A packaging designer was on Monday sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to rioting in Wong Tai Sin in 2019. The court heard that Li Chak-lam, who's in his 30s, had thrown objects such as helmets and tear gas canisters towards a po...

Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. A digital artwork by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics humanoid...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday condemned medical professionals for "smearing" the China-made Sinovac jab, as she and other government officials received their second doses of the Covid vaccine. “I would condemn a very small minority of peopl...

Medical experts on Monday advised people who have had a strong allergic reaction to their first dose of their chosen coronavirus vaccine to hold off on receiving the second dose. A member of the government’s advisory panel on Covid-19 vaccines, Da...

Eight Hongkongers who were jailed in Shenzhen after an alleged failed attempt to flee to Taiwan by speedboat were expected to be handed over to SAR authorities on Monday after completing their prison sentences. Shortly after 10am, several cars with ...

An organisation that campaigns against international wildlife crime says Hong Kong remains a major hub for the global trafficking of endangered pangolin, with one of the creatures poached every 21 minutes on average. Sam Inglis, wildlife programme m...

An infectious disease expert has said only mass vaccination and herd immunity will open the way for Hong Kong to end coronavirus restrictions, though he cast doubt on the prospect of vaccine passports opening up international travel in the short term...

Health authorities say around 23,800 people received their first Covid jab on Sunday with about 62 percent opting for the BioNTech vaccine and 38 percent the Sinovac. Appointment attendance rates were 93 percent and 82 percent respectively. The gov...

A campaign in support of Beijing's electoral overhaul for Hong Kong says it has received nearly 2.4 million signatures backing the national legislature's move. The convenor of the campaign, Tam Yiu-chung, said they didn't count overseas signatures ...

Health officials have ordered sixteen people arrested over illegal assembly in Kwun Tong on Friday night to go into quarantine, after a man among the group tested positive for Covid-19. The 26 year-old Pakistani national was the only patient with n...

Bar operators warned on Sunday that half of Hong Kong's pubs could be gone for good if they're still closed by Easter – as they urged authorities not to make their reopening dependent on higher vaccination rates Local bars have been forced to stay...

Film star Michelle Yeoh has expressed support for anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, posting a picture of herself on social media displaying the pro-democracy three-finger salute. The Malaysian actress played Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu ...

Local charities and community groups said on Sunday that language barriers were a big hindrance in the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic, as some members of ethnic minorities weren't immediately given proper health advice and warnings. Sever...

A concern group on Sunday called on the government to take urgent action to help people living in subdivided flats, including introducing rent controls and giving existing tenants priority in renewing leases. The Hong Kong Subdivided Flats Concerni...

A government-appointed expert tasked with looking into vaccine reactions has urged people who are about to receive their second dose of a Covid-19 shot to consider taking time off work, saying they will most likely suffer more side effects than when ...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has rejected criticism of Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, saying the changes will improve political participation and make the SAR more democratic. Local and international critics have said Beijing...

An expert adviser to the government on Covid-19 inoculation, Wallace Lau, said he expects Sinovac to submit the latest clinical data on the efficacy and side effects of its vaccine to the government shortly. Speaking on a television programme on Su...

The chairman of the Hospital Authority, Henry Fan, has urged Hong Kong people to sign up for a Covid-19 vaccination as soon as possible, as he cautioned that only staunch support for the inoculation programme would allow the SAR to return to normalit...

An RTHK spokesman has refused to comment on allegations that the broadcaster’s management ordered staff to delete a video credit given to a pro-democracy district councillor, charged under the national security law in an RTHK documentary shortly be...

Health officials reported eight new Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first time in over a week that the figure has been in single-digits. Seven of them were local, one from an unknown source - a 42-year-old carpenter who lives in Caroline...