Researchers from the University of Hong Kong said on Tuesday that a hepatitis C screening programme targeting a high-risk group has proved highly effective and will help cut transmission of the disease. The HKU team said they have been testing forme...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported one imported Covid-19 case. The 19-year-old patient arrived from the United States, where she received a dose of the Janssen vaccine in August. She arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday and tested positive for the c...

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on Tuesday announced that its president Wei Shyy will step down on October 19 next year, almost a year before his five-year term is due to end. Shyy didn't explain why he was resigning. Bu...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government will soon announce arrangements for Hong Kong residents on the mainland to vote in Legco elections next month. Speaking ahead of the weekly Executive Council meeting, the CE said the po...

Respiratory medicine expert Leung Chi-chiu says once quarantine-free travel resumes between Hong Kong and the mainland, it does not have to be suspended unless there are clear signs that there’s transmission of Covid-19 within the community. The ...

Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien says there’s no chance of Hong Kong relaxing quarantine restrictions on international arrivals as long as Beijing maintains its zero-Covid strategy. Tien's comments come amid news reports that Hong Kong could resu...

The CEO of the World Green Organisation, William Yu, says he expects to see double-digit increases in electricity tariffs as Hong Kong power firms transition to cleaner fuel. Yu made his comments on Tuesday ahead of the government's announcement lat...

The government on Monday ordered compulsory Covid testing at a dozen schools, comprising a primary school, kindergartens and nursery schools across the territory, following outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections and flu-like illnesses at the...

The judicial committee of the Chinese University’s students’ union has ruled that it was unconstitutional for the entire union to be disbanded, and student representatives should resume their duties. The students’ union council decided to disb...

The Hong Kong Productivity Council said on Monday technology companies are eager to manufacture more of their products in the SAR, but they need support to help nurture talent. Researchers blamed a "talent mismatch" under a university education syst...

Security Secretary Chris Tang said on Monday that a call by former lawmaker Ted Hui for people to cast blank votes in this December's Legco elections was despicable and possibly unlawful. Hui, who left Hong Kong at the end of last year, made the ca...

A structural engineer has assured people that buildings near a section of Peak Road that experienced a landslide last Friday are still structurally sound. Video widely shared online showed earth cascading down the hillside, covering an area of thre...

Health officials reported no new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the first time in almost a month. All of the 45 infections reported in the past fortnight were imported. The city has recorded 12,368 coronavirus infections so far.

The chairman of the Hong Kong Senior Government Officers Association, Lee Fong-chung, said on Monday that he isn't sure whether more regular Covid tests for unvaccinated civil servants will help boost the city's take-up of jabs. Civil service chief ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says Hong Kong will have to reopen its border with the mainland in stages, with cities in Guangdong expected to be the first to resume quarantine-free travel with the SAR. In an interview with Hong Kong Economic Times publ...

Police said on Monday that they had seized more than 600 kilogrammes of cocaine which had been hidden inside a shipment of frozen orange juice from Brazil. Officers said a 28-year-old man was arrested on Saturday following a raid on an industrial bu...

Infectious diseases expert Joseph Tsang said on Monday that the government should consider further narrowing quarantine exemption to prevent a new and potentially more transmissible Covid variant from entering the community. Tsang made the comment ...

Oxfam Hong Kong has criticised the SAR's climate action plan, saying the blueprint will do little to help the poor adapt to climate change. The government announced details of its 2050 climate plan last month, identifying four key decarbonisation st...

The Secretary for Civil Service, Patrick Nip, said on Sunday that unvaccinated government staff may need to get tested for Covid-19 every week, instead of once every two weeks. Currently, government employees who have not received at least one Covi...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that this year’s budget deficit will likely be much smaller than the original estimate he made at the start of the year, due to recovery in the economy, better-than-expected land sales and other sources ...