Tag: Hong Kong

Hong Kong Sky Lantern Festival: Hand-Making Sky Lanterns & Paper Cranes to Challenge Guinness World Record

“The 2022 Hong Kong Sky Lantern Festival,” organized by the non-profit-making organization GP43, kicked off at Wonderland, West Kowloon Cultural District, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong on Aug. 6. The two-day event showcased more than 200 “blessing the sky lanterns” and two million “blessing paper cranes” to pray for Hong Kong and successfully challenge the…


New Blood Test Product Introduced, It Felt Painless Like Mosquito Bite

To understand our physical condition, it is often necessary to visit a hospital or clinic to do a blood test. However, operations of many medical institutions have been affected by the epidemic, causing much inconvenience to the public. To help overcome this problem the Prenetics Group has launched several home blood test products under the…


6th Generation Peak Tram Will Be Put Into Service at End of August

The 6th generation Peak Tram will be put into service at 11:00 a.m. on the 27th of August. Both Central Terminal and Peak Terminal will also be re-opened after renovation. The new indoor waiting area at Central Terminal can accommodate 1,300 people. Waiting time for passengers will be significantly reduced by more than 70 percent,…


CUHK Research: Lorlatinib Significantly Improves Survival, Slows Cancer Spread and Brain Metastases

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the world, with an estimated 1.8 million deaths each year. In Hong Kong, it is the number one killer among all cancer types, with more than 4,000 new cases recorded every year. Professor Tony Mok Shu-kam of the Faculty of Medicine, of The Chinese University of…


Nearly 300 Hong Kong Children Diagnosed With Long COVID

Hong Kong is currently experiencing its fifth wave of a COVID-19 outbreak. About 150,000 children and young people aged 19 and below are infected with the disease, some of whom have developed severe symptoms. Furthermore, a study by Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong found that nearly 300 children developed long COVID or post-COVID conditions….


Preserving Cantonese and Traditional Chinese Characters for Future Generations

Most of the latest wave of Hong Kong Emigrants have chosen the four cities of London and Manchester in Britain, and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada as their new homes. The Hong Kong parents in those cities are using DIY teaching materials at home to carry on the learning of the Cantonese language and traditional…


Hong Kong Court Lifts Reporting Ban on National Security Case for 47 Democrats

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court lifted restrictions on Thursday on reporting pre-trial proceedings of a landmark national security case involving 47 pro-democracy campaigners that has dragged on for more than a year. The decision comes one day after the lifting of a reporting restriction for another national security case involving a civil society group behind…


Hong Kong Court Lifts Reporting Ban on National Security Case for 47 Democracy Activists

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court lifted restrictions on Thursday on reporting pre-trial proceedings of a landmark national security case involving 47 pro-democracy campaigners that has dragged on for more than a year. The decision comes one day after the lifting of a reporting restriction for another national security case involving a civil society group behind…


Hong Kong Children Getting Serious Complication From COVID-19 Requiring ICU, Several Have Died

During the fifth wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong, there is a rising trend in children being infected with COVID-19. Some children suffer from sequelae such as croup, also known as laryngotracheobronchitis, and acute encephalitis. MIS-C Patients and Complications. There are also reports of children showing temporary blindness. Doctors pointed out that most Multisystem…


Hong Kong Children Getting Serious Complications From COVID-19 Requiring ICU, Several Have Died

During the fifth wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong, there is a rising trend in children being infected with COVID-19. Some children suffer from sequelae such as croup, also known as laryngotracheobronchitis, and acute encephalitis. MIS-C Patients and Complications. There are also reports of children showing temporary blindness. Doctors pointed out that most Multisystem…