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幼兒遠視儲備可抵禦近視發展 3歲起宜做全面眼睛檢查 視光師教預防近視貼士
香港執業眼科視光師協會建議兒童由3歲起建立定期全面眼睛檢查及跟進計劃,評估遠視儲備及眼睛發育情況。協會到8間小學為逾3,500名小學生篩查,發現6歲學童近7成遠視儲備不足,按數據推算約4成6歲學童或於兩年內出現近視。家長應增加戶外活動時間,限制不必要的近距離用眼習慣。
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香港執業眼科視光師協會建議兒童由3歲起建立定期全面眼睛檢查及跟進計劃,評估遠視儲備及眼睛發育情況。協會到8間小學為逾3,500名小學生篩查,發現6歲學童近7成遠視儲備不足,按數據推算約4成6歲學童或於兩年內出現近視。家長應增加戶外活動時間,限制不必要的近距離用眼習慣。
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日常偶爾照UV燈整Gel甲的整體致癌風險偏低,但每兩、三星期整一次的愛好者及美甲店從業者,長期暴露於高強度UVA下風險相應增加。防護可在照燈前15至30分鐘塗抹SPF 30或以上、PA+++的廣譜防曬霜,或佩戴防UV露指手套。改用LED美甲燈縮短照燈時間、控制美甲頻率亦有助降低風險。
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香港醫院管理局呼籲市民為一名13歲、患嚴重肝衰竭的男童捐肝,並同時向內地尋求協助。醫管局周四晚表示,男童在薄扶林瑪麗醫院留醫,情況嚴重,已出現反覆高血氨等嚴重併發症。
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醫管局公布一名13歲男童肝功能嚴重衰竭,在瑪麗醫院留醫且情況嚴重,急須肝臟移植,現列O+血型肝臟移植輪候名冊首位。他持續出現高血氨症及膽管炎等併發症,醫管局呼籲市民積極考慮捐出離世親人的器官。
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醫管局十月十五日呼籲市民支持器官捐贈,協助一名在瑪麗醫院留醫、肝功能嚴重衰竭並出現併發症的13歲男童。該男童經評估急須換肝,位列O+血型肝臟移植輪候名冊首位,醫管局除在本地尋找合適肝臟外,已準備透過政府向內地尋求跨境捐贈協助,尋獲後將按法規從速申請並安排手術。
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醫管局公布河套區中央援港應急醫院下周二(20日)起進行設施優化工程,期間暫停服務,預計明年第一季完成。有伊利沙伯醫院病人獲安排到該院做磁力共振(MRI)掃描,三星期仍未收到轉介信,主動致電後才獲告知未能提供服務,最終需返回原本醫院排期。
Official data released by the Education Bureau shows that Hong Kong has seen a net decrease of 40 kindergartens this year, a record high, with 930 kindergartens currently operating, compared with 970 in the previous school year. Over the same period, the median age of women at first childbirth has risen to a record high.
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中電於2026/27新學年向全港近1000間幼稚園免費送贈全新「超人中中點讀筆」及兩冊點讀故事書,並自10月起陸續派送到校。有關教材屬中電2016年推出的《看到的電力》幼稚園教材系列,以點讀方式向兒童講解電力知識,鼓勵學童培養環保意識。
The Health Bureau submitted a paper to the Legislative Council proposing that private healthcare institutions be required to provide bilingual Chinese and English price lists in a specified format, and to provide patients or their representatives with fixed prices or price ranges before services are rendered; licensed private hospitals must provide a cost estimate before patients are admitted. The government plans to submit regulations and draft a code of practice to the Legislative Council by the end of this year, with phased implementation starting in the second half of next year.
