Owners of subdivided flats will face tighter controls when they raise rents in future. The government proposed in July a cap of 15 percent on annual rent hikes to protect tenants living in these units. The Transport and Housing Bureau has proposed ...

Former Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho has issued a statement from prison announcing he is quitting the group which for years organised June 4 vigils and which is now the subject of a national security prosecution. Ho and other leaders of the H...

The government says it will start stripping charities of their tax exemption status if they are deemed to have violated the national security law. Treasury Secretary Christopher Hui made the announcement in a blog post on Monday, saying the authorit...

Hong Kong on Monday reported one Covid-19 infection, involving a man who flew in from Qatar. The 26 year-old received two doses of the BioNTech vaccine in Hong Kong earlier this year and tested positive for antibodies in July. He developed symptoms...

DAB chairwoman Starry Lee said on Monday that she hopes the government can work quickly on a restructuring that is expected to see the creation of new bureaus to deal with housing problems and cultural development. Chief Executive Carrie Lam hinted...

Form six students at a Kwun Tong secondary school on Monday became the first in Hong Kong to resume full-day classes, saying it is important to be able to spend more time in lessons to prepare for public exams. Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo) has be...

Two of Hong Kong’s top infectious diseases experts, Professors Yuen Kwok-yung and Malik Peiris, have been awarded the Life Science Prize – in recognition of their work contributing to the understanding of emerging diseases such as Sars and Covid-...

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...