The High Court on Tuesday overturned the six-month sentence meted out to a defeated candidate in the 2019 District Council elections, who was convicted of breaching the Elections Ordinance by failing to submit his election return on time. Under the ...

A group founded by former chief executive CY Leung on Tuesday lost a High Court bid to make the government publicise details of teachers found to have committed professional misconduct. Leung filed the judicial review through the 803 Funds group, a...

Twenty green groups have jointly called on the government to include a comprehensive roadmap for Hong Kong achieving carbon neutrality in its next Climate Action Plan. In her policy address last year, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced a goal for ...

An investigator appointed by the government to probe Next Digital's financial affairs was on Tuesday granted a search warrant to enter the firm's premises to collect information. In July, the government used powers under the Companies Ordinance to ...

The District Court on Tuesday began hearing the trial of a man charged with inciting secession, with prosecutors accusing him of repeatedly advocating independence in rallies and media interviews last year. Ma Chun-man, dubbed “Captain America 2....

Police said on Tuesday that they had arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of murdering his elderly neighbour in Ma On Shan the day before. At a press briefing, chief inspector Victor Poon said an 84-year-old man was attacked with a 15-inch-long k...

Increasing smuggling activities near the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge have become a threat to the survival of pink dolphins. That’s according to Viena Mak, vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society. She told an RTHK programm...

Acting Chief Executive John Lee said Hong Kong needs to boost its anti-epidemic measures to avoid bringing virus risks to the mainland. He made the comments after attending a meeting on epidemic control with mainland officials in Shenzhen on Monday...

The SAR government issued a report on Monday blaming the US and “black-clad violence” in 2019 for hurting Hong Kong's business environment, and praising the national security law for restoring order and the city's prospects. The 68-page “Repor...

Constitutional and mainland affairs chief Erick Tsang says government staff who work as polling officers in the upcoming Legislative Council elections will have to undergo political screening to ensure "absolute loyalty". He was responding to DAB l...

The Centre for Health Protection on Monday reported three imported Covid-19 cases. The infected travellers flew in from Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Egypt. All were fully vaccinated and none had any symptoms. Hong Kong has so far reported 1...

Police on Monday said they had arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with the mob attacks in and around Yuen Long MTR Station on July 21, 2019. A force spokesman said the man, surnamed Tang, was arrested in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday. He was being ...

Former legislator Leung Kwok-hung on Monday lost a Court of Final Appeal bid to stave off a prosecution for contempt of Legco over his alleged snatching of a folder from an official at a meeting five years ago. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) ruled ...

A 31-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to nine years in prison for what a judge described as the "senseless and most horrific" stabbing of legislator Junius Ho. Tung Pak-fai, who is unemployed, had pleaded guilty to wounding Ho and the lawmaker's...

Police say they have found the body of an officer who had been missing at sea since a patrol boat overturned on Saturday. The body of senior inspector Lam Yuen-yee, 37, was retrieved from waters near Tai O on Monday morning. Police Commissioner Ra...

Democratic Party member and former lawmaker Fred Li says the party could be making it too difficult for members to run for Legco, after a new internal nomination procedure was proposed at a general meeting on Sunday. No decisions were made at the m...

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society warned on Sunday it is worrying that the number of sparrows in the city has decreased by around 30 percent in the past five years. The society said its surveyors found around 211,100 Eurasian Tree Sparrows in the...

The Democratic Party on Sunday stopped short of deciding whether it would field candidates in the Legislative Council polls in December. Speaking after a special meeting to deliberate on the matter, the party’s chairman, Lo Kin-hei, said members ...

A grassroots organisation on Sunday called on the government to step up its efforts to tackle unsuitable housing in Hong Kong, saying that Chief Executive Carrie Lam should come up with a timetable in her upcoming policy address to eliminate so-calle...

Police said they have charged a man for trafficking dangerous drugs, after officers seized over HK$100 million worth of ice in a shop in Hung Hom on Friday. He will appear in Kowloon City Magistracy for mention on Monday. Detectives said they stop...