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教育局公布《幼稚園概覽》,列出全港約930間幼稚園的資料,包括各校去年9月的學生人數,供家長選校參考。《概覽》顯示學校數量連續5年減少。明報另按4個學童人口跌幅較大區域,統計134間參加「幼稚園教育計劃」的幼稚園,當中荃灣區86.2%、黃大仙區73.7%的幼稚園幼兒班收生按年下跌。
Lingnan University has scrapped the requirement for undergraduates to pass an English proficiency examination before graduation, replacing it with on-campus language courses. The university's special adviser to the president on communications affairs, Lau Chi-pang, confirmed on Thursday that the university had decided there was no longer a need for a graduation examination, but the change has been questioned by some observers as a way to accommodate students whose English proficiency does not meet international standards.
Lingnan University has updated its undergraduate English graduation requirements, effective immediately. All students must complete and pass the university's compulsory on-campus English courses and can no longer meet the requirement solely through external examination results. The university said the Centre for English and Additional Languages has newly established English enhancement courses, grouped according to English proficiency at admission, covering university English courses, English electives and professional communication courses, to make better use of teaching resources.
The government announced that another new drug for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer has been approved for registration under the '1+' drug approval mechanism, bringing the total number of new drugs approved under the mechanism to 23. The drug has already been approved by the mainland China drug regulatory authority. After the Registration Committee under the Pharmacy and Poisons Board assessed the clinical data and sought the views of local experts, it concluded that the drug meets the standards of safety, efficacy and quality. The Department of Health has notified the applicant of the approval result.
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政府宣布再有一款用於轉移型激素敏感型前列腺癌的新藥在「1+」藥物審批機制下獲批註冊,令該機制下獲批新藥增至二十三款,該藥已獲中國內地的藥物監管機構批核。其中七款新藥已納入醫管局藥物名冊,六款屬「專用藥物」類別,病人符合臨床應用條件時每四星期只需支付20元。
The Education Bureau today released the online version of the Kindergarten and Kindergarten cum Child Care Centre Overview, providing basic information on about 930 kindergartens and kindergarten cum child care centres across Hong Kong to enhance school transparency. The overview lists approved tuition fees for the 2026/27 school year, the list of kindergartens participating in the Kindergarten Education Scheme, approved tuition fees after deduction of government subsidies, and the attainment status of quality assurance reviews completed, as well as information including the number of principals and teachers at each school, teacher-student ratios, curricula, application fees and registration fees.
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開放數據平台的「香港愛滋病病毒感染及愛滋病統計」數據集收錄1984年至2025年的按年統計數字,資料語言為英文,建立及發布日期同為2026-10-12。用戶可於平台下載歷史數據,即數據集的前版本,選擇開始及結束日期後下載。該平台由數字政策辦公室開發及支援。
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數據平台開放數據平台上載「香港愛滋病病毒感染及愛滋病統計」數據集,涵蓋1984年至2025年的按年統計數字。數據集建立及發布日期為2026-10-12,資料語言為簡體中文,並提供歷史數據下載。
The Education Bureau has released the online version of the Kindergarten and Kindergarten cum Child Care Centre Overview for the 2026/27 school year, listing information on approved tuition fees, student-teacher ratios, application fees and admission arrangements for about 930 kindergartens across Hong Kong, along with sections on "Support for Non-Chinese Speaking Students" and "Support for Students with Special Educational Needs". Kindergartens participating in the scheme must disclose their approved tuition fees after deduction of subsidies and the proportion of major expenditure, and display their quality review results. Website: www.chsc.hk/kindergarten
Research on the 'Little Newcomers' programme, run by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai, shows that participating SEN pupils have made significant improvements in learning, social and emotional adaptation, while parents' parental stress has also dropped markedly. The study conducted from October last year to August this year covered 76 groups of SEN pupils entering primary school and their parents, with parents' parental stress score falling from 54.52 to 50.88.
