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China Sky One Medical, Inc. to Conduct Non-Deal Roadshow in Hong Kong and Singapore

HARBIN, China, July 28 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One Medical" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI ), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company producing over-the-counter drugs in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that the...

Diet, Purity of Food Source Could be Keys to Improving Health of Hong Kong Toddlers

HONG KONG, June 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- During a press conference announcing the results of a recent study on toddler health in Hong Kong, Ms. Ingrid Kan, Accredited Dietician of St. Teresa's Hospital, said an imbalanced diet could cause a raft of health issues among toddlers, including nutriti...

Sparta Systems Launches Hong Kong Operations to Drive Enterprise Quality and Compliance in Asia-Pacific Region

Regional and Industry Veterans to Serve Global Manufacturers with APAC Presence for Managing Complex Supply Chains HOLMDEL, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise(R) software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, to...

Hong Kong Situation Report on Swine Influenza

WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Hong Kong Department of Health today said leaflets with health messages had been distributed at the airport to passengers arriving from places where human cases of swine influenza were rep...

Titanium Group Implements Biometric Sign-On Infrastructures for Hong Kong Immigration Department

Company's Biometric Sign-On Infrastructures (BSI) enhances and tightens security control of e-Passport system in Immigration Department of Hong Kong SAR Government SAN JOSE, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Titanium Group, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: TTNUF), a...

Today(R) Sponge to be Distributed in Hong Kong and Macau

MEDIA, Pa., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synova Healthcare Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNVH) announced today that it would begin distributing and selling its Today(R) Sponge non-hormonal contraceptive product in Hong Kong and Macau through Hind Wing Co, Ltd., a distributor located in ...

GeneGo's First Customer in Hong Kong; The Chinese University of Hong Kong

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading provider of software and databases for systems biology and pathway analysis, today announced that the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Pediatric department will be using GeneGo's MetaCore(TM). Broad coverage of biomarkers an...

Reed Smith to Merge with Richards Butler Hong Kong

International firm to take top-five position in key market NEW YORK, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- International law firm Reed Smith, one of the 15 largest firms worldwide, will have a major presence in Asia through a benchmark agreement announced today with Richards Butler Hong Kong to merge...

Hong Kong Imposes Heavy Fine on Smokers

Legislators on the city's health services panel Friday approved a proposal to impose a 1,500 Hong Kong dollar ($191) fixed fine for anyone who breaches tough new anti-smoking laws . They also called for police to be drafted in to back up the teams of tobacco control officers given the respon...

Drugs Lure Hong Kong Youth Across China Border

Flash-lit by synchronized lasers, a nightclub heaving with Hong Kong teenagers vibrates to the latest dance hit as a pair cavort on stage dressed in the skimpiest of outfits. "Scream louder if you want more," a DJ shouts to the cavernous hall, while on stage the male dancer in low-cut jean...

Hong Kong Warning on 'unsafe' Toothpaste

Hong Kong on Monday warned the public to stop using three brands of toothpaste containing a potentially dangerous industrial chemical. The customs department said samples contained diethylene glycol (DEG), which prompted an outcry when it was discovered in exports of Chinese toothpaste to Panama. ...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

Discarded cigarette packets, McDonald's wrappers and even old socks litter the shores of Lau Fau Shan in Hong Kong's far north, home to what remains of the territory's oyster farming industry. From across the border in China, factories belch smoke into the fetid air over Deep Bay, one of Hong Kong...

Hong Kong to Charge More Birth Fee on Chinese Women

Hong Kong is to impose a birthing fee of upto $6,150 on women from mainland China crossing the border// to give birth in the city's public hospitals, officials said Monday. The fee - expected to be imposed from February - comes after the number of mainland Chinese women giving birth in the cit...

Hong Kong on Bird Flu Alert

Hong Kong was on bird flu alert Friday after a wild bird found in a busy shopping area was tested positive for the avian flu virus//. Officials confirmed Thursday that preliminary testing of a dead bird found in Causeway Bay had indicated it was suspected to have died of H5 avian influenza. ...

