'More transparent private healthcare charges needed'
[RTHK] - 03/6/2025
The city's consumer watchdog on Thursday called on various private healthcare service providers, including hospitals and clinics, to be more transparent when they disclose their fees, given complaints over unexpectedly higher medical costs. The Consumer Council said it received 191 complaints (…)
In Hong Kong newspapers
Hong Kong stocks jump to 3-year high, erasing trade-war loss on China stimulus hopes
Alibaba gains more than 8 per cent on release of new reasoning AI model.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of Tiananmen vigil trio in nat. security case
Hong Kong’s top court has ruled in favour of three Tiananmen vigil activists, quashing their convictions over (…)
[HKFP] - 6/03/2025
Cathay sorry after failure forces Hong Kong-Milan flight to divert to Lanzhou
‘We sincerely apologise to our affected customers for the inconvenience caused and appreciate their understanding,’ (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Elderly patient dies after choking on wrong food provided at Caritas Medical Centre
Hong Kong’s Caritas Medical Centre has apologised for the death of an elderly patient who choked after being fed a (…)
[HKFP] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong’s top court overturns convictions of Tiananmen vigil activists
Leaders of now-dissolved group, including Chow Hang-tung, were sentenced to jail in 2023 for rejecting police request.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Arena fan expulsion fiasco ‘should have been foreseen’
Snooker event organisers and venue operator should have planned for overrun matches, insists Major Sports Events (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong issues cold weather warning with temperatures set to dip again
Cold weather expected to set in on Thursday night and persist into the following morning.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai wraps up testimony at nat. security trial after 52 days in witness box
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has wrapped up his testimony in his high-profile national security trial after (…)
[HKFP] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong cultural hub to stage inaugural arts week in Shanghai in June
Event will run from June 18 to 22, as West Kowloon arts hub looks to ‘market the Hong Kong brand’ and set up similar (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Thanks to property gains, MTR profit more than doubles
Net profit at the MTR Corporation more than doubled last year, thanks largely to strong gains in local property (…)
[RTHK] - 6/03/2025
Hong Kong teens to pay up to HK$780 at some private dental clinics in pilot scheme
Authorities vow to step up promotion as only 4 per cent of practising dentists have registered for trial programme (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025