Former lawmaker Chu Hoi-dick has announced that he's leaving politics and disbanding his political group, as he prepares to spend a long time behind bars over a number of criminal cases he's facing. The pro-democracy politician is among 47 activist...

A four-year-old boy who was recently confirmed as having Covid-19 has repeatedly tested negative for the virus, suggesting Hong Kong is just shy of the authorities' initial target of 28 days with no untraceable infections. The boy developed a fever ...

A public policy think tank on Thursday called on lawmakers to end the city’s two-decade long wait for a waste charging scheme, saying there is wide public support for the idea of paying for the amount of rubbish one throws away. The Civic Exchange...

National security suspect Tong Ying-kit has lost his bid to overturn the decision to deny him a trial by jury, after a High Court judge on Thursday refused to grant him leave for a judicial review. Tong, 24, is the first person in Hong Kong to face ...

An infectious disease expert says Hong Kong will be able to start talks on resuming cross-border travel with the mainland if the territory manages to go 28 days with no untraceable local Covid-19 infections. This comes as authorities re-test a four-...

The pro-business Liberal Party on Thursday said the government should delay moves to increase statutory holidays for blue-collar workers for at least a couple of years, until the local economy has improved. Liberal Party leader Felix Chung also sai...

The group that regularly organises events to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre on Thursday said it is not hopeful of being granted permission to go ahead. Representatives of the Hong Kong Alliance In Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements o...

A secondary school which has missed out on a multimillion-dollar redevelopment insisted on Wednesday it's always groomed pupils to be law-abiding and non-violent. Wa Ying College found itself at the centre of controversy after a lawmaker intimated ...

The Art Basel contemporary art fair opened in Hong Kong on Wednesday, offering a combination of physical and virtual shows as many art collectors and curators were not able to travel to the city because of Covid-19 restrictions. The annual fair, whi...

The government said on Wednesday that it will consider allowing younger children to receive Covid-19 vaccines, as long as this is proven to be scientifically safe. At the moment, those aged 16 and above are able to get the BioNTech vaccine, while p...

Extra holidays, spending coupons and lucky draws would help boost Hong Kong's low coronavirus vaccination rate, pro-establishment parties said on Wednesday. Members of the New People's Party and Civil Force urged the government to take action to get...

A pro-Beijing union said on Wednesday that the number of statutory holidays for grassroots workers should be increased from 12 to 17 days within the next three years, far quicker than the nine-year time frame the government is proposing. Officials a...

Cheung Chau welcomed visitors on Wednesday for its annual Bun Festival, but for the second year in a row it was a rather subdued affair, with no parade, a much shorter than usual bun tower, and a ban on anyone scaling it. Huge numbers of people usua...

The president of the Public Doctors' Association, Arisina Ma, says she’s concerned the government will have too much sway over the selection of non-locally trained doctors under a new plan, and frontline medics will have little say on the matter. ...

Medical sector lawmaker Pierre Chan said on Wednesday that the government pushing ahead with plans to allow overseas doctors to work in Hong Kong can only be a political move, being as everyone else is focused on tackling the pandemic. On a radio p...

Beijing on Wednesday announced a new chief for its Foreign Ministry office in Hong Kong. Liu Guangyuan, a veteran diplomat, is taking over as commissioner of the ministry of foreign affairs in the SAR, replacing Xie Feng. Liu was China’s ambassad...

Hong Kong has tightened the quarantine rules for people arriving from Taiwan and Singapore, both of which are seeing a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, with some recent arrivals who are isolating at home instructed to go to hotels. Officials say the qu...

Mandatory coronavirus testing was ordered on Tuesday for nine schools where outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infection or influenza-like illness were recently reported. Health authorities said symptoms of those diseases are similar to those of C...

Police said on Tuesday they had wrapped up an investigation into the director of the force's national security department, Frederic Choi, and concluded the senior officer had not been engaged in any unethical or illegal behaviour. Chief Superintende...

The police said on Tuesday they had smashed a human trafficking and prostitution syndicate, and arrested 106 people in a joint operation with Guangdong authorities. Officers said 35 of those arrested were sex workers from the mainland who were smugg...