Some 1.3 million workers from various industries can start making appointments for coronavirus vaccines from Tuesday after they were also given priority by the government. The minister in charge of the vaccination programme, Patrick Nip, said these ...

RTHK has learned that a third person has died in Hong Kong after taking the mainland-produced Sinovac vaccine – 10 days after the territory-wide inoculation programme was rolled out here. Sources said on Monday that the 71-year-old man took the s...

The newly formed pro-Beijing Bauhinia Party is hoping to win seats in Legco and on the CE election committee, and join the government's ruling team, chairman Li Shan said on Monday. Li told RTHK while attending Beijing’s annual plenary sessions th...

Hong Kong reported nine new Covid-19 cases on Monday, six of which were locally acquired. The Centre for Health Protection said four of the local cases had no known source of infection, including a 36-year-old security guard from Yuen Long, a 48-ye...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Monday that Beijing's radical overhaul of the SAR's electoral system is not designed to exclude opposition voices, as she insisted that Hong Kong people will eventually get a say in the city's democratic development...

One of Hong Kong's largest cinema chains, UA Cinemas, on Monday announced it's closing after 36 years "due to unavoidable and devastating pressure faced by our operations since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic". "This is definitely a painful...

Medical experts have urged the authorities to take action to help people make informed choices and soothe public concerns over the safety of coronavirus vaccines. Two people with chronic diseases were taken into intensive care over the weekend after...

Former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau said on Monday that Beijing’s planned changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system would erase all democratic progress the city has made over the years. The National People’s Congress is expected to vot...

The chairman of the Democratic Party, Lo Kin-hei, said on Monday that the political vetting that Beijing proposes under a sweeping overhaul of the SAR's electoral system will deter him from joining future elections. The central government's plan to...

Foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that it is only legal and reasonable for the national legislature to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system, saying it advances the One Country, Two Systems principle. The US and European Union had accused Bei...

Health authorities said on Sunday that two patients were sent to intensive care, one of whom is fighting for his life, after receiving Sinovac vaccines, while another two were admitted to hospital. The Department of Health said one of the patients �...

The head of a local patients group has called on the government to do more to educate the public about its inoculation programme, following the deaths of two people after receiving the Sinovac jabs. Speaking after attending RTHK's City Forum on Sun...

Vice Premier Han Zheng has been quoted as saying that Beijing's electoral reforms for Hong Kong are no longer about whether the SAR's systems are democratic or not, but about preventing subversion. During a two-hour meeting with local National Peop...

Former justice secretary Elsie Leung has rejected suggestions that Beijing's electoral overhaul for Hong Kong has violated the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration, saying the SAR can still move towards democracy after things “return to...

The financial secretary, Paul Chan, has defended Beijing's plan to drastically change Hong Kong's electoral system, saying it would be “pointless” to talk about Hong Kong's development or its role as an international financial centre, if the sove...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has urged people to focus on the science when it comes to the safety of Covid-19 vaccine. The minister's appeal comes after a 55-year-old chronically-ill woman who reportedly had high blood pressure as well as high ch...

A former chairman of the Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee, David Fang, says accusations that the medical council is preventing foreign doctors from practising in the SAR are unfair and groundless. Critics have accused the Medical C...

A 60-year-old woman has died, and an 80-year-old woman has been hospitalised, in a fire at Ka Keung Court in Wang Tau Hom. About 90 people were evacuated, after the blaze broke out at about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire is no...

A pro-democracy labour group on Saturday said it was cutting ties with the Civil Human Rights Front, after a media report said the government might outlaw the protest organiser on national security grounds. In a brief statement, the Neighbourhood a...

Health officials say they are investigating two more Covid-19 cases involving people who visited the K11 Musea shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, which saw a major outbreak linked to a restaurant. The announcement came as the mall reopened on Saturday ...