Health officials on Saturday reported three imported Covid infections, involving arrivals from Britain, Russia and India via the United Arab Emirates. The man - an air crew member - and two women tested positive for the L452R mutant strain. All of ...

A survey released on Saturday suggests that most public utility workers want pay rises of up to six percent next year, after they said they received increases of around one to two percent this year. An affiliate of the Federation of Trade Unions, t...

Chief Secretary John Lee has called on people to vote in the upcoming "competitive and quality" Legco election, saying it would pave the way for good governance in Hong Kong. Writing on his blog on Saturday, Lee said malicious smears and personal a...

More than 10,000 police officers will be deployed on Legislative Council election day next month, to ensure that the polls take place safely and smoothly. Police Commissioner Raymond Siu said on Saturday that plainclothes and special duty officers w...

The civil service chief, Patrick Nip, said on Saturday that the government will deploy its first mobile vaccination vehicle in public housing estates from next week, to lift the vaccination rate, particularly among the elderly. However, he also said ...

Hong Kong authorities on Friday moved to ban non-residents who've spent time in seven African countries in the previous three weeks from entering the SAR, as global concern rises over the latest coronavirus variant. The measures were to take effect ...

Infectious diseases expert David Hui on Friday said the government should consider following the UK’s example in banning flights from South Africa and five of its neighbouring countries in light of the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant in the reg...

Health authorities on Friday reported four new imported Covid-19 cases. They include two boys, aged 9 and 11, who flew in from Singapore on Wednesday. The other infected travellers are a 25-year-old man who had been to the Czech Republic, Italy ...

Tickets were selling fast on Friday for next week’s shows to be attended by mainland athletes who competed in the Tokyo Olympics. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said online sales had gone smoothly, with almost 90 percent of the 5,30...

The Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that she hopes as many people as possible will soon be allowed quarantine-free travel across the border. The CE was speaking at a forum after mainland anti-epidemic experts agreed that Hong Kong people c...

Government data shows private home prices in October slipped 0.9 percent from September, when they dropped marginally on a month-on-month basis. But compared to a year ago, prices were still up more than three percent. Flats under 1,075 square feet ...

The Court of Appeal has set a hearing for March 22 and 23 next year to handle Tong Ying-kit's appeal against his conviction and sentence for terrorism and inciting secession. Tong, the first person convicted under the national security law, was jai...

The head of the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Lo Chung-mau, admitted on Friday that there have been hiccups in the renewal of their contract, but added they are but “small storms” that will be weathered. The 10-year contract betwee...

The Labour Department says a scaffolding worker died in Yuen Long on Thursday afternoon, after falling from a height. It said the man had been erecting a truss-out scaffold on the external wall of a residential building. He was later declared dead ...

Sha Tin Hospital on Thursday said staff found a psychiatric patient unconscious in a ward toilet at about 10.40 am. A hospital spokesman said the 51-year-old man had clothing coiled around his neck. He was rushed to Prince of Wales Hospital, where ...

Chief Secretary John Lee on Thursday said Hong Kong has in principle met the requirements for a full border reopening. Speaking after holding talks with mainland officials in Shenzhen as head of the Hong Kong delegation, Lee said the SAR was now rea...

Health authorities reported six new imported Covid-19 infections on Thursday. They included an aircrew member who flew in from Russia and a foreign domestic helper from the Philippines. The others arrived from France, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh...

The High Court on Thursday upheld the Communications Authority's finding that an episode of the RTHK show Headliner insulted the police. But the judge rejected the authority's ruling that the show failed to present a broad range of views. RTHK Progr...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that it would be wrong for people to think that Beijing owes Hong Kong people universal suffrage. Delivering a live-streamed lecture to teachers involved in citizenship and social development lessons, Lam ...

Ombudsman Winnie Chiu on Thursday urged the government to tighten medical requirements for older drivers, given that there are now so many on the territory's roads. From the age of 70, when motorists renew their driving licences every three years th...