In suicide and self-harm prevention, we can do better
EDITORIAL We are spending more on suicide prevention than ever before yet suicide rates are their highest in more than a decade. Why? We mourn each and every life lost in this devastating way, but the...
View ArticleSpate of student suicides worries Hong Kong authorities
Hong Kong has pledged better psychological services for schools after four students committed suicide in just five days. ......
View ArticleHong Kong and Shanghai Hotel net profit drops 12.7pc to HK$1b amid tourist...
Peninsula hotel chain owner Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels said on Wednesday that net profit for 2015 declined due to lower tourist flows and the closure of two flagship hotels. The company said net...
View ArticleIn the wake of student suicides, let’s give Hong Kong’s troubled youth some...
The surge of suicides among students in Hong Kong over the past six months is very worrying. We have witnessed an increasing trend of...
View ArticleStudents’ suicide posts on Facebook prompt calls to update Hong Kong’s...
An alarming trend of university students leaving suicide-related messages on Facebook groups has prompted calls for the government to change its counselling strategies. While...
View ArticleHong Kong education minister pelted with bloody exam papers after wave of...
A spate of student suicides in Hong Kong has sparked angry protests over what is seen as a highly-stressful exam system - with politicians using gory ‘blood-stained’ props to make their point. Hong...
View ArticleStudents at breaking point: Hong Kong announces emergency measures after 22...
It is a statistic that is as alarming, as it is baffling. Since the start of the academic year, a spike in the number of students in Hong Kong who have committed suicide has seen 22 young people – one...
View ArticleStudents at breaking point: surge in Hong Kong suicides rings alarm bells
It is a statistic that is as alarming, as it is baffling. Since the start of the academic year, a spike in the number of students in Hong Kong who have committed suicide has seen 22 young people – one...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Students of the Year past and present discuss youth suicide,...
Student of the Year winners – past and present – addressed the tragic and topical issue of youth suicide yesterday. Proving her mettle in overcoming difficulties, this year’s grand prize winner, Cheng...
View ArticleReview into spate of suicides in Hong Kong should be expedited
Having 22 young people take their own lives in half a year should ring alarm bells in any society, even more so when the last four cases happened within five days. Such concerns have been reflected...
View ArticleMinority report: Mainland Chinese official says Hong Kong separatists do not...
Advocates of separatism and Hong Kong independence are a minority who do not represent the mainstream but their views have been “magnified”, according to a top Beijing official in charge of Hong Kong...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors plead for better measures to tackle overcrowding in public...
The leader of a public doctors’ group called for alleviating measures focusing on two to three hospitals with extremely severe workload in the midst of flu season. This came after health minister Dr Ko...
View ArticleMoody’s ‘negative’ views on Hong Kong are one-sided but we should take heed...
All eyes are on Hong Kong’s Aa1 sovereign debt rating – the second-highest possible – after the credit ratings agency Moody’s Investor Services changed the city’s long-term debt outlook from stable to...
View ArticleHong Kong and China: A special relationship
Recent developments in Hong Kong - from the violent disturbances in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district on the first day of the Chinese new year to the disappearance of publisher Lee Bo - have taken concerns...
View ArticleLittle tricks Hong Kong’s wealthy use to keep dim-witted offspring busy
From the 19th century onwards, “trailing spouses” have made their own way in Hong Kong, opening businesses and forging existences quite separate from their husband’s work role. Among Hong Kong’s...
View ArticleLabour peer Joan Bakewell says eating disorders like anorexia are a sign of...
Labour party peer Baroness Joan Bakewell has said the rise of eating disorders such as anorexia among teenagers is a sign of “narcissism”. In an interview with The Sunday Times, the British journalist...
View ArticleHong Kong lawmakers launch ‘blood-stained’ TSA paper protest over student...
Furious lawmakers threw “blood-stained” exam papers for the much-criticised Territory-wide System...
View ArticleYoung women and middle-aged Australians drive rise in national suicide rate
A steep rise in death by suicide among middle-aged Australians and young women has driven the national suicide rate to its highest level in 13 years. Australia's suicide rate rose to 12 per 100,000...
View ArticleSharing of data between public and private clinics will boost Hong Kong’s...
In a city where public and private health care operate in separate universes, an electronic record-sharing system that could enhance treatment of a patient moving from one system to the other seems...
View ArticleLifeline wants 1 million to sign petition for funding for suicide prevention
Lifeline is calling for the federal government to double funding to suicide prevention, as almost eight people take their lives every day in Australia. A steep rise in death by suicide among...
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