Hong Kong - HIV Test Shock Sparks Warning

Hong Kong's Department of Health urges people with history of unprotected sex to have an HIV test, as they fear a rapid local HIV transmission.// The announcement being the first case of such magnitude in the territory. Health officials, on Thursday uncovered two clusters of HIV infections, HIV...

Hong Kong to Tighten Food Safety Laws

New food safety laws are to be introduced in Hong Kong following a series of scares over contaminated food from China, officials announced Thursday.// The measures will allow the government to force wholesalers and retailers to withdraw food from sale if there are concerns, the territory's min...

Ex-Hong Kong Health Chief Favourite For WHO Top Job

Former Hong Kong health director Margaret Chan Tuesday emerged as favourite to become the new director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO). // The 60-year-old obstetrician, who led Hong Kong through the 2003 SARS crisis, topped a five-person shortlist of candidates released overnigh...

British Tourist In Hong Kong Has Mad Cow Disease

A British tourist in Hong Kong is suspected of having the human variety of mad cow disease. The 23-year-old man has not been named and was admitted to a Hog Kong hospital// after he began behaving oddly. Hospital Authority in Hong Kong said the man came to the country on April 4 and was admitted in...

Influenza Guidelines of Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong applauded by experts

As the world prepares to fight the possible influenza pandemic, public health experts to share the limited antiviral drugs and vaccines with poorer countries// in Asia// have called on wealthier nations. Richard Coker and Sandra Mounier-Jack of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine...

Hong Kong Citizens Fear over Poisonous Vegetables in Local Markets

Concerns of citizens over the poisonous vegetables found in local markets has paved for the establishment of a voluntary registration system// for local farms. Additionally, supermarket chains in Hong Kong would be required to set up a comprehensive tracking system for farm produce, according to of...

Prevention better than fire-fighting. Hong Kong Beefs Up Precaution Against Bird-Flu

HONG KONG: Hong Kong is taking all precautionary measures against bird-flu, having fully understood the ramifications of the bird-flu crisis on the economic health. After bouncing back with an envious economic health, // a bird-flu crisis is the last thing needed so authorities are leaving no ston...

Bird Flu Drill Conducted In Two Hong Kong Hospitals

In order to familiarize and improve collaboration regarding the emergency management of patients with infectious disease, more specifically bird flu//, a training program was conducted at two hospitals in Hong Kong. A scenario involving transfer of a suspected case of bird flu from one hospital to ...

Hong Kong To Implement New Backyard Poultry-Keeping Law

In line with the detection of positive bird flu infection in nearly 8 birds, the Hong Kong Housing Department has announced that any tenant (under the public rental system) in possession of animal or bird without prior consent // would be subjected to legal action, characterized by a deduction of f...

Bird Flu Threat Prompts Tightened Security Across Hong Kong Border

Custom officials in Hong Kong have been put on high alert following the detection of the deadly avian influenza (H5N1) among birds and poultry. // The officials have been instructed to keep a strict vigilance regarding the smuggling of birds and poultry into the territory. The proposed move h...

Designer Bag Launch Causes Shopping Chaos in Hong Kong

A Hong Kong shopping centre was Friday forced to call in police when huge crowds of people, hundreds of whom had queued overnight, demanded to be let in for the launch of a designer bag . One police officer estimated that by Friday morning as many as two thousand people were waiting outside...

HIV Spreading Rapidly Among Gay Men in Hong Kong

The HIV is spreading rapidly among Hong Kong's gay community as research indicates a rise in the number of men having unsafe sex, officials said Tuesday. Profiling of the virus acquired by HIV sufferers has revealed a cluster of cases with similar genetic sequencing which has risen from 34...

