Ebbing away: Hong Kong's ivory trade
As Hong Kong moves towards the final step of a landmark ivory ban, TRAFFIC has released a report that acknowledges progress, but urges tighter regulation on privately owned ivory stocks, antique ivory
Hong Kong
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HONG KONG
A massive protest was held in Hong Kong demanding -action against the rising air pollution level. People wearing gas masks and holding placards proclaiming "Diesel is deadly" and
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HONG KONG
The seven month-old organ donation law, enacted to prevent commercial dealing in human organs and protect the rights of donors and transplant patients, has come in for a lot of criticism. The law may
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Face off with cancer
It's simple. Cut the face out, remove the tumour, and put the face back on. Surgeons are doing it in Hong Ko
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HONG KONG
Hong Kong is preparing to tackle the mosquito menace following a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases. Five cases were notified in 1996 and 10 in 1997, but by the end of July this year, eight had
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HONG KONG
Some 1,500 tonne of the territory's farmed fish have been killed due to a "red tide' of toxic algae. A few months back, Hong Kong's entire chicken population was slaughtered amid a scare over
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IN FOCUS
Doctors in Hong Kong have recen tly diagnosed a 19-year-old woman with the bird flu infection. With this, the total number of confirmed human cases have gone up to 16. Five people are still under
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Fowl play
January 3, and all is not well in Hong Kong. With four people dead, and 11 confirmed and six suspected cases of A (H5N1) infection, the new strain of influenza virus, transmitted to humans from poultry, has wrecked havoc in Hong Kong. The latest in a
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Preventive steps
Till the time researchers come up with an effective vaccine against A (H5N1), prevention is the only way to avoid the deadly virus. Beyond that, early recognition of infection and specific
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Chicken worries
A new strain of influenza virus transmitted to humans from chicken is causing panic in Southeast Asia
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In which the shark won
it was a case of a shark escaping from the jaws of human "cruelty'. A restaurant owner in Hong Kong is facing charges of animal cruelty after a 2.6-metre female shark was rescued from a fish