Samuel Chow Tsz-hong left a teaching career behind to chase his dreams of lacrosse success with Hong Kong, and one day he hopes those he is now coaching replace him in the men’s senior team. The 24-year-old took charge for the first time at last weekend’s Hong Kong International Lacrosse Sixes, leading a youthful squad…
Genomic sequencing has helped Hong Kong identify the right treatments for cancer patients more quickly, according to an expert who also suggested that the city could be a “super-linker” between mainland China and the rest of the world in drug development. Aya El Helali, a clinician-scientist in medical oncology at the University of Hong Kong,…
Hong Kong’s oldest university refused to provide a venue for students to mourn the victims of the Tai Po fire earlier this month, citing concerns of “social instability” and “force majeure”, according to its campus publication. In a reply to inquiries by the Post, a University of Hong Kong (HKU) spokesman said on Monday the…
Hundreds of lawyers have signed up to provide free advice to residents left homeless by Hong Kong’s deadly fire in Tai Po last month, as they try to understand their legal options and file insurance claims. Some residents have said they are at a loss over whether any criminal prosecutions will affect their legal cases…
Hundreds of lawyers have signed up to provide free advice to residents left homeless by Hong Kong’s deadly fire in Tai Po last month, as they try to understand their legal options and file insurance claims. Some residents have said they are at a loss over whether any criminal prosecutions will affect their legal cases…
The court’s verdict in former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s trial has shed light on the ways in which implicit acts and actions taken before the national security law came into effect may constitute criminal offences, legal experts have said. Lai, 78, was found guilty on all three charges he faced under the…
Twelve people were injured on Sunday morning when a taxi and two minibuses were involved in a collision in Hong Kong. Police said they received a report at 9am about the traffic accident involving two green-topped minibuses and the taxi at 109 Pok Fu Lam Road, near the University of Hong Kong. The injured, comprising…
The wife of Chinese AI giant SenseTime’s late co‑founder has established an education and charity foundation in Hong Kong, donating HK$20 million (US$2.57 million) in the name of the couple to set up scholarships at several universities and establish a professorship. Sophie Yang Qiumei, a managing director and adviser to the CEO at the Hong…
Some survivors of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have voiced concerns over reliving the tragedy and sharing personal information if they take part in an investigation ordered by the city’s leader, with psychologists calling for a balance between justice and compassion. A number of residents from Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court, which was engulfed…
Firefighters rescued two workers who were trapped mid-air for over an hour after a gondola suspended from the top of a Hong Kong high-rise luxury tower malfunctioned and tilted sideways. Police said they received a report at 2.50pm from a security guard at The Belcher’s, a residential development near the University of Hong Kong, that…