New Bird Flu Case in Hong Kong

A dead magpie has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Hong Kong, agricultural officials said Friday. Authorities said laboratory tests had confirmed that the bird, found dead last week in the rural New Territories area, was infected with the killer strain. They warned of ...

Baby Affected by H9N2 in Hong Kong

A mild form of avian influenza called the H9N2 infection is reported in a nine month old baby in Hong Kong. Dr. Thomas Tsang, the Controller of the Center// for Health Protection of the Department of Health has confirmed this. This is the first of its kind in the past three years in Hong Kong. ...

Expectant Mothers No More Welcome in Hong Kong

The stork is not welcome over Hong Kong anymore. Beginning next month, pregnant women in their third trimester// coming from Mainland China will not be allowed to enter unless they have a scheduled appointment at a hospital in the country. The move was made after statistics showed an almost do...

Statistics Show Steep Rise of Female Smokers in Hong Kong

Social change and marketing campaigns by tobacco companies have been blamed for a 45 percent increase in the number of female smokers in the last eight years//, a media report said Monday. Figures from Hong Kong's census and statistics department show the number of women smokers jumped from 78...

Rates Of Breastfeeding Increase In Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Department of Health has announced that the efforts made by it to encourage mothers to breastfeed their babies have been successful //and more and more mothers wanted to give their babies' breast milk. The department's Senior Medical and Health Officer Lo Yim-chong said that the r...

Alarming Increase In HIV Infections In Hong Kong

The Hong Kong health authority had announced on Tuesday that the city has experienced a 37% rise in the number of new HIV infections with 89 new cases reported// in the first three months of the year. According to the Center for Health Protection under the Department of Health, which filed th...

Strict Vigilance against Bird Flu in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Donald Tsang said that the public should be responsible and support all the measures taken by the government to keep the bird flu scare at bay. // He asked the public not to worry and that the government is making necessary arr...

Chinese Chickens Banned In Hong Kong

On being confirmed that a 32-year-old man had died of bird flu, Hong Kong banned the imports of live chickens and other pet birds from China. // The man is believed to have contracted the virus in Guangzhou, a busy city in the Guangdong province bordering Hong Kong and one of the territory's...

Suspected Bird Flu Death Creates Panic In Hong Kong

A man who died on Saturday suspected to be of bird flu has created panic in Hong Kong, which was put on high alert.// The 32-year-old man is believed to have contracted the virus while visiting markets in Guangzhou, a busy city in China's Guangdong province, bordering Hong Kong. He dev...

Worldwide Gap Between Vision Care Attitudes & Behavior

...son not to have one. In the United States, however, this number jumps to 27% -- nearly triple the global average. Survey participants in Hong kong (18%), China (17%) and the United States (13%) are more likely than other countries to cite lack of insurance or insufficient coverage for eye exams a...

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group to Announce 2009 Second Quarter Earnings on Monday, August 17, 2009

...s conference call to discuss the company's 2009 second quarter results on Tuesday, August 18, at 8 a.m. ET (Tuesday, August 18, at 8 p.m. Beijing/Hong kong time). To access the conference call, please dial: United States toll-free: +1.866.510.0705 International: +1.617.597.5...

Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe

...a new study aren't likely to clear up the confusion. Researchers in Hong kong found that wearing a surgical face mask along with copious hand washing can...and hygiene study involved 407 people arriving at one of 45 clinics in Hong kong with flu-like symptoms and who had laboratory-confirmed influenza A or B. A...

Chinese women join global breast cancer trial

...un in conjunction with the Breast International Group, which facilitates cooperation in large breast cancer trials. It is funded by a one million Hong kong dollar donation by the W & E Davies Charitable Foundation. ...

aTyr Pharma Raises an Additional $12 Million

...y efforts at Pangu BioPharma are based at the Hong kong University of Science and Technology, with matching funding provided by the Hong kong Government's Innovation and Technology Fund. Enco...echnology development by both the Chinese and Hong kong governments allows aTyr Pharma to leverage investo...