About 90 per cent of Hongkongers at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 are more than a year from their last vaccination, a newly formed concern group has found, as it urged residents to get inoculated against the disease before the winter flu season. The Covid-19 Public Health Concern Group also said on Sunday…
The Hong Kong government could reduce land sale prices, improve the efficiency of 167,000 civil servants and temporarily freeze their pay as possible solutions to ease the HK$100 billion (HK$12.85 billion) deficit, experts have said, while admitting there are no simple solutions. A day after finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po projected the deficit would more…
When it comes to business between companies and governments – which has traditionally been a delicate dance – US president-elect Donald Trump and his “first buddy” Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, are redefining how it works. There have always been efforts to align the interests of the public and private spheres. The process has…
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…
China’s biggest risk during Donald Trump’s second term as president would be US government overhauls driven by tech billionaire Elon Musk, a leading Chinese political scientist and policy adviser to Beijing has warned. As a countermeasure, China should expand unilateral opening-up measures towards countries including the United States, Zheng Yongnian, dean of the School of…
Four of Hong Kong’s public universities have been listed among the top 133 varsities in the world in terms of the employability of their graduates, according to a global league table, with the best-performing one ranking 24th. The consultancy behind the survey said Hong Kong was regaining its pre-Covid momentum with two universities rising in…
A Malaysian ex-university professor in Hong Kong accused of murdering his wife and daughter has rejected prosecutors’ claims that an animal experiment he was carrying out with carbon monoxide was merely a ruse to obtain the deadly gas that killed them nine years ago via a yoga ball. Anesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun, 60, made the…
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…
A Hong Kong protester initially cleared of rioting at the height of the 2019 anti-government unrest has been jailed for nearly three years after he pleaded guilty following an appellate court’s decision to reverse his acquittal. The District Court on Wednesday sentenced 29-year-old Johnny Lee Chun-ho to 33 months behind bars, more than three years…
A major global university ranking company has said the city’s new “Study in Hong Kong” campaign launched at an opportune time given the fee rises, quotas and visa problems experienced at institutions in some traditionally popular destinations in the West. But Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British-based education information firm, said Hong Kong needed to put…