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Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:40:25 +0800
Robotic device helps remove tumours in throats
Two local universities have jointly developed a groundbreaking robotic device to treat head and neck cancer, which they said is less invasive than traditional forms of treatment and spares patients from remaining in "extreme" body positions during su...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:29:48 +0800
HK reports two imported Covid cases
Hong Kong reported two imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday. Health authorities said the fully-vaccinated patients – a 33-year-old woman and 55-year-old man – flew in from the Philippines and South Korea respectively. They were asymptomatic, and...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:59:18 +0800
Police raid already closed June 4 museum
National security police on Thursday raided the closed June 4 museum in Mong Kok, as four core members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which ran the venue, remained in detention. Officers arrived at ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:46:34 +0800
Twelve plead guilty to joining banned June 4 vigil
Another 12 people on Thursday pleaded guilty over a banned June 4 vigil last year. Appearing at the District Court, former lawmakers and activists admitted taking part in or inciting others to join an unlawful assembly in Victoria Park. The 12 wer...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:23:15 +0800
Share exposure records to re-open border, expert says
Respiratory medical expert, Leung Chi-chiu, said on Thursday that exchanging Covid exposure records is one of the things that mainland and local authorities have to work on before both sides can lift border restrictions. His comments come a day aft...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:18:46 +0800
'M+ opening will be a milestone for Hong Kong'
Artist and architect Raymond Fung on Thursday hailed the upcoming opening of the M+ Museum as an important milestone for arts development in Hong Kong, in the midst of a pandemic which has badly crippled the tourist sector. The museum will finally o...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:09:40 +0800
M+ Museum to open on November 12
The M+ Museum will finally open on November 12 after years of delay, the West Kowloon Cultural District announced on Wednesday. Hong Kong residents can visit the contemporary visual culture museum for free for its first year of operation. In a sta...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 19:12:11 +0800
Cathay staff sacked for not getting Covid jabs
Cathay Pacific said it has sacked "a small number" of flight crew who weren't vaccinated against Covid-19 and didn't produce proof of medical exemption. But the airline did not specify the exact number. The loss-making carrier said the coronavirus ...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:01:49 +0800
22 arrested in crackdown on money-laundering group
Hong Kong and mainland police have arrested 22 people in a crackdown on a cross-border money-laundering syndicate, which they said had handled HK$740 million of suspected crime proceeds. SAR officers said they earlier received intelligence, and fou...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:51:42 +0800
'Protest fund should've been banned long time ago'
Financial services minister Christopher Hui has come under fire at the Legislative Council for not taking action sooner against a fund that raises money to help people arrested during the 2019 social unrest. The criticism follows the 612 Humanitaria...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:08:56 +0800
Two new imported Covid cases reported
Health authorities on Wednesday reported two new imported Covid-19 cases – both fully vaccinated and infected with the potentially more contagious L452R mutant strain. One of them is a 31-year-old man who flew in from South Korea on September 2. H...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:05:41 +0800
Vaccination rate drops to worrying level: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that the number of people taking the coronavirus jabs recently has dropped to a “worrying” level, as she again urged people to get vaccinated as soon as possible if they want to have quarantine-free tr...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:45:56 +0800
Let more mainlanders skip quarantine, unionist urges
A veteran unionist on Wednesday urged the government to expand the daily quota for mainland and Macau residents to come to Hong Kong without having to undergo quarantine. Wong Kwok, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, made the comments a da...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 07:24:58 +0800
Alliance says police arresting key members
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China says police arrived at the homes and offices of its key members early on Wednesday to make arrests after it refused to hand over information requested by the force's nationa...

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 01:53:11 +0800
Govt to phase out deep-throat saliva tests
The government said late on Tuesday it's moving to phase out the use of self-collected deep throat saliva tests in favour of nasal and throat swabs taken by professionals in an effort to improve the effectiveness of mandatory Covid-19 testing. From ...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:53:13 +0800
Hot pot attendees hit by carbon monoxide poisoning
Health authorities said on Tuesday that fourteen people were hospitalised for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after a hot pot dinner in Wan Chai. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the six men and eight women, aged between 23 and 39, ha...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:59:55 +0800
HK prisoners are 'building up forces': security chief
Security Secretary Chris Tang on Tuesday warned that prison inmates are using treats such as chocolates to recruit followers and "build up forces" to endanger national security. Tang said these prisoners, whom he didn't name, are either on remand be...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:08:30 +0800
June 4 vigil group again calls police's bluff
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on Tuesday doubled down on its insistence that it will not hand over information for a national security probe into its activities, submitting a letter to the police outlini...

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:34:54 +0800
'Sinovac risks may outweigh benefits for children'
A government adviser on Covid-19 vaccines, Ben Cowling, said on Tuesday that he has reservations about letting young children take Sinovac jabs, hours after the chair of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases called for such a move....

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:06:02 +0800
Six new imported Covid cases reported
Health officials on Tuesday reported six imported Covid-19 cases. The four women and two men, aged between 37 and 50, arrived from the United States, Britain, the Philippines and Tanzania. All of them were vaccinated earlier and tested positive fo...



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