Health authorities recorded three new imported Covid-19 cases on Sunday – with two of the cases confirmed to be carrying the L452R mutant strain. The two patients – a 31-year-old woman who had flown in from Israel and a 36-year-old woman who fle...

The Society for Community Organisation (Soco) said on Sunday that nearly half of some 500 ‘new immigrants’ they surveyed have experienced some form of discrimination as a result of their immigrant status. In one case, a nine-year-old girl and he...

The government has to work harder on educating Hong Kong’s youth, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Sunday, adding that she was aware of public concern that some young people have been incited to oppose the central authorities and lack national id...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday he's optimistic economic growth this year can meet the government's forecast – provided the coronavirus epidemic remains under control. The growth estimate was raised last month to between 5.5 and 6.5 p...

Police on Saturday arrested 21 people in Central on suspicion of illegal street gambling and violating public gathering restrictions. The force said the group had been arrested on Murray Road, near Chater Gardens, at about 10.30 pm. Officers seize...

Members of the Professional Teachers' Union have officially voted to dissolve the 48-year-old body. At a special meeting on Saturday afternoon, more 130 members backed the decision, while six voted against and two abstained. "With the worsening of...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported four imported Covid-19 cases. One of them is a 52-year-old man who lives in Tsz Wan Shan. He had travelled to the United States in August and tested positive for the coronavirus on his return t...

The Secretary for Civil Service Patrick Nip said on Saturday that the government would pull out all the stops over the next two months to persuade the elderly to get vaccinated against Covid. Nip, who's in charge of the city's vaccination programme...

The government said it has asked seven district councillors who swore oaths of allegiance on Friday for information before deciding if they would be disqualified from office. It said the Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui, the oath administrator, fo...

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said on Friday that Security Secretary Chris Tang has given it two weeks to explain why it shouldn’t be struck off the Companies Register. A letter from Tang to the allia...

A University of Hong Kong researcher has expressed concern about the increasing trend of elderly women and those under 15 taking their own lives, even as the city's overall suicide rate dropped to its lowest in more than 20 years. Professor Paul Yip...

Five members of the group which for three decades organised June 4 vigils in Hong Kong pleaded not guilty on Friday to failing to comply with a demand to furnish police with information about their activities. Chow Hang-tung, Leung Kam-wai, Chan To-...

Health authorities reported five new Covid-19 infections on Friday, all of which are imported. The Centre for Health Protection said the patients, who arrived from Switzerland, Russia and the Philippines, carried the L452R variant and have all been...

The Law Reform Commission on Friday proposed making bystanders criminally liable if they do nothing to protect children, the elderly or people with disabilities from serious harm or death. The commission said the move would deal with the problem of...

Three leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China appeared in West Kowloon Court on Friday charged under the national security law. Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho are accused of inciting subv...

The government says it is standing firm on a proposal to impose an all-out ban on the sale, import and manufacturing of e-cigarettes and other heated tobacco products, as the bill proceeds to the full Legislative Council for a second reading. The a...

Police on Friday said they had arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of arson after an early morning fire in Shek Kip Mei that left one man dead and 12 other people injured. Firefighters said the blaze broke out at around 2.30am in a 12th floor fl...

Eastern district councillor Peter Choi has been removed from office after failing to turn up for a mass pledge of allegiance session arranged by the government. Twenty-five district councillors from Eastern, Central and Western, Wan Chai and Souther...

A fire at a flat in Pak Tin Estate in Shek Kip Mei has killed one person and injured 11 others, with firefighters saying they heard reports that there was a dispute before the blaze. The fire broke out at about 2:30am and was put out about 30 minute...

The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police on Thursday charged the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, and the group's two vice-chairs Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung, as well as...