A specialist in respiratory medicine said on Thursday that he believed more people would be willing to receive coronavirus vaccine once the inoculation programme is rolled out, although various surveys suggested a low acceptance rate. Previous poll...

Officers from the police’s traffic branch have been equipped with new drug detection tests, which they say will save time and enhance objectivity when stopping drivers suspected to be intoxicated. The Rapid Oral Fluid Test (ROFT) will determine th...

The government says its inoculation programme against Covid-19 will be open for bookings next Tuesday, with the first jabs expected to be administrated on February 26. At a press conference on Thursday, Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip – whoâ€...

Hong Kong on Thursday reported eight new coronavirus infections, all of them locally acquired. Three of the cases have no clear source of infection. They are two housewives and a worker at an elderly care home in Kwun Tong. About 50 residents and ...

Director of Broadcasting Leung Ka-wing said on Thursday that it was his decision to scrap RTHK's relay of the BBC World Service and pull a weekly Chinese-language BBC programme, saying he was responding to the mainland's new ban on the UK-based broad...

A survey on the public’s attitude towards coronavirus vaccinations suggests that people would be more reluctant to get inoculated if they were paid to do so, as it would make them question the effectiveness of the jabs. The government has announce...

The government on Thursday approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine made by mainland firm Sinovac, describing it as a necessary move and one that is in the public interest. Experts advising the SAR authorities on coronavirus vaccines said earlier this...

A number of local delegates to the country’s top advisory body travelled across the border on Thursday morning to get their second doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by mainland firm Sinopharm. One of those who was driven to Shenzhen, Richar...

Restaurants and businesses such as gyms and cinemas on Thursday started complying with a government order to tell customers to make use of the LeaveHomeSafe contact tracing app before entering their premises, although RTHK found that not everyone was...

Medical groups and doctors who will help with the government's Covid-19 vaccination drive say officials have told them that the inoculations could begin as early as next week. Hong Kong's first one million doses of a vaccine made by mainland firm Si...

A former chairman of RTHK's board of advisers, Eugene Chan has played down suggestions that the public broadcaster dropped a relay of BBC services under pressure, though he said the director of broadcasting should explain the move. RTHK announced on...

Police are investigating after a 53-year-old man motorcycle rider died of injuries sustained in a crash that left him trapped under a van in Tsing Yi on Wednesday night. The driver of the van, a 33-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of cau...

Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for visas to live, work and study in the United Kingdom since changes that make it easier for SAR residents to be granted entry, The Times newspaper reported. Britain changed its visa application programm...

The partial relaxation of social distancing measures comes into force on Thursday, after the government gazetted the new rules late on Wednesday night. They had been flagged by the government prior to the Lunar New Year holidays, and given the final...

The government is seeking HK$1 billion in funding from the Legislative Council to set up an indemnity fund to provide financial support for those who experience serious complications from Covid-19 jabs. The undersecretary for food and health, Chui ...

Sha Tin Magistracy on Wednesday sent a teenager to a rehabilitation centre after he admitted to vandalising a Chinese tea shop in Sha Tin’s New Town Plaza last May, and resisting police. The court heard that the 16-year-old, who cannot be identifi...

Police have arrested five men linked to a debt collection case in Tung Chung. Officers allege that two of the suspects attacked two victims with an air gun inside a flat at Yat Tung Estate when trying to recover several hundred thousand dollars of ...

Hong Kong may be in its worst recession in years but its luxury property market is still thriving after a five-bedroom apartment broke records with its US$59 million price tag. While there have been more expensive properties sold in Hong Kong, the 3...

Health authorities on Wednesday said a jobless man who came down with Covid has forced nearly 50 relatives into quarantine because they had gathered during the Chinese New Year holiday. The Centre for Health Protection said the 34-year-old patient m...

A 29-year-old legal assistant has been charged under the national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces by requesting a foreign country to impose sanctions on Hong Kong. Chan Tze-wah was escorted to West Kowloon Magistracy for a m...