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Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:08:39 +0800
'More resources needed to support SEN students'
A survey has suggested that students with special educational needs (SEN) are falling behind when it comes to online lessons as teachers had been unable to supply them with tailor-made learning materials. Youth I.D.E.A.S of the Hong Kong Federation...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:10:48 +0800
Police find air gun, car after watch shop robbery
Police on Tuesday said they believe they have found a car and an air gun connected to a HK$13 million watch shop robbery on August 31. Detective chief inspector Cheung Ka-wing said they found the car near Shing Mun Reservoir after receiving a repor...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:31:53 +0800
HK finds first suspected case of monkeypox
Hong Kong has identified its first suspected case of monkeypox, sources have told RTHK. It is understood that a patient believed to be carrying the virus is currently being examined in Queen Mary Hospital. No further details about the patient are ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:44:30 +0800
CE tight-lipped on scrapping hotel quarantine rule
Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday refused to be drawn on whether the government will further relax entry requirements in November to allow arrivals to undergo seven days of medical surveillance at home instead of having to quarantine at hotels. S...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:13:41 +0800
Doctor arrested over issuing vaccine exemptions
Police have arrested a 64-year-old doctor over a clinic that allegedly issued hundreds of medical exemption certificates for Covid-19 vaccinations without carrying out medical consultations. Investigators said late on Monday that they took action a...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:58:29 +0800
CE to push ahead on mandatory child abuse reporting
Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said the death of a five-year-old boy, who's believed to have been abused, highlighted the need to take forward legislative work on the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse. The child was found unconsciou...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:21:00 +0800
Call for private market access to Covid antivirals
The government has been urged to allow Covid oral antiviral drugs to be distributed in the private market, in order to boost their uptake. Henry Yeung, a council member of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association, was commenting after authorities ...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 23:40:04 +0800
Compulsory testing notice issued for 73 places
The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 73 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. Th...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 20:42:10 +0800
Police arrest six men over luxury watch robbery
Police on Monday said they arrested six men in connection with an armed robbery in Causeway Bay last week in which 70 luxury watches worth $13 million were stolen. Officers said the people detained include the suspected thieves as well as two men w...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:16:00 +0800
HK's daily Covid figure still above 10,000
Health authorities on Monday said they had recorded 10,021 new Covid cases, as they voiced concern that upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations may spur infections in the community. The newly reported cases included 9,869 local infections, while ...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:23:40 +0800
Govt to conduct survey on Hongkongers' travel habits
Transport officials on Monday said they are carrying out a survey on people's travel habits and how these have been influenced by technology and the pandemic. About 35,000 households will be randomly chosen to take part in the voluntary, once-in-a-d...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 17:19:16 +0800
Ex-lawmakers ask for early sentencing for subversion
Three former lawmakers have urged the High Court not to wait for the conclusion of an upcoming national security trial and to sentence them sooner now they have indicated they intend to plead guilty to a subversion charge. Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki and...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:22:13 +0800
Sham Shui Po murder case adjourned to November
A 33-year-old woman on Monday was remanded under the custody of the Correctional Services Department after appearing in court charged with the murder of her five-year-old son. No plea was taken at West Kowloon Magistracy and the case was adjourned ...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:56:27 +0800
'Don't wait for 2nd generation Covid vaccines'
The president of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong, William Chui, on Monday urged people to get vaccinated as soon as possible rather than waiting for second-generation vaccines. Chui said he expects new batches of Covid vaccines to b...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:45:30 +0800
Help track seniors' Covid drug intake: doctor
A family doctor has called on people to keep a close eye on the use of coronavirus medication by elderly relatives, to ensure there is no mixing up of drugs and that treatment courses are completed. Lam Wing-wo estimated that up to a fifth of his e...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 22:24:34 +0800
Compulsory testing notice issued for 67 places
The government on Sunday issued compulsory testing notices for 67 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. Th...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:19:32 +0800
Fourth man arrested over Yau Ma Tei death
Police said on Sunday that they have arrested one more person in connection with the death of a 35-year-old man in Yau Ma Tei on August 29. They said the 25-year-old suspect has been charged with one count of murder and was due to appear in the Kow...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:33:35 +0800
Survey finds 12% of over 60s didn't report infections
A new survey of over-60s has found that more than one in ten have concealed past Covid infections, while some say fear of side effects have stopped them from getting three jabs. The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute said of 664 seniors it ...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 17:27:37 +0800
Hong Kong records 10,683 new Covid cases
The number of new Covid-19 cases stayed above the 10,000 again on Sunday as authorities warned that infection figures were likely to keep increasing. Health authorities reported 10,683 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, including 193 imported cas...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:05:13 +0800
'MIRROR dancer given 5 percent chance to recover'
The father of injured MIRROR dancer Mo Li revealed on Sunday that doctors have given the 27-year-old just a five-percent chance of fully recovering from a spinal injury that has left him in danger of becoming permanently paralysed from the neck down....



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