Hong Kong residents will be able to enter or leave the city by simply looking into a camera from Wednesday as the Immigration Department introduces facial recognition technology at some of its automated clearance channels. The airport, the Shenzhen ...

The Education Bureau (EDB) on Tuesday unveiled new guidelines on values education aimed at instiling positive values and attitudes in primary and secondary school students, using "Chinese culture as the backbone." The Values and Education Curriculum...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported six imported Covid-19 cases. Three of the patients arrived from Pakistan, while the others flew in from the UK, India and the Philippines. Hong Kong has recorded 12,436 coronavirus cases so far.

The Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan, said on Tuesday that the government may require inbound travellers to stay longer at quarantine camps upon arrival to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, but said there’s no need to close the b...

University of Hong Kong epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling has questioned whether it's sustainable to quarantine all incoming travellers from high-risk areas for seven days at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre. He made the comment after Hong Kong tigh...

Former Democratic Party legislator Ted Hui and former district councillor Yau Man-chun are now wanted by the ICAC for