Nestle Hong Kong has recalled 21 batches of baby milk formula products over potential contamination with a toxin that can cause food poisoning. The company revealed the precautionary recall on Tuesday, with the Centre for Food Safety urging parents to refrain from feeding their infants and young children the affected batches of powdered formula. The…
Hong Kong’s famed Peak Tram will raise its fares from next Monday, with standard ticket prices for children and the elderly increasing by nearly 40 per cent. The Peak Tramways Company announced on Monday that return tickets for adults would cost HK$116 (US$15) while one-way tickets would be HK$82, a rise of 7 to 8…
The Chinese University of Hong Kong will offer free autism screening for 200 young children with suspected symptoms under a pilot project using a newly developed tool that tests stool samples and can provide results as quickly as one week later. Researchers at the university said on Wednesday that they and a spin-off company, MicroSigX,…
Hong Kong has expanded the scope of an opt-in scheme that screens organisations for sex offenders to include volunteers, in a major step that will give greater protection to children and mentally incapacitated individuals. The expansion of the Sexual Conviction Record Check (SCRC) scheme took effect on Monday and was the second of the government’s…
Students on the way to school on the first day of the new academic year in North Point, Hong Kong, Sept 1, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY) The application period for secondary one discretionary places in government, aided and caput secondary schools as well as direct subsidy scheme secondary schools in the 2026 cycle…
An emotional message scribbled on a paper trash bag left on a high-speed train by a mother, expressing her frustration over her teenage child’s addiction to electronic devices, has sparked widespread discussion about parenting on mainland social media. The message resonated with a young passenger days later. This “message in a bottle” was written by…
A museum in Beijing has launched a creepy-crawly coffee brew which has ground-down cockroaches sprinkled on the surface of the drink. Aside from the insect powders, the caffeine pick-me-up is laced with dried yellow mealworms. Drinkers say it has a “burnt and slightly sour” flavour, the news outlet The Cover reported. The insect-topped coffee brew…
As child care costs soar, many Americans today find themselves paying more for a caregiver than they do for their monthly rent, according to a new analysis. Child care costs for parents with two kids exceed rental costs in 85 of the country’s largest metro areas, personal finance site LendingTree found. In Omaha, Neb., Milwaukee, Wis.,…
As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded rotary phone can restore patience and connection. The phone rings. Who might be calling? Will it be for me? In the age of personal devices, it’s a redundant question — but not at Sally Faughey’s house. Sally’s children jump…
In light of immigration raids in the West Chicago area, Audrey Luhmann got together with a team of rapid responders, college students and family to deliver candy to two apartment complexes in the area that she said were hit by immigration enforcement this year. Luhmann, 40, who organized the event with her Signal group called…