A gay man on Friday won his second judicial challenge against the government – this time over a policy that barred same-sex couples from officially living together in subsidised housing. The High Court on Friday ruled in favour of Henry Li and hi...

A pro-Beijing lawmaker has dismissed concerns about the promotion of two officials with law enforcement backgrounds to senior positions in the SAR administration, saying if Hong Kong is now a police state then so be it. Security Secretary John Lee ...

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei on Friday questioned John Lee's suitability for the role of chief secretary, saying his limited experience in government and shepherding of the ill-fated extradition bill in 2019 count against him. Lee, formerly ...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has thanked all the Hong Kong chief executives he has worked under, as he leaves the government after almost five decades. At a media briefing on Friday, Cheung didn't reveal whether it was his idea to stand down. He ...

Beijing on Friday confirmed a reshuffle of the SAR administration, with Secretary for Security John Lee replacing Matthew Cheung as chief secretary, and Police Commissioner Chris Tang replacing Lee. One of Tang's deputies, Raymond Siu, is becoming t...

Infectious disease expert Joseph Tsang on Friday welcomed reimposing a 21-day quarantine on UK arrivals, where the Delta variant is prevalent. “We have to closely observe those incoming travellers, we have to do repeated viral testing, including ...

Hong Kong’s number two official, Matthew Cheung, is being allowed to bow out of Carrie Lam’s administration by Beijing, local media reported on Friday. The 70-year-old Chief Secretary will be replaced by Secretary for Security John Lee in a resh...

US President Joe Biden lamented a "sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world" after the pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid was forced to close under the new national security law. The newspaper published its defiant final edition on...

Health officials on Thursday said the quarantine requirements for people returning from the UK will be tightened from Monday, after a surge in Covid-19 cases involving a more infectious strain of the virus there. Currently, those who’re arriving ...

Authorities on Thursday said they are investigating why around a dozen books written by Apple Daily founder, Jimmy Lai, went on display at the Shek Tong Tsui Public Library. The tycoon has been charged with colluding with foreign forces to endanger...

Hong Kong is expected to find out on Friday whether it has recorded its first community infection of the contagious Delta strain of Covid-19, when laboratory results from a man at the centre of a Covid scare in Tai Po come out. The Centre for Health...

Police officers testifying on day two of the trial of national security suspect Tong Ying-kit said the defendant drove past their check lines in Wan Chai on July 1 last year despite their warnings, with one policeman saying he fired two pepper shots ...

Organisers of the annual book fair on Thursday said they will not screen the books to be sold at the week-long event next month, but warned that police will be called in if they receive any national security complaints. The fair will be held at Wan...

Two Apple Daily executives arrested over alleged violations of the national security law are seeking court orders for the police to return journalistic or legally protected material seized during recent raids. The writ was filed on Wednesday by the ...

Beijing's Foreign Ministry office in Hong Kong on Thursday accused "a small amount of American and Western politicians" of using press freedom as an excuse to continuously attack the SAR's national security law. Western governments, rights groups an...

Hong Kong cyber activists are backing up articles by pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on censorship-proof blockchain platforms after the newspaper was forced to shut down as it became embroiled in a national security law crackdown. The latest drive...

A journalism professor at Chinese University has questioned how a diversity of views in Hong Kong and the concerns of the public can be reflected now pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has closed down. Speaking on a radio show on Thursday after the...

Hong Kong’s human rights scores have plummeted since 2019, and the pandemic has made the situation worse, according to a report by a human rights index published on Thursday. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) tracks human rights perfo...

Authorities in Taiwan condemned the closure of Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy newspaper the Apple Daily on Thursday as "political oppression" of the SAR's media, saying it sounded the death knell for freedom of speech and the media. The paper ...

Health authorities have tested 2,100 residents of a building in Tai Po that was locked down overnight, after one resident had earlier tested preliminary positive for a more infectious Covid-19 strain, known as L452R. If confirmed, it will be the fi...