Executive councillor Ronny Tong's Path of Democracy and the Third Side political party announced on Friday that they had formed a new alliance, in case they decide to field candidates in December's Legco elections. At a press conference, the two gro...

The District Court on Friday sentenced 11 people to jail for up to one year for vote-rigging in the IT sector race of the 2016 Legco election. Four of the defendants were executives or staff of the Taxi Drivers & Operators Association, including the...

Hong Kong recorded two new imported cases of Covid-19 on Friday. The patients recently arrived from Maldives and the Philippines. Both of them had been double jabbed and were infected with a mutant strain of coronavirus. Meanwhile, the government ...

The Housing Authority on Friday announced that prices for around 2,100 new subsidised flats under the green form subsidised home ownership scheme will range from about HK$1.18 million to HK$3.85 million. The flats in Kai Chuen Court in Diamond Hill...

Police Commissioner Raymond Siu on Friday paid tribute to officers who have died in the line of duty. At a Force Remembrance Day ceremony, Siu said officers face a number of dangers in the course of their duties, but always put the people of Hong K...

A government advisor on Covid-19 vaccination says preliminary trial results show mixing the use of Sinovac and BioNTech vaccines is effective and safe. Professor Ivan Hung told RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme that the incidence of side effects, wh...

Health authorities late on Thursday said they are investigating a suspected re-positive Covid-19 case, involving a male crew member of the cruise ship, Spectrum of the Seas, prompting the cancellation of a "cruise-to-nowhere" sailing. The 40-year-o...

Lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that will ban the sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. The bill will also ban the import, manufacture, distribution and advertising of such smoking products in the SAR. The government stressed the le...

Fresh university graduates from Hong Kong are being urged to pursue career opportunities in the Greater Bay Area even though the average starting monthly salary there is lower than in the SAR. Experts said that's because the area offers better prosp...

Hong Kong authorities say from next month it will be mandatory for many people to use the LeaveHomeSafe app to enter government buildings or offices. In general, exemptions will only be granted to those under 12 or aged 65 or above, as well as peopl...

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate dropped from 4.7 percent to 4.5 percent in the July-to-September period, the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic began last year. The underemployment rate, meanwhile, edged down slightly to 2.1 percent. The Census a...

Hong Kong recorded six new imported cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. The patients recently arrived from Mongolia, the Philippines, Ukraine, Indonesia and Nepal. The SAR has seen a total of 12,311 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.

Organisers of this weekend's Hong Kong Marathon have stressed they have zero tolerance for any breaches of the law, saying there's no place in sporting events for any politics or slogans. The clarification came in a statement, after lawmakers took i...

Hong Kong's new Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Louise Ho, says she is making safeguarding national security her top priority, including tackling the threat posed by the smuggling of Australian lobsters to the mainland. Ho, the wife of constitut...

The Legislative Council on Thursday passed a bill that allows non-locally trained doctors to fully practise in Hong Kong without taking a local licensing exam, despite opposition from the medical sector. Under the amendments, doctors with non-local...

Members of the public have been urged to avoid touching raw fish while shopping at wet markets, as health authorities on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of a bacterial infection that has led to dozens of people falling sick. The Centre for Health Pro...

The government on Thursday disqualified 16 district councillors from the western New Territories, saying the oaths of allegiance they took two weeks ago were invalid. In a statement, the government said it decided to strip the councillors of their s...

The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) says it has lost some documents containing personal information on 20 people, including complainants and police officers. In a statement, the council said a folder, containing six complaint reports, w...

Beijing on Thursday appointed Louise Ho as the new Commissioner of Customs and Excise – the first female head of the department. She replaces Hermes Tang, who is retiring, as the leader of the 7,800-strong department. Ho, wife of constitutional a...

A representative of the pork trade says even though wholesale prices of pigs have dropped significantly in recent months, this may not immediately be reflected in the market because retailers have to cover increasing costs. Wholesale prices of pigs...