Hong Kong saw only six new local coronavirus infections on Thursday, with just one from an unknown source, but health authorities said it was too early to conclude that the pandemic situation in the territory is easing. The one case which can't be t...

A group of cross-border truckers cried foul on Thursday, complaining that a new rule implemented by Shenzhen authorities has resulted in no work or income for them. Under the policy that took effect in January, drivers would be suspended from work f...

The Court of Final Appeal has agreed to hear a challenge by ousted lawmaker Sixtus Leung, who’s seeking to overturn his conviction for unlawful assembly. Leung and his former Youngspiration colleague Yau Wai-ching were charged over their attempt t...

The financial secretary struck back at a US think tank on Thursday for its decision to dump Hong Kong from an annual economic freedom index report, saying the assessment is unjustified and "clouded by political bias". Year after year, the SAR author...

The Ombudsman on Thursday called on the government to play the role of gatekeeper properly to guard against possible fake Covid-19 vaccines. Winnie Chiu said while jabs are being administered under government-run inoculation programmes around the wo...

Hong Kong has disappeared from an annual ranking of the world's freest economies that it traditionally dominated, with the publisher of the report, the Heritage Foundation, saying the city no longer has autonomy over its economic policies. For more ...

Former chief executive CY Leung said on Thursday that reforms to the SAR's election system are needed to stop “puppets of foreign governments” getting into power, as he also said people who love Hong Kong, its way of life and capitalist system, s...

The government said on Thursday that people are still keen to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, even though official figures show the daily number of inoculations dropped by over 1,000. The decline came as news broke that a man died two days af...

Seven student unions on Thursday accused the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) of becoming a “puppet of tyranny”, as they criticised the institution’s decision to cut ties with its own student union. CUHK last Thursday said it would stop ...

A marathon bail hearing for 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion has resumed, with chief magistrate Victor So expected to address defence requests to remove reporting restrictions before eventually handing down his decisions on bail later...

The former head of the Centre for Health Protection says the conclusion from an expert panel, that the death of a 63-year-old man wasn't vaccine-related, is sound and evidence-based. The chronically-ill man was obese, with hypertension, diabetes an...

Day three of the marathon bail hearing for the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion ended on Wednesday night with no decisions having been made. Chief magistrate Victor So adjourned the hearing at around 8.30pm, saying the court will re...

An panel of experts on Wednesday unanimously took the view that a 63-year-old patient likely died of a heart attack on Sunday, and that his death had no direct link with the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine that he received two days before his passing. The ...

Former Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung, among the most vocal supporters of Beijing's moves to tighten control over the territory, did not rule out a return to his former post in an interview on Wednesday. "I'd do anything to serve Hong Kong well ...

Security officials have dismissed concerns that proposed changes to the Immigration Ordinance relating to the detention of asylum seekers would violate a common law principle ensuring they may only be detained for a reasonable period of time. The Ha...

The High Court on Wednesday granted permission to Southern District Council chairman Lo Kin-hei to legally challenge a decision by the council's secretary last year, when she failed to facilitate a council discussion about the police. The proposed a...

The Tourism Board said on Wednesday it's planning to give away local tours and staycation discounts to boost consumption once the pandemic condition is stabilised here. The board's executive director, Dane Cheng, said they decided to bring back the ...

Hong Kong recorded 14 new local coronavirus cases on Wednesday, eight of which could not be traced. They include a 23-year-old woman who works in marketing, a 53-year-old dishwasher, a 34-year-old man who manages elderly care homes but worked from ...

The president of the Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association, Arisina Ma, has criticised the Hospital Authority’s decision to suspend from duty a union chairwoman who is facing national security charges. The authority said the decision to suspend ...

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday sent a teenager to a rehabilitation centre for hitting a police officer with a brick at a protest last year after an appeal by the Department of Justice. Lincoln Chan, 17, was originally put on a year of probation af...