has said it can handle a 3 to 5 per cent cut in public funding over the next three years in the face of the Hong Kong government’s fiscal deficit, a day after City University indicated the same. Baptist University president Alexander Wai Ping-kong on Friday also expressed confidence his institution could win…
A university in Hong Kong will provide free traditional Chinese medicine treatments to 5,000 people who suffer from depression, anxiety or insomnia under a three-year project, with a goal of establishing related protocols for mental health issues. Baptist University said on Monday that it had launched the city’s first large-scale community project that promoted the…
Ethnic minority workers in Hong Kong experienced more than two instances of subtle or unintentional insults related to their race in the workplace over the past year, a university study has found. The study, conducted by Lingnan University and Baptist University from January 2023 to June 2024, explored the issue of microaggression that ethnic minority…
Hong Kong’s Audit Commission has urged Polytechnic University to relax security measures to allow public visits after using HK$230 million (US$29.6 million) to repair damage sustained during the 2019 anti-government protests. In a report released on Wednesday, the commission said access to the university’s campus in Hung Hom had been restricted to students, staff and…
A top adviser to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which is vying to set up the city’s third medical school, has said the institution could attract top scholars and greater resources despite its lack of experience in training health professionals. Urologist Dr Leong Che-hung, chairman of the university’s Council Advisory Group…
A top US health expert has thrown his weight behind the approach taken by Hong Kong authorities to adopt the American model in developing a third medical school, citing successful examples in Singapore. Professor Victor Dzau, president of the US National Academy of Medicine, shared his view on Wednesday before he was conferred an honorary…
Most Hongkongers support prioritising the development of local renewable energy, a survey by a leading environmental group and a city university has found, with more than half of respondents expressing reservations about importing electricity from mainland China. Results of the survey, jointly conducted by Greenpeace Hong Kong and Baptist University, were released after the UN’s…