The Hong Kong Airport Authority’s recently unveiled “Skytopia” mega-project, with its HK$100 billion (US$12.9 billion) price tag and promise of an arts hub, gourmet market and yacht marina, shows that the government is seriously misreading public sentiment. The attraction of affordability and quality is not lost on Hong Kong residents, who are crossing the border
Two vacant Hong Kong campus sites for as many as 1,000 international school pupils have been allocated to a prominent educational institution and a foundation set up by the family of a late shipping tycoon, as the city strives to attract mainland Chinese and overseas talent. The Chinese International School (CIS) said the government’s decision
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning and welcome back. Hong Kong could be due for its largest listing in years — more on that
Photo by SING TAO. Hong Kong and mainland stocks fell on Tuesday, with automobile shares weighed down by tariff threats and peer competition worries. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed 227 points lower, or 1.06 percent, to 21,294. The main board turnover dropped to HK$219.61 billion, compared to the previous day, but remained above
衛生防護中心傳染病處主任歐家榮指，三名患者分別在2月4日、2月6日和2月10日出現一些症狀，包括發燒、肚痛和腹瀉。其中一名腫瘤科醫生2月4日發病，2月6日入院治療，翌日離世；其餘兩名病徵輕微的患者的初步化驗結果顯示，有一名病徵輕微醫生的糞便樣本對於產志賀毒素大腸桿菌呈陽性，其餘兩位患者的相關樣本，包括去世患者的樣本都呈陰性。 中心現階段初步認為，群組個案可能與產志賀毒素大腸桿菌感染有關，衛生防護中心聯同醫院管理局和香港大學醫學院微生物學系展開一系列調查工作，調查的方向包括病人在潛伏期的飲食紀錄、工作環境和可能接觸到的場所或人，從而追查有可能感染源頭，初步推斷其中一個可能性是患者進食受污染食物，並已在腫瘤科休息室收集約20個相關食物樣本進一步化驗，亦即時聯絡食環署巡查瑪嘉烈醫院內的一些餐廳，而流行病學調查發現，暫未見三名病人共同進食過任何食物或共同去過某一間餐廳；故另一可能是透過污染的環境人傳人，中心已在腫瘤科辦公室和洗手間等患者曾到過的一些地方或工作地點採集超過40個環境樣本，正等待化驗結果。 袁國勇：產志賀毒素大腸桿菌每年感染少、死亡率低 香港大學醫學院微生物學系傳染病學講座教授袁國勇表示，產志賀毒素大腸桿菌每年僅平均0至6宗感染，死亡率低於5%，引致健康成人死亡更屬罕見，死者短時間內情况急轉直下，到急症室時已要插喉，並在24小時內過身，袁形容是「好特別、好特別」。他稱毋須關閉病房，求診者亦不須擔心感染，因院方已作深層清潔，病毒容易阻截，腫瘤科服務暫時無影響。 袁國勇重申，尚未肯定三人是否同一群組。而死者並未驗出產志賀毒素大腸桿菌，他推斷事主可能生前曾服用抗生素，以致無法驗出病毒；另一可能則屬「假陽性」，但因短時間内同一地點發生3宗腹瀉案例，因此列作群組調查，亦不排除之後有更多病例。歐家榮指，三名患者均曾在6樓休息室進食，使用同一洗手間、辦公室，當值時共用一室，但在員工餐廳感染可能性較低。 瑪嘉烈醫院及北大嶼山醫院行政總監羅振邦表示，離世的腫瘤科醫生熱愛工作，深得同事尊重，形容他是為病人設想的好醫生，院方非常沉痛。他亦透露另外兩名患者屬年輕醫生，其中一人已出院。 一文睇：產志賀毒素大腸桿菌病徵、傳播途徑、治療及預防方法 Source link
New World Development (NWD) raised prices for a new batch of units in a sought-after residential project on Hong Kong Island, as prospective buyers outnumber the project’s supply of flats by more than 28 times. The developer said the response to the 388-unit State Pavilia project on King’s Road in North Point has been “enthusiastic”,
An elderly man and his son were found dead in a Hong Kong village house on Tuesday evening, with police investigating whether the case in Yuen Long was linked to a suspected suicide in the district around the same time. Police said they received a report that two men had been found unconscious in a
CATL‘s listing is expected to raise at least $5 billion and will be Hong Kong’s biggest in four years. It has been No. 1 in global power battery market share for eight consecutive years and No. 1 in the energy storage battery market for three straight years. (CATL’s Qilin Battery on display at the April
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] AI and robotics are transforming workplaces across the globe. In China, following DeepSeek AI’s announcement of the DeepSeek R1, which rattled tech sector worldwide, UBTech, a Chinese robotics manufacturer, aims to mass-produce AI-enabled industrial humanoid robots capable of assisting with domestic chores by
Hong Kong’s largest electricity provider has rolled out an artificial intelligence-assisted platform to strengthen its ability to detect and respond to threats to the power supply, while planning to expand its surveillance network from 1,000 to 1,700 cameras over the next several years. CLP Power said on Tuesday that it had deployed a new Grid-V
Cathay Cargo has flown around 70 horses to Hong Kong for the Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show taking place later this week. Working with the show organisers, Cathay Cargo planned a charter flight from Liège Airport in Belgium using one of its Boeing 747 freighters to carry most of the showjumping and specialist high-jump
The number of scams reported in Hong Kong has increased by 11.7 per cent year on year, including more than 5,500 cases featuring a new type of deception involving fake customer service messages. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Tuesday that the force had recorded 94,727 criminal cases in 2024, a 5 per
Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has acknowledged being “insensitive” for failing to vet two videos published on Apple Daily fronted by a now-fugitive calling for US sanctions against Hong Kong and Beijing before the imposition of the national security law. Judges on Tuesday grilled Lai over his position that he was initially unaware of the
One of the two defendants accused of assisting slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung’s ex-husband in a failed attempt to flee Hong Kong has said she only acted as a messenger to help connect several of the parties together, including a yacht rental agent. Prosecutors on Tuesday played in court a 44-minute video of Irene Pun
CHP conducts comprehensive investigation into suspected Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection cluster at PMH The Head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health, Dr Albert Au, said today (February 11) that the CHP is conducting a comprehensive investigation into a suspected Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
A Hong Kong doctor has died after he was suspected to have contracted a rare E. coli infection, the city’s health authorities have said. Two other doctors working at Princess Margaret Hospital are also suspected to have contracted the illness. Princess Margaret Hospital. File Photo: GovHK. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the
The battery maker’s decision to file for a Hong Kong listing comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions. Credit: IM Imagery/Shutterstock. Chinese battery maker CATL is preparing to submit an application for a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange this week, reported Reuters citing two undisclosed sources. The firm aims to raise at least $5bn with
One of three Hong Kong doctors showing symptoms of a highly toxic strain of E coli has died, as authorities investigate the possible cause of the cases inside the same department of a public hospital. Experts investigating the cases at Princess Margaret Hospital’s oncology department in Kwai Chung said on Tuesday that they believed the
The chairman of one of Hong Kong’s largest restaurant chains is selling an industrial building in Sha Tin as a highly competitive retail environment takes a toll on the hospitality sector. The owner of Big Orange, a nine-storey building in Tai Wai, on Monday appointed property consultancy CBRE to hold a public tender for the
The operator of Hong Kong’s trams has proposed raising adult fares by 10 per cent – or 30 HK cents – to HK$3.30, saying passenger volume has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Under a proposal submitted to transport authorities by Hong Kong Tramways on Tuesday, adult fares will be increased from the current HK$3.
