NEWS

The total number of reported drug abusers in 2022 decreased by 14 percent compared to 2021, according to figures from the Central Registry of Drug Abuse (CRDA) on March 27. Young drug abusers aged under 21 also declined by 19 percent, from 888 to 718. Heroin is the common drug of choice, followed by cocaine and methamphetamine, also known as ...

April 1, 2023

All public swimming pools, except for the Mui Wo Swimming Pool, will be opened between April 1 and October, according to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) on March 30. Pools will operate between 6:30 am to 10:00 pm for three sessions daily with two one-hour breaks. Meanwhile, the Mui Wo Swimming Pool will operate between 8:3...

March 31, 2023

A course on Tagalog will be offered at Harvard University, according to the university's student paper The Crimson. Tagalog is now the fourth most spoken in the United States. Harvard’s Department of South Asian Studies will hire three instructors to teach Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia, and Thai for the upcoming academic year 2023-2024. Teac...

March 29, 2023

Visitors at public hospitals, residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs), and residential care homes for persons with disabilities (RCHDs) will no longer need to take the existing rapid antigen testing (RAT) requirements starting March 25. According to the Government, the COVID-19 epidemic continues to subside. March 25, 2023