After her father lost his ability to walk, Hongkonger Anita Au spent about HK$1 million (US$128,816) removing safety hazards and redesigning her parents’ house to meet older people’s needs. The five months of renovations to make the 400 sq ft flat in Aberdeen wheelchair friendly were carried out last year so that Au’s 86-year-old father,…
My driver did not hold back during the two-hour ride, talking about everything from autonomous vehicle technology company Pony.ai to Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi, from Shanghai to Shenzhen and Wuhan, arguing on various levels that intelligent driving is, in fact, not intelligent, and autonomous vehicles may not benefit humanity. Source link
The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme has fallen by more than 40 per cent over a year, with industry players attributing the drop partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. According to statistics submitted to the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee by the…
The number of community nannies under a Hong Kong childcare programme declined sharply by more than 40 per cent from 2023 to last year, with industry players attributing the dip partly to carers’ fears over abuse allegations following an earlier scandal that tarnished the service. There were a total of 1,043 nannies recruited to provide…
Providing a safer living environment for elderly Hongkongers could cut at least HK$5.67 billion (US$730 million) in annual hospitalisation costs by 2046, the year when over a third of the city’s population is expected to be aged 65 and above, a think tank has said. Our Hong Kong Foundation on Thursday released a policy research…
Hong Kong will implement part of its revised HK$2 (26 US cents) transport fare scheme in April of next year, five months ahead of schedule, a minister has said, with the move expected to save authorities HK$260 million. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Wednesday that the public transport subsidy scheme…
Hong Kong’s police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said the challenges faced by the force during the 2019 social unrest were among the greatest over the course of his three-decade career. A day after recalling his 36 years of service at a passing-out parade for new cadets, the Commissioner of Police continued to reflect on…
Hong Kong’s police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said the challenges faced by the force during the 2019 social unrest were among the greatest over the course of his three-decade career. A day after recalling his 36 years of service at a passing-out parade for new cadets, the Commissioner of Police continued to reflect on…
Some patients and advocacy groups have voiced concerns over medical fee increases under a reform of Hong Kong’s subsidised public healthcare model, while experts have called for alternative services to be strengthened to support affected residents. Ng Ka-lun, who suffers from severe amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye”, will have to pay about HK$2,000 (US$257)…
As more and more of life becomes digital, some just want a breather. AFP Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Almost 20 years after the first iPhone arrived, not everyone is ready to go fully digital. We talk to a retired administrator, a…