A Lands Department surveyor was on Thursday remanded in custody after being found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon – namely a laser pointer – at the scene of a protest. Lui Kai-tim had earlier told Kwun Tong Magistracy that he had just f...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Thursday defended his proposal to raise stamp duty on stock transactions by 30 percent despite complaints from lawmakers who said it would undermine Hong Kong's status as an international financial centre. Chan propo...

The government says the HK$8 billion set aside in the budget for "safeguarding national security" will not be going to the office set up for this purpose, but it can't disclose any details about what the money will be spent on. According to Financia...

Health authorities on Thursday reported 13 new coronavirus infections, all but one locally acquired. Among the local cases, officials said three of them had no clear source of transmission. They include a 34-year-old salesperson, who developed a ...

Police in Kwai Chung have arrested a 73-year-old woman on suspicion of murdering her husband in the early hours of Thursday morning. Chief inspector Wong Sun-lok said they received a call from a woman at 4:24am alleging her mother had attacked her f...

Some people living in poor-quality housing or facing a long wait for a public flat will begin moving into converted rooms in hotels and guesthouses by the middle of the year under a government plan to provide transitional housing, officials said on T...

The green group Clean Air Network says it is disappointed that Financial Secretary Paul Chan offered nothing in his budget to encourage the phasing out of heavily polluting commercial vehicles. Chan did propose raising taxes and license fees, but o...

A former adviser to the government on welfare and elderly policies has described the administration's move to offer low-interest loans to people who have lost their jobs as "unsympathetic", saying the plan will do nothing for the government's image. ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan came under fire from radio listeners on Thursday, accused of being "out of touch" with the public by refusing to offer cash handouts in his latest budget to relieve people's financial burden during the economic recession...

A tax expert has played down concerns about the long-term outlook for Hong Kong's public finances, saying healthy reserves mean the books are still in great shape despite a warning of five years of deficits to come. Financial Secretary Paul Chan sa...

The government said one million doses of coronavirus vaccines produced by German drug maker BioNTech would not arrive in Hong Kong on Thursday as scheduled. In a statement on Wednesday, a government spokesman cited the pharmaceutical company as sayi...

A grassroots organisation and pro-democracy parties on Wednesday slammed the government for cutting handouts for the poor and said proposals for HK$5,000 worth of electronic spending vouchers to residents and a guaranteed loan scheme for the jobless ...

Health authorities on Wednesday ordered people who've been to a Chinese restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui in the past week to get tested for Covid-19, after six customers there came down with the disease. One patient visited Mr Ming's Chinese Dining on F...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has revealed that the government has set aside HK$8 billion for "safeguarding national security in the coming years", without giving further details. A breakdown of the figures provided in Chan’s latest financial blue...

The pro-government Legislative Council largely cheered Financial Secretary Paul Chan’s latest budget on Wednesday, though questions were raised about the effectiveness of his HK$5,000-per-resident spending voucher giveaway, a controversial hike in ...

The government announced on Wednesday it will set aside HK$1 billion to subsidise owners of old buildings to improve their sewage pipes, but a plumbing expert said the authorities should also conduct regular checks to ensure the pipes are well mainta...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said while he expects the Hong Kong economy to return to positive growth in the coming financial year, the government faces at least five more years of budget deficits as it continues spending to try to revive the ...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said country parks and hiking trails will be upgraded as part of the government’s effort to build a “quality city for our citizens”. He said HK$500 million will be spent on installing new facilities in coun...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said he expects Hong Kong to report a deficit of HK$257.6 billion in the current financial year, with the fiscal reserves expected to stand at HK$902.7 billion by March 31 2021. While delivering his annual budget...

The government is to raise taxes on new vehicles and increase annual licence fees in an attempt to relieve traffic congestion in Hong Kong, as it eyes phasing out the sale of petrol- and diesel-run cars entirely by 2035 or earlier. Financial Secreta...