by admin | Nov 14, 2024
In July 2020, Hong Kong extended statutory paid maternity leave from 10 to 14 weeks to align with International Labour Organization standards. Not only was this a great day for new mums, but it also provided a rare opportunity to study directly and immediately the...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024
When Dr Zohar Lederman was an emergency medicine doctor in Israel, he was struck by how many patients did not want to go home because they had no one to go home to. They often ended up in the hospital longer than their condition warranted, but medical staff were not...
by admin | May 16, 2024
In 2022, US courts ordered American talk show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than US$1 billion in damages to the parents of several of the 20 children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School by a gunman in 2012. Jones had been claiming online...
by admin | May 16, 2024
Before social media took hold in the late 2000s, traditional newspapers were a key player in the media landscape, but they mainly reported on the movements and activities of government leaders or, if they were commercialised, on entertainment-oriented news....
by admin | Nov 24, 2023
Very hot weather is on the increase worldwide, challenging existing mechanisms for dealing with these events, as numerous recent disasters have revealed. Hong Kong is no exception. The city experienced its hottest summer on record this year and high temperatures posed...