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醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂教授明日(十月十六日)率領代表團前赴北京,出席十月十七日起一連兩日的2026世界傳統醫藥大會。期間他會與國家衞生健康委員會、國家藥品監督管理局和北京市中醫藥管理局高層會面,介紹香港醫療衞生政策最新發展。盧寵茂十月十八日返港,其間由醫衞局副局長范婉雯醫生署任局長。
The Education Bureau today (15 October) released the online version of the Kindergarten and Kindergarten cum Child Care Centre Overview for the 2026/27 school year (www.chsc.hk/kindergarten), giving parents more information when choosing schools. The Overview lists the approved fees, principal and teacher numbers, and teacher-student ratios of about 930 kindergartens territory-wide, and includes sections on "Support for Non-Chinese Speaking Students" and "Support for Students with Special Educational Needs". Schools participating in the Kindergarten Education Scheme must disclose the proportion of expenditure in major spending areas and are subject to quality assurance inspection.
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17歲香港中學生Agastya Rekhi近3年教年幼兒童理財與經濟,並以AI應對經濟不平等。他入圍本年度Spirit of Hong Kong Awards的Spirit of Youth Award決選,並指資訊如何傳達與資訊本身同樣重要。
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立法會舉辦年度接種季節性流感疫苗活動,40名議員接種疫苗,醫衛局長盧寵茂、立法會主席李慧琼等出席。盧寵茂形容打針活動是醫衛局與立法會「每年一度的約會」,指每年流感情況不同,並強調接種疫苗是最有效的流感預防方法。
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立法會秘書處邀請議員下周二(20日)或之前提名港大議員校董人選,以填補黃錦輝辭職後的空缺;據悉目前只有內會副主席何君堯表態頂替,無其他議員競逐。何君堯表示,支持長遠重建學生會,前提是過濾「餘毒」。
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data.gov.hk 收錄香港愛滋病年度統計數據,涵蓋1984至2025年,更新頻率為每年。數據集由衛生署特別預防計劃維護,用戶可在平台指定日期範圍下載歷史數據。
In her column On Here with Ying, Lee Wai Ling discusses weight-loss myths surrounding slimming injections, noting that some people call them "slimming injections" while others call them "thin-thin injections". The article was published in the lifestyle section of the Hong Kong Economic Times.
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鄧藹霖在《會笑媽媽》專欄《絕對不能停藥》指出,情緒病已成為普遍的都市病。據政府統計處發表的專題報告,全港約有超過二十五萬人患有精神病或情緒病,大約每三十人中就有一人患病。
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一名ADHD輔導者分享自己自小未獲診斷、也未服藥,由8歲起經歷10年自我懷疑與挫敗,因此決定讓孩子服藥,不想孩子重蹈自己的成長。她輔導時會幫家長釐清恐懼來源,分辨決定是理性、出於愛,還是壓力下的反應,強調最重要的是經過思考、為了孩子而做的決定。
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醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂在立法會就「共建健康活力香港」議案作總結發言,政府將於今年內發布《全生命周期健康促進策略》、推行《體重管理行動計劃》,目標2028年前提升體重管理意識10%。慢病共治計劃已提早達標,至今26萬人參與,地區康健中心會員62萬。
John Lee attended a symposium commemorating the 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, saying that Sun Yat-sen's patriotic thought, revolutionary will and enterprising spirit are precious spiritual treasures of the Chinese nation, inspiring the Chinese people to strive unremittingly for national development. The Hong Kong's First Five-Year Plan, announced last month, clearly proposed nurturing a next generation that loves the country and Hong Kong and has cultural confidence. The new Policy Address proposed, with the support of the Central Government, listing the Shaanxi Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall as the second base for patriotic education for young people in the Mainland under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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香港歷史博物館開幕「國民發展與成就系列:栽培與更新——香港 Ta Teh Institute 的教育傳承」免費展覽,講述這所1940年代初為國育才的先驅學校,多件展品首次在港展出。展覽由康樂及文化事務署主辦,屬政府推動國民教育的措施之一。
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醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂書面回覆立法會關於青少年沉迷網絡及網絡欺凌的提問,公布醫管局兒童及青少年精神科專科門診數字:二○二五至二六年度例行類別新症13624宗,輪候時間中位數70星期。
Why read this: 答覆列出醫管局兒童及青少年精神科連續五個年度的新症數目與輪候時間中位數,並附統計處和衞生署的調查數據,讀者可據此核對青少年社交媒體使用時數與網絡欺凌的變化。
The Education Bureau issued a statement on social media regarding discussions sparked by the updated retention guidelines in the School Administration Guide, stressing that the guidelines are clear on promotion and retention arrangements for all students, are not aimed solely at students with special educational needs (SEN), and are not intended to create different treatment or to consider government resources.
Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin told the Legislative Council that the publicly funded schools' 'Convergence Upgrade Scheme' will be launched within this academic year and open to applications from eligible schools, and that the government will carefully consider each application to ensure it meets policy objectives. The bureau is listening to views from the education sector to finalise implementation details, including size thresholds for applying schools, the feasibility of merging across funding modes, and flexible arrangements for school premises after merger.
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衞生署衞生防護中心今日向學校發信,呼籲校方留意手足口病最新情況,本週首3天已錄得9宗爆發、涉及24人。監測顯示9月中一週8宗涉27人,其後三週分別12宗、11宗及20宗,共涉115人,9成個案發生於幼兒中心、幼稚園或小學。中心指手足口病高峰期一般為5月至7月及10月至12月。
Why read this: 文中列出9月中以來每週爆發宗數與涉及人數,可核對手足口病升勢及幼兒中心、幼稚園和小學所佔比例。
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教育局局長蔡若蓮在立法會表示,公帑資助學校「滙流升級計劃」將於二○二六/二七學年內推出,開放予合資格學校申請。教育局正聽取學界意見,敲定申請學校規模門檻、跨資助模式合併可行性及過渡期人手安排等細節。官立學校只可與官立學校合併,涉不同資助模式的合併須充分諮詢教職員、家長和學生。
The Education Bureau will launch the "Convergence Upgrade Scheme" within this school year, encouraging mergers of publicly funded primary and secondary schools and allowing aided schools to merge with direct subsidy schools. LegCo member Shiu Ka-fai raised concerns in an oral question about the transitional arrangements for mergers between schools with different funding modes. Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin said the bureau is studying a plan to ensure that the number of subsidised and direct subsidy schools will not increase after mergers, in order to stabilise the education ecosystem.
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醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂在立法會就「共建健康活力香港,貢獻『健康中國』建設」議員議案作開場發言,闡述《五年規劃》深化醫療改革、建設國際醫療創新樞紐及對接「健康灣區」等策略方向。政府力爭五年內基本完成全港18區地區康健中心建設,累計會員達100萬人,並於今年底成立藥物及醫療器械監督管理中心。控煙方面,明年年底全面實施完稅標籤制度及統一包裝設計規定。
Why read this: 演說列出多項可核對的時間表與數字,包括五年內建成18區地區康健中心及明年年底實施完稅標籤制度,方便讀者對照政策進度。
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《醫生,你有病?》今晚(14日)播出第八集,主角是台北三軍總醫院病理部主治醫師、精準醫學暨基因體中心主任陳燕麟,14歲發病、17歲確診肢帶型肌肉萎縮症。44歲的他手腳無力、日常起居需人協助,形容病發如全天候穿「鉛衣」過生活。他致力基因檢測阻止疾病遺傳,與太太張欣怡2021年結婚,自嘲「塑膠心」,笑言太太「把我當一般人」。
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香港恒生大學校長莫家豪今(14日)首度以新身分出席傳媒聚會,表示恒大有意參與北部大學城發展。他指恒大作為私立大學「一分一毫」皆需自籌,財政儲備較公營大學有限,未必能單靠自身資金發展,現階段傾向與政府、企業及海外機構合作,並會積極「儲錢」,待項目陸續推出時按能力投放資源。