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- MEDIA
14 Jan, 2023
“Hong Kong should strike emergency regulations from lawbooks once city declares COVID endemic, experts say”
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: South China Morning Post
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
12 Dec, 2022
“Failure to flight loneliness during Covid-19 shows world is not ready for next pandemic”
By Zohar Lederman
Medium: South China Morning Post
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
25 Sep, 2022
“Beijing bus drivers have been told to wear wristbands to monitor their emotions”
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: South China Morning Post
- #surveillance
- MEDIA
7 Sep, 2022
Manslaughter of terminally-ill wife
Interviewed: Daisy Cheung
Medium: Radio Television Hong Kong
Programme: Newswrap (5:35-10:01 of the recording)
- #carer
- #criminallaw
- #euthanasia
- #manslaughter
- #terminallyill
- MEDIA
12 Aug, 2022
Hong Kong’s proposed ban on cannabidiol (CBD)
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: Bloomberg
Title: “Hong Kong’s ban on CBD products leaves companies facing ruin”
- #substanceban
- MEDIA
26 Mar, 2022
Whether lawful to vaccinate persons lacking mental capacity without consent from the guardians
Interviewed: Daisy Cheung
Medium: Ming Pao
Title: “Uncertain whether COVID vaccination is urgent under the Mental Health Ordinance given the lack of definition of urgency” (《精神健康例無定義「緊急」 學者:打針算否未確定》) [Chinese]
- #COVID-19
- #mentalhealth&capacity
- MEDIA
3 Mar, 2022
Legal ramifications should lockdown be imposed in Hong Kong
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: South China Morning Post
Title: “‘It has to be reasonable’: As Hong Kong weighs coronavirus testing lockdown, experts consider legal implications”
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
18 Feb, 2022
Views on vaccination against COVID-19 in Mainland China
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: WIRED
Title: “The end game of China’s zero-covid policy nightmare”
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
8 Jan, 2022
Control of the COVID pandemic in Mainland China
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: Financial Times
Title: “‘People are scared’: Xi’an residents struggle to find food and medical help”
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
6 Jan, 2022
Mainland China’s development of COVID vaccines
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: Financial Times
Title: “China rushes to develop an mRNA vaccine as doubts grow over local jabs”
- #COVID-19
- CONSULTATION
3 Jan, 2022
Consulted in relation to mandatory COVID vaccination
Calvin W. L. Ho was consulted by the HKBU FactCheck Service in its fact-checking exercise in relation to mandatory COVID vaccination. Article in Chinese.
- #COVID-19
- NON-ACADEMIC PERIODICAL
30 Nov, 2021
Research and policy work on one health and challenges from legal and ethics perspectives
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: HKU Bulletin
Title: “Disunity of Purpose”
- #onehealth
- MEDIA
29 Nov, 2021
Proposal of a vaccine pass system for Hong Kong
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: Radio Television Hong Kong
Programme: “Open Line Open View” (starting from 37:42) [Chinese]
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
12 Nov, 2021
Proposal of a vaccine pass system for Hong Kong
Interviewed: Calvin W. L. Ho
Medium: Radio Television Hong Kong
Programme: “Talkabout”
- #COVID-19
- MEDIA
6 Oct, 2021
Perspective from a forensic pathologist and an advocate for victims of sexual violence [Chinese]
Interviewed: Philip Beh
Medium: SCOM Talk Show
Dr Beh talked about his experiences as a forensic pathologist and his views on the concept of “death”. As an advocate for victims of sexual violence, he shared his views on the policies and law.
- #forensic
- MEDIA
13 Sep, 2021
Coroner’s inquest: Expert opinion on the cause of death [Chinese]
Interviewed: Philip Beh
Medium: TVB
- #coroners
- #forensic
- LAW REFORM REPORT
10 Sep, 2021
Prevention and deterrence: New offence proposed to protect children and vulnerable people
The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong recommended the introduction of a new offence of “failure to protect a child or vulnerable person where the child’s or vulnerable person’s death or serious harm results from an unlawful act or neglect”.
Dr Philip S. L. Beh, then Co-Director of CMEL, was a member of the sub-committee.
- #criminallaw
- MEDIA
15 Aug, 2021
Current manpower of the Coroner’s Court in Hong Kong [Chinese]
Interviewed: Philip Beh
Medium: Now TV
- #coroners