A pharmacists’ association on Sunday urged the government to send letters, texts, or even directly call people eligible for its vaccination programme to encourage them to get inoculated, and to assuage concerns about possible side effects. The Soc...

A driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death following an early-morning fatal accident in Sheung Shui. Police say the 59 year-old suspect was driving his van along Jockey Club Road towards Sheung Shui at aroun 4.10am on...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan kept his budget plans close to his vest in an unusually short blog entry on Sunday, giving little away other than the colour of his upcoming financial blueprint as he continued to manage expectations of any major giveawa...

Top government officials on Sunday urged eligible HongKongers to sign up for the government’s universal Covid-19 vaccination programme over the coming week, saying a strong response is needed if Hong Kong is to get over the pandemic. The jabs will...

Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung on Sunday said authorities still don’t know when local schools can fully resume in-person classes, and there’s no current plan for teachers to be included among the priority groups to receive Covid-19 vaccinati...

Liberal Party leader and lawmaker Felix Chung has called on the government to roll out another round of the Anti-epidemic Fund to help businesses stay afloat. Speaking on RTHK's Letter to Hong Kong, Chung said many companies are struggling to survi...

The MTR says no one was injured when a false ceiling collapsed inside the Central station on Saturday evening. The railway operator said the incident happened just before seven o'clock near platform three. Pictures circulating online showed lumps...

The government has warned the public to beware of fake LeaveHomeSafe apps, saying those bogus smartphone applications could pose serious cyber security and privacy risks. In a statement issued on Saturday, authorities say they have noticed a growin...

Everybody who had visited RTHK's Television House over the past two weeks will be required to undergo mandatory testing. This comes after a 24-year-old assistant producer with the public broadcaster was confirmed to be infected with Covid-19 on Sat...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported 15 coronavirus infections - the second day in a row that the city recorded double-digit new cases. Four of the ten locally-acquired cases had no clear source, including a 42-year-old private doc...

The police said on Saturday that they have arrested a man for allegedly wounding a fast food restaurant staff over a dispute involving the government's LeaveHomeSafe app. Officers said they suspected the 21-year-old - believed to be suffering from m...

Commerce Secretary Edward Yau said on Saturday any production issues at RTHK that could potentially trigger controversies should be referred to management as quickly as possible, a day after the government released a detailed report on its review of ...

A medical expert advising the government on the pandemic said on Saturday that the vaccines do not completely prevent people from catching the virus, but they do reduce the chance of developing symptoms or even complications. David Hui from the Chi...

The Secretary for Civil Service, Patrick Nip, who's in charge of the Covid vaccination programme, said on Saturday that digital vaccination records that the government plans to provide would pave the way for cross-border travel to resume in future. ...

Six people were acquitted of conspiracy to riot by the District Court on Friday after a judge decided there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the prosecution’s case that they were using a rented Wan Chai flat as a base for anti-government protests....

The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines ordered by Hong Kong arrived in the territory on Friday, with officials saying it was an "important milestone" when it comes to controlling the virus. The one million doses from mainland firm Sinovac were flown ...

Health authorities said on Friday that three restaurant staff were among the latest coronavirus cases recorded in the city. A cook at a noodle shop in Tai Hang, a worker at a McDonald’s in Central, and a waitress at a Chinese restaurant in Tin Hau...

RTHK's Programme Staff Union on Friday expressed serious doubts about the appointment of bureaucrat Patrick Li as director of broadcasting, while also warning that the government's interventions have stripped the station of its editorial independenc...

The government and the Hospital Authority have accused a medical staff union of spreading "unfounded" information about the contact-tracing app, LeaveHomeSafe. They did not name any group, but the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance is urging peop...

A former chairman of RTHK's Board of Advisers, Eugene Chan, on Friday hailed a government review of the station, saying the report compiled was comprehensive and fair. He said the editorial management deficiencies identified have been long-standing....