Internet addiction, suicide linked
The Taiwanese Society of Suicidology and the Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center yesterday cautioned the public over a correlation between Internet addiction and an increased tendency toward depression...
View ArticleIncome inequality and the obesity epidemic in Hong Kong
For most of human history, being plump was a sign of affluence and nobility. Modern capitalism and mass-market consumerism have reversed that. Today, being trim and fit is the real sign of affluence....
View ArticleAmid heightened social tensions, Hong Kong investors should brace for a...
After the violence in Mong Kok, murmurs of an unstable social environment left investors ambivalent about the city’s future. Social unrest typically dampens investor sentiment, and it is no different...
View ArticleHong Kong should invest in its future by fully subsidising kindergartens
Everyone knows Hong Kong society is ageing rapidly. Our previous and current chief executives have been acting like cheerleaders for young couples to give birth to more children. So expanding free...
View ArticleWhy we need more liberal studies in Hong Kong schools, not less
The recent Occupy movement has led some to accuse liberal studies as the culprit that instigated the student movement and say it should therefore be scrapped, drastically reformed or made an optional...
View ArticleLocalism is becoming a force to be reckoned with in Hong Kong politics
The outcome of the Legislative Council by-election on Sunday may not have come as a surprise at first glance. Barrister Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu successfully defeated Democratic Alliance for Betterment and...
View ArticleChinese University of Hong Kong steps up efforts to help students following...
The Chinese University is to step up its counselling service under emergency measures worked out after the institution lost another of its students to suicide over the weekend. A psychiatrist will be...
View ArticleNovel addresses teen suicide
A report about a teenager's suicide caught Raymond Wong Fook-lam's attention two years ago. The businessman couldn't fathom why young people would give up on their lives, especially when they had many...
View ArticleOne in three young adults dissatisfied with Hong Kong society: survey
Almost one in three Hong Kong young adults are dissatisfied with society, three times higher than the rate of personal dissatisfaction, according to a survey. Some 30 per cent were dissatisfied about...
View ArticleHong Kong should make full use of all available phone numbers before spending...
The use of mobile phones has become such an integral part of our daily lives that it would seem impossible to do without them nowadays. But the world, arguably, got by just as well before mobile phones...
View ArticleHong Kong suicide centre advocates taking to social media to reach out to...
Last week, about 800 suicide prevention experts from around the world gathered in Montreal for the 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, sponsored by the World...
View ArticleHong Kong’s map of death – where the suicides happen
It is a map of misery and death – a grimly fascinating overview of Hong Kong that offers a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood breakdown of thousands of lives lost to suicide. Bright red patches mark the...
View ArticleUphill battle as Hong Kong’s suicide taboo ‘killing our elderly’
The suicide rate of people over 65 in Hong Kong is almost double that of...
View Article'Little Big Master' ('Ng Gor Siu Haai Dik Haau Cheung'): Hong Kong/Filmart...
0 0 0 0 0 Email Print Comments Courtesy of Universe Films Distribution The Bottom Line Understated adult thesps and natural child stars headline tearjerking...
View ArticleHong Kong must not give up on those who have lost hope
The World Health Organisation defines mental health as "a state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively...
View ArticleBOYKO BORISSOV: WE FOUND THE NECESSARY MOTOR THAT CAN HELP US WITH ENERGY...
(Source: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria) BOYKO BORISSOV: WE FOUND THE NECESSARY MOTOR THAT CAN HELP US WITH ENERGY PROJECTS 14 April 2015 The Bulgarian economy has great potential,...
View ArticleRUMIANA BACHVAROVA: WE HAVE A PLAN IN ORDER TO COVER ALL POSSIBLE RISKS...
(Source: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria) RUMIANA BACHVAROVA: WE HAVE A PLAN IN ORDER TO COVER ALL POSSIBLE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 12 May 2015...
View ArticlePRIME MINISTER BOYKO BORISSOV: MONTENEGRO HAS BULGARIA’S SUPPORT (Council of...
(Source: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria) PRIME MINISTER BOYKO BORISSOV: MONTENEGRO HAS BULGARIA'S SUPPORT 27 March 2015 "Montenegro has Bulgaria's support," said Prime Minister Boyko...
View ArticlePrime Minister Borissov: The government will continue to support the...
(Source: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria) Prime Minister Borissov: The government will continue to support the development of culture and spirituality in Bulgaria 24 May 2015 Prime...
View ArticleSTATEMENTS BY PRIME MINISTER PROF. GEORGI BLIZNASHKI AND PRIME MINISTER BOYKO...
(Source: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria) STATEMENTS BY PRIME MINISTER PROF. GEORGI BLIZNASHKI AND PRIME MINISTER BOYKO BORISOV 07 November 2014 Statement by Prime Minister Prof....
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