Organisers of the June 4 candlelight vigil on Saturday said the group's slogan calling for an end to one-party rule on the mainland will stay – for the time being – until a full analysis on the latest political situation is carried out. For year...

Health officials reported three new Covid-19 infections on Saturday, all of which are imported from Indonesia. The three cases involve foreign domestic helpers who arrived on the same flight on Friday, and tested positive on arrival. Two were fou...

Banks, accountants, lawyers and more sectors are getting exemptions from the government's plan to tighten public access to Hong Kong’s official business database, but officials are still refusing to give exemptions to journalists and labour unions....

Beijing's top representative in Hong Kong on Saturday said people who call for the "end of one-party rule" are the "real enemies" of the SAR. Luo Huining was speaking at a forum organised by the central government's offices in Hong Kong as part of a...

The chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Ricky Chu, warned on Saturday that companies risk facing legal challenges, if the measures they have for employees that aren't vaccinated against Covid-19 are unreasonable and unnecessary. Busines...

The pro-democracy activist, Agnes Chow, has been released from prison after serving nearly seven months for her role in an anti-government protest in 2019 that saw police officers trapped inside their headquarters in Wan Chai for hours. Thousands of...

Infectious disease expert David Hui said on Saturday that officials are still struggling to find the source of a highly infectious Covid-19 infection that broke Hong Kong's 42-day streak of no untraceable cases. Hui, who advises the government, sai...

The top US diplomat in Hong Kong said the imposition of the national security law had created an "atmosphere of coercion" that threatens both the SAR's freedoms and its standing as an international business hub. In unusually strident remarks this we...

An academic said on Friday that new guidelines for film censors simply formalise “red lines” that have become increasingly apparent in Hong Kong. The government announced earlier on Friday that film censors will need to ban films that are deemed...

The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling that the co-location arrangement at the West Kowloon express rail station is constitutional, dismissing an appeal from former lawmakers and activists. Disqualified legislators Leung Kwok-...

Lawmakers on Friday complained to Health Secretary Sophia Chan about the low inoculation rate among medical workers, saying their reluctance to get vaccinated was “enraging” and describing the need for them to undergo regular tests instead as a w...

Police on Friday said they had arrested two people on suspicion of promoting an unauthorised assembly and inciting others to join an unlawful assembly, in a case believed to be related to the anniversary of a major 2019 protest. The force identifie...

Hong Kong's film censors have been ordered to ban any movies deemed to be supporting or glorifying acts that could endanger national security. The government has gazetted changes to the Film Censorship Ordinance to enable the required changes, sayi...

A secondary school principal has questioned the government's plan to let schools resume full-day classes if at least 70 percent of teachers and pupils get vaccinated against Covid, on the day appointments open for children as young as 12 to book BioN...

The co-chair of the Gay Games on Friday urged Hong Kong people to take part in what he called a "once in a lifetime event" that's being hosted in Asia for the first time. Dennis Philipse said the nine-day event is scheduled for November next year, ...

The government on Friday hit out at remarks contained in the UK's latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong, describing them as inaccurate. The UK report criticised Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, prosecution decisions made by the D...

The Hong Kong government on Thursday hit back at the European Union, saying the bloc had made what it called "unfounded accusations" on Beijing's overhaul of the SAR's political system. Earlier in the day, the EU released a statement denouncing the...

The Antiquities Advisory Board on Thursday proposed classifying three century-old reservoirs around the Mid-Levels and the Peak as Grade 1 historic buildings, adding that creative ways are needed to publicise them as members of the public won’t hav...

Next Digital has lost its bid for a court order to get back documents seized by the police during their national security investigation into the company's founder Jimmy Lai. Scores of officers descended on the company's offices in Tseung Kwan O last...

The government has announced that children as young as 12 will be able to book an appointment for the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Friday, with the first shots to be administered three days later. Officials also announced on Thursday that socia...