Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Monday she believes the SAR government will see smoother governance and greater achievement in the next five years. But she told the audience at a forum not to treat that as her re-election bid. Speaking at her f...

Hong Kong health officials on Monday reported four new Covid-19 infections, all of them imported cases. The patients recently arrived from the Philippines, Denmark and Ukraine. The Centre for Health Protection also reminded people who had stayed at...

Development Secretary Michael Wong on Monday dismissed concerns that officials are biting off more than they can chew by undertaking two massive projects, the Northern Metropolis and Lantau Tomorrow Vision, at the same time. At a Legco panel meeting...

Customs officers said on Monday they had seized suspected controlled medicine with a street value of around HK$55 million. Five people, aged between 27 and 41, were arrested at the airport, a Hung Hom warehouse and a logistics centre in Sheung Wan, ...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung has called on the government to let people receive booster shots against Covid-19 as soon as possible if it wants to reopen the border. Speaking on an RTHK programme on Monday, Ho noted the mainla...

Liberal Party leader, Felix Chung, on Monday played down the impact of the loss of opposition legislators from Legco, saying the Legislative Council would still have room for different viewpoints. He said the current Legco term - which ends on Wedn...

A worker died on Sunday after falling through an opening in the floor at a construction site in Tseung Kwan O. She was rushed to hospital, where she was certified dead. The Labour Department said it was concerned about the incident and would be inv...

Authorities on Sunday said they have foiled an attempt to smuggle about HK$1.6 million worth of hairy crabs and other frozen food into Hong Kong. Customs officers said the items were seized from a truck returning from the mainland at the Man Kam To...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced she will resume her duties on Monday, after taking several days off following a fall at her residence. Chief Secretary John Lee has been acting in her capacity, after she fell from the stairs at Government House...

A new group has been formed to promote public awareness of the dangers of heart failure, warning that the chronic condition is often mistaken for other diseases which share similar symptoms. Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump eno...

Health authorities on Sunday reported four new imported coronavirus cases – three of them carrying mutant strains. The two men and two women, aged between 37 and 51, were fully vaccinated and asymptomatic. They arrived from the Philippines and S...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, warned on Sunday that there are signs that Hong Kong’s economic recovery is weakening, citing the latest unemployment figures as evidence. The SAR reported a 4.5 percent unemployment rate for the three months en...

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Sunday that a proposal to give people both flu and Covid shots at the same time to boost the inoculation rate was likely to win approval from the Department of Health. The Chinese University ...

The police have warned runners in Sunday's Hong Kong Marathon not to break the law, as officers on Saturday patrolled streets near the main route of the race. In a social media post, the force noted that organisers had said they would bar anyone wh...

Health authorities reported six new imported Covid-19 cases on Saturday, five of which involved the L452R mutant strain, with test results still pending for the other patient. The patients, who are all fully-vaccinated, include a foreign domestic h...

The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood said on Saturday that no members had indicated their intention to stand in December's Legco election before its internal deadline for applications on Friday. The party made the announc...

The government said on Saturday it had set aside a second hotel for newly-arrived foreign domestic helpers to complete their 21-day mandatory quarantine. For now, incoming helpers can only serve their quarantine in the Silka Tsuen Wan hotel or the ...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said on Saturday that officials would study closing or merging schools as pupil numbers fall. Asked whether some teachers will lose their jobs as a result, Yeung said the government would work with schools to minimise...

The head of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Ricky Chu, said on Saturday that a new requirement that everyone uses the LeaveHomeSafe app when entering government buildings is unfair to poor people who can't afford smartphones. The administration ...

The SAR government on Friday hit out at foreign criticism over the disqualification of district councillors following oath-taking ceremonies. In a statement, the government called statements issued by politicians from the US, the UK, the EU and Aust...