Hong Kong's electoral overhaul endorsed by the country's top legislature on Tuesday saw the elimination of district councillor seats from the election committee, as well as the so-called district council superseats from the Legislative Council. The ...

Legco president Andrew Leung revealed on Tuesday that the next Legco elections will take place in December, and that current lawmakers will stay on in the council until then. The polls had been scheduled for September last year, but officials scrap...

Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Tuesday said changes made to the Basic Law by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee have created more space for residents to take part in the territory's politics. The number of seats to be ch...

National security police officers are to run background checks on would-be election candidates to determine how patriotic they are, with securing the force's approval one of several new hurdles for those hoping to run for office. Once potential Legc...

Carrie Lam on Tuesday reiterated the authorities' claim that a committee which will vet candidates for future elections in Hong Kong will not screen people out based on their political views. What it will do is weed out any "non-patriots", she expla...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said Hong Kong is not ready to drastically relax its infection control measures despite a recent drop in number of new Covid-19 cases, because the government does not want everyone’s efforts in fighting the virus to be ...

The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on Tuesday approved amendments to annexes 1 and 2 of Hong Kong's Basic Law to pave the way for a drastic overhaul of the SAR's electoral system, according to local member Tam Yiu-chung. Tam s...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has defended the new head of RTHK over his controversial decisions to pull several programmes at the last minute, saying he has been doing what she expects of the station's chief editor. Since taking office on March 1, Pa...

Nightlife entrepreneur Allan Zeman says stricken bar owners had hoped to reopen before the Easter weekend and are disappointed and frustrated to have been left out in an easing of Covid-19 restrictions The government said on Monday that beaches and ...

The government has proposed barring the public from accessing some personal information about executives through company registry searches – a move that a journalists’ group says would seriously undermine press freedom. In a proposal submitted t...

RTHK said on Monday evening that the reason it pulled three television programmes from its schedule at short notice was because portions of the episodes in question contained inaccuracies and were not impartial. The broadcaster pulled an episode of ...

The Department of Health said on Monday evening that a 61-year-old man had died of a suspected heart attack, 12 days after he received his first dose of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine. The death will be investigated by a government expert committee...

The chairman of RTHK's Board of Advisers on Monday was full of praise for new Director of Broadcasting Patrick Li, as reports emerged that production of one of the station's shows had been suspended. Work had already started on the new series of TV ...

The MTR Corporation says it will cut fares by an average of 1.7 percent from June 27, in what will be the first ever reduction under a price setting formula agreed in 2007. But the news comes just three days before a 20 percent fare rebate ends, to ...

The Centre for Health Protection on Monday reported the first locally acquired Covid infection in three days. The patient is a Baptist University student, aged 22. Officials are unable to trace the source of infection. He last attended classes las...

Officials on Monday announced plans to re-open public beaches, swimming pools and playgrounds before the Easter holiday, as they also revealed that restrictions on people returning from the UK will be lifted and mandatory quarantine arrangements will...

The Oscars will not be shown in Hong Kong for the first time in more than half a century, TVB confirmed on Monday, as doubts remained over whether Hollywood's top awards will air in mainland China. The ceremony has been broadcast every year since 1...

The Communications Authority upheld another complaint about RTHK on Monday, admonishing the station for comments in a show suggesting that Taiwan is able to establish its own diplomatic relations. Two people complained about an episode of "Taiwan St...

A High Court judge has rejected a bail application by former lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung who is charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law. Leung and 35 other activists and politicians who were involved in primary p...

Another RTHK television programme has been pulled from the schedule at the last minute, with no word from the station's management as to why the decision was taken. The latest show to be dropped is an episode of the documentary series Hong Kong Conn...