Mindful Matters

When the Jockey Club ‘Peace and Awareness’ Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative began in 2019, COVID-19 had not appeared on the scene. But the challenges the pandemic has wrought on the mental health of our community – especially youth – have made it both timely...

Snuffing out Alternative Tobacco Products

E-cigarettes and other ATPs have presented a challenge when it comes to controlling tobacco use. On the one hand, in the United Kingdom, the National Health Service touts them as a stepping stone to quitting traditional cigarettes. On the other hand, the World Health...

The Eyes Have It

Cataracts are a common disease of the eye affecting vision especially among older people. The problem is easily cured, but in Hong Kong the wait for cataract surgery in the public health system is among the longest in the developed world, at three to four years....

Our New Head of HKU-Shenzhen Hospital

Professor Kenneth Cheung Man-chee, Chair Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Jessie Ho Professor in Spine Surgery, and now Chief Executive of the HKUSZ Hospital, has made a career of traversing East and West and seizing opportunities with the energy and...

Material Values

The best things in life are freeBut you can give them to the birds and beesI need money (That’s what I want) These lyrics come from an old American pop tune that has been covered by the Beatles and many other popular bands. But that fondness for material over...