Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the District Court to assign a designated judge under the national security law to hear a case against internet radio host Edmund Wan, who has been charged with seditious intent. Wan, better known as DJ Giggs, is accused...

Health officials on Tuesday reported seven new Covid infections – all of them imported cases. The five men and two women, aged between 12 and 58, flew in from the US, Japan, France, Iran and Bangladesh. The Centre for Health Protection said six ...

The observatory has on Tuesday lowered this year’s first No 3 typhoon signal to Standby Signal No, 1 as Tropical Storm Cempaka moves further away from Hong Kong. “Cempaka is drifting steadily towards the western coast of Guangdong. According to...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday dismissed the idea that the popularity of a local TV drama involving a gay romance suggests a growing acceptance of homosexuality in Hong Kong, saying the issue is still "very, very controversial". ViuTV's Ossan...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says even though she transcends the executive, legislature and judiciary she would still face legal consequences if she carried out criminal acts. Despite this, she says she has come to understand that it would be unconsti...

Epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling said on Tuesday that a more sustainable Covid strategy for Hong Kong would be to “learn to live” with the virus. The University of Hong Kong academic was speaking after the UK lifted pandemic restrictions on Monda...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday admitted that the territory's district councils are no longer fully functional and representative after more than 200 members resigned, but said it is impossible to hold by-elections anytime soon to fill the vaca...

One of the founders of Occupy Central, Chan Kin-man, has gone to Taiwan to teach for a year. The sociology professor said on Tuesday that he’ll serve as a visiting scholar at Taipei’s National Chengchi University to teach about social movements...

The government on Tuesday said it finished its compulsory Covid-19 testing exercise at 7am at the Centre Point residential building in Sheung Wan, where a 185 residents were tested and no confirmed cases were found. Police had sealed off the buildin...

The Observatory says the Strong Wind Signal Number 3 will remain in force for sometime during the day on Tuesday. It said Typhoon Cempaka was hovering over the offshore waters of western Guangdong and was maintaining a distance of about 200 km from...

The government on Monday said it might prosecute a man who received two Covid jabs here, after he reportedly didn't tell nursing staff he'd already been inoculated abroad. The administration also said it might refuse to issue him with a local vaccina...

The Observatory says the chance of the No 8 Gale or Storm Signal being issued overnight is not high and that the Strong Wind Signal No 3 will remain in force for some time. It said the area of gales associated with Severe Tropical Storm Cempaka was ...

A residential building in Sheung Wan was placed under overnight lockdown on Monday evening over a preliminary positive Covid-19 case involving a US arrival. Residents of Centre Point on Staunton Street are required to undergo compulsory testing. He...

The observatory on Monday issued the Strong Wind Signal Number 3 as tropical storm Cempaka edged closer to the coast of western Guangdong. Senior Scientific Officer Tong Yu-fai said the signal would be in force for some time as the storm's intensit...

Secondary schools principals on Monday urged the chief executive to "listen to the people" and find out why so many Hongkongers are emigrating, as they voiced concerns that a brain drain of teachers will affect the quality of education here. In an o...

A pro-Beijing lawmaker on Monday said the government must warn voters not to pick "unpatriotic" candidates in future elections, as another urged officials to reassure people they can exercise their right to vote without fear. DAB legislator Elizabet...

US businesses in Hong Kong fear mainland Chinese internet curbs and want local authorities to commit to the free flow of information, the head of the city's American Chamber of Commerce said Monday. Hong Kong has long marketed itself as an internat...

A senior executive of Now News has tendered her resignation, RTHK understands. The news department’s vice president, Annie Cheng, texted her colleagues on Monday morning about her decision. “The time has come,” Cheng wrote, adding she had cho...

A man appeared in court on Monday charged with attempted rape, in a case which reportedly led police to bust three top government officials for flouting public gathering rules. Chen Fen is accused of trying to rape a woman in a flat in Happy Valley ...

The observatory says it will consider issuing the Strong Wind Signal Number 3 in the late afternoon on Monday or Tuesday morning, as Tropical Storm Cempaka intensifies and edges closer to the west of the Pearl River Estuary. The Standby Signal Numb...