Hong Kong on Tuesday reported 32 new coronavirus cases, with one infection brought in from elsewhere and nine without any known source. Speaking at a daily briefing, the Centre for Health Protection's Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said one of the patients wi...

An electronic bracelet used for people who have been placed under coronavirus quarantine in Hong Kong has been found washed up on a beach in Taiwan. Emma Wong, a Hong Kong-based artist, posted on social media on Monday that the wristband was found ...

A lawyer has told the inquest into the death of Chow Tsz-lok during the protests of 2019 that they shouldn't just take the opinions of expert witnesses to be the truth about what happened, as their testimony could have been limited by the findings of...

Outgoing Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma said on Tuesday that he's not against judicial reform, but spoke out against such calls from people who don't get their way with court judgements. Speaking at his farewell press conference before retiring, Ma respo...

The architectural services sector lawmaker, Tony Tse, has joined calls for the government to preserve the Bishop Hill reservoir and restore what has already been taken apart. Demolition of the century-old underground reservoir with impressive stone...

The Hospital Authority is considering extending Covid-19 tests to patients at day wards at public hospitals after an outbreak at Princess Margaret Hospital. Experts believed that the virus spread through the air when a cancer patient, who was later ...

The chief executive on Tuesday played down concerns over recent attacks by mainland state media on the High Court judge who granted bail to national security suspect Jimmy Lai, saying it's a matter of free speech. "If there are people who want to ex...

Carrie Lam has defended what she called the "difficult" but necessary decision to ban people from flying to Hong Kong from the UK, in order to prevent the spread of a more contagious variant of coronavirus. The chief executive's comments come after...

The government has warned it could regulate private events, including those in people's homes, unless the public heeds advice to avoid gatherings across different households in order to try to limit the spread of Covid-19. The Secretary for Food and...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has dismissed suggestions that press freedom will be undermined by a new service from the Transport Department to alert people whose cars are subject to a licence plate search, saying the move was made to curb doxxing. Ca...

Police have arrested another man in connection with the mob attack on people at Yuen Long station in July 2019. Officers arrested the 35-year-old suspect in the northwest New Territories town on Monday, accusing him of rioting and conspiracy to woun...

The government is offering a new service to alert people whose cars are subject to a licence plate search – a move which the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) says may be aimed at tipping off people being scrutinised by the media. The Trans...

Flight attendants fired recently by Hong Kong Airlines complained that they were short-changed, with more than 150 of them not receiving any compensation after their severance pay was offset by their retirement fund. The cash-strapped carrier fired ...

Health authorities on Monday reported a Covid-19 outbreak at Princess Margaret Hospital, with dozens of patients and medical staff there being ordered into quarantine. Preliminary investigations showed two patients and two medical workers had contr...

The government has announced that primary, secondary and special schools, as well as private tuition centres, will be allowed to resume small face-to-face classes with some conditions from next week, with this arrangement to remain in place until the...

A toxicologist has told the Coroner’s Court looking into the death of university student Chow Tsz-lok that there’s no evidence to show that the 22-year-old had been exposed to tear gas before his apparent fall or that he had been poisoned. Chow ...

The commissioner overseeing covert surveillance operations by law-enforcement agencies said on Monday that he has no power to regulate investigations relating to national security, and nor does he think this should be added to his mandate. Azizul S...

Two mainland lawyers who helped the families of 12 Hongkongers arrested by the Guangdong coast guard in August were told by the authorities on Monday that their licences will be revoked. Lu Siwei, who is from Sichuan, and Henan-based Ren Quanniu, we...

RTHK's English-language channel Radio 3 on Monday announced that it was abandoning its search for Hong Kong's "Person of the Year", saying there had been "voting irregularities" with the latest poll. The survey is an annual feature on the morning Ba...

The government says its Covid-19 tracing app will record people's whereabouts automatically in the future, saving them the need to check in and out of places they visit. On an RTHK programme, deputy chief information officer Tony Wong said officials...