An officer critically injured after falling 10 metres (33 feet) from a flyover near Tuen Mun when trying to avoid an oncoming bus “did what he needed to do”, Hong Kong’s police chief said on Sunday. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said the constable, 31, had regained consciousness but remained in the intensive care…
More than 22 hectares (54 acres) of ecologically valuable land have been damaged in Hong Kong’s South Lantau and northwestern New Territories, local groups have found, warning that poorly planned tourism development in these areas will worsen the harm. Greenpeace and Liber Research Community, an NGO focusing on development issues, released findings of a survey…
Think of oysters and most people picture them on a bed of ice at a seafood buffet. But apart from being a Sunday brunch delicacy, these shellfish are the ocean’s unsung heroes. In their natural habitat, oysters are ecological superstars that are capable of improving water quality and stabilising shorelines. They are hard-working, too: a…
Hong Kong is set to record its coldest day of this winter on Sunday, with the Observatory forecasting temperatures will fall to a low of 9 degrees Celsius [48.2 Fahrenheit] under the influence of an intense monsoon. The coldest day recorded so far this winter was January 12, when the mercury fell to 11 degrees…