Health authorities said on Saturday that they are sending more residents living in a Tuen Mun block to quarantine after two more people from the building tested preliminary positive for the virus. In total, six people from Oi Fai House at Yau Oi Es...

The Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) on Saturday expressed concern about pork from Taiwan which may contain chemicals that are banned on the mainland, the European Union and Russia. Since the beginning of the year, Taiwan has been importing America...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung on Saturday played down concerns that teachers may easily cross political "red lines" when they teach the revamped liberal studies secondary school subject in future, insisting that they could use their professional ju...

The Democratic Party says two of its former lawmakers were charged on Friday with contempt under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance. Andrew Wan was charged with two offences and Helena Wong with one. They will appear before Ea...

Health authorities on Friday partially evacuated a public housing block in Tuen Mun after four residents tested positive for Covid-19, and an expert determined that the virus likely was transmitted via the building's pipes. Residents living in units...

The Hong Kong government said on Friday that it opposes any country harbouring criminals, blasting those that do for their "barbaric interference" and warning they will pay a price for their actions. No countries or "criminals" were named in the go...

Travel sector representatives are calling on the government to reopen the cruise industry this summer, to allow people to go on "seacations" after cruises ground to a halt more than a year ago due to the pandemic. The Hong Kong Travel Agents' Relief...

Health officials on Friday said experts will investigate whether there might be environmental transmission of Covid-19 at a public housing block in Tuen Mun, after two more residents there tested preliminary positive for the virus. Two Covid cases h...

Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Secretary Erick Tsang told lawmakers on Friday that it is inevitable that some people will feel left out when the new election committee is formed, but declined to give further details of its composition as the mat...

A stage director and actor was jailed for seven and a half years on Friday for sexually assaulting underage girls and making child pornography. Wong Ka-wai, 39, admitted that between 2014 and 2018, he induced four girls he met online into taking su...

Lawmakers on Friday urged the government to look further into construction problems surrounding the scandal-hit Sha Tin to Central Link after an investigation report by an expert team revealed that more steel bars than needed were used in building Hu...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui on Friday dismissed criticism that the tightening of company registry searches is a “regression”, saying the move is aimed at protecting people’s privacy as ‘doxxing’ has bec...

The District Court has ruled that it can try offences related to uttering seditious words because the national security law prevails over all local laws. Lawyers for People Power activist Tam Tak-chi, who faces numerous charges for allegedly chantin...

Stores of pro-democracy retail chain AbouThai saw a rush on Friday, a day after the company was raided by customs and had products worth around HK$400,000 seized. A 33-year-old director of the firm was arrested on Thursday as around a hundred office...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Friday that the government will delay shipments of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine this year, amid mounting concerns over possible links between the shot and very rare cases of blood clots. The government has orde...

Hong Kong residents looking to take advantage of a Tourism Board promotion offering discounted stays at local hotels were left frustrated on Friday morning, with the promotion’s website unable to cope with demand. The Tourism Board’s “Staycati...

Pro-government politicians on Friday backed the administration’s plans to widen quarantine exemptions for people travelling into Hong Kong from the mainland – including non-residents. Currently, Hong Kong residents returning from Macau or Guangd...

Hong Kong Customs says it's seized a batch of 14 brands of shower gel, detergents and bleaches from a chain retailer – and insisted that the action was not an attempt to "repress" the store. Customs did not name the chain involved but the retailer...

Cathay Pacific says seats on its first passenger flights from London since December have been snapped up within hours. The airline posted on its website on Thursday evening that the two flights, CX2252 on April 21 and 28, were sold out. The gover...

Beijing on Thursday accused the UK of sheltering "wanted criminals" after prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law said he had been granted political asylum there. Law, 27, fled the SAR when the national security law was imposed on the ...