Police said on Sunday they have charged 47 people with conspiracy to subvert state powers under the National Security Law. They said 39 were men and eight were women, and they were aged from 23 to 64. They said they would be detained overnight and ...

The Chief Secretary, Matthew Cheung, said on Sunday that groups of people who are given a priority for Covid-19 vaccines can get their shots directly from selected private doctors later this week. Writing in his weekly blog, the top official said t...

Top government officials on Sunday moved to allay concerns that the decision to increase stamp duty on stock transactions by 30 percent could harm the SAR's competitiveness as a financial hub. Speaking on a radio show, the Secretary for Financial S...

A 72-year-old man was sent to hospital on Saturday after reporting that he felt unwell shortly after receiving a Covid-19 jab. He's one of about 7,000 people who received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday, taking the total number of people inoculat...

The political group that coordinated the pan-democratic camp’s Legco primaries on Saturday announced its decision to disband with immediate effect. Power for Democracy’s convenor, Andrew Chiu, issued a statement saying the decision was made in ...

Health officials have ordered everyone working at Tsim Sha Tsui’s K11 MUSEA mall to undergo mandatory Covid-19 tests, as a cluster linked to a restaurant there continues to expand. On Saturday, authorities reported 15 more new cases linked to the...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, on Saturday said there’s room for “fine adjustments” to the HK$5,000 electronic spending vouchers proposed in his budget blueprint. The government has proposed giving each permanent resident and new arrival...

The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Secretary, Erick Tsang, said on Saturday that the government still intends to hold the Legislative Council elections on September 5, that is, unless the central government has other plans for the SAR. The Chi...

A shipment of almost 600,000 doses of the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine reached the SAR on Saturday after a two-day delay. It's the second vaccine to arrive in the city, although it was the first to be approved by Hong Kong authorities. In a state...

The government says 6,000 people received their first Covid-19 vaccine shot on Friday, the first official day of Hong Kong's vaccination programme. The SAR's inoculation total now stands at 6,600, as hundreds were vaccinated as part of a pilot scheme...

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday that China is restricting basic civil and political freedoms – including in Hong Kong – in the name of national security and Covid-19 measures. "Activists, lawyers and human righ...

Pro-government lawmakers on Friday approved HK$1 billion for the government to set up an indemnity fund to provide financial support for people who suffer serious complications from Covid-19 jabs. Under the fund, people who suffer serious side effec...

The government minister who oversees RTHK on Friday defended a decision to slash the public broadcaster's budget for TV production by almost 10 percent in the next fiscal year. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau called it a s...

Health officials say the government's LeaveHomeSafe app has helped identify a Covid-19 carrier among a cluster of cases involving a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui. Earlier this month, the Centre for Health Protection said it had made use of the app few...

Health officials said on Friday that a cleaner at a Chinese restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui might have been a super-spreader of coronavirus, leading to an outbreak in which about 30 people have been infected or tested preliminary positive. Among the pat...

Thousands of Chinese University staff, students and alumni have signed an online petition supporting the newly elected cabinet of the institution's student union, Syzygia, after the university announced a decision to cut ties with the group. As of ...

Baptist university has scrapped an exhibition of World Press Photo winners just days ahead of its opening, citing "safety and security" fears. The exhibition was set to include prize-winning images of the protests that swept Hong Kong in 2019. "Aft...

The Department of Justice told Kowloon City Court on Friday that it is planning to charge one of the group of 12 Hong Kong youths who were detained in Shenzhen with absconding. Hoang Lam-phuc, 17, already faces charges of arson and possessing danger...

Five Central and Western district councillors have pleaded not guilty to violating the government’s gathering ban in connection with a meeting they held outside the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Sports Centre last year. Prosecutors told Eastern Magistracy ...

A number of pro-democracy politicians and activists who were arrested last month under the national security law say they have been asked to report back to the police on Sunday, weeks ahead of schedule. The suspects say they fear the force will off...