The Hong Kong government said on Friday it had to shut down its office in Taiwan because of Taiwan’s “gross interference” in the SAR affairs, and in order to protect staff members’ rights and safety. Authorities announced on Tuesday the clos...

The Legislative Council's rules committee on Friday officially proposed a new requirement for lawmakers to dress up for council meetings, with any found to be too scruffy at risk of being shown the door. Sportswear would be out, no jeans allowed, an...

Health authorities on Friday issued a Covid-19 testing order for the Cosco Inn in Kennedy Town, after a woman who stayed there tested positive for coronavirus. The 18-year-old Hong Kong woman stayed at the hotel before going to Shenzhen earlier thi...

The University of Science and Technology said on Friday that students and staff who cannot be vaccinated against Covid-19 for health reasons will need to submit to regular tests, but stopped short of spelling out how it will deal with those who choos...

Aspiring homeowners queued up at the Housing Authority's headquarters in Lok Fu on Friday to pick up application forms for a new batch of subsidised flats. Around 2,100 units at the newly built Kai Chuen Court in Diamond Hill will be put up for sale...

Cathay Pacific says it may soon become a prerequisite for its pilots and cabin crews to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order for them to be rostered on flights. In an internal memo to staff on Thursday, the airline said it won’t be long before...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new immigration pathway for Hong Kong residents has received nearly 6,000 applications in the three months since its launch, a spokesman for the country's immigration ministry said on Thursday. In November, t...

Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung on Thursday rejected suggestions that a four-year-boy had tested false positive for the coronavirus, saying his infection should be treated as genuine. The boy developed a fever and sore throat on May 12. He was taken t...

The chair of a local cycling group has criticised the police’s “excessive” enforcement of social distancing rules, after tens of thousands of dollars of fines were dished out to cyclists commemorating people who had been killed or injured on Ho...

A group founded by former Chief Executive CY Leung told the High Court on Thursday that the authorities must reveal the names of teachers found guilty of professional misconduct, as parents have a right to know this information when they choose schoo...

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent in April, with the city’s labour chief saying the containment of the Covid-19 epidemic here has helped improve the situation. The SAR’s jobless rate hit a 17-year high of 7.2 percent for the th...

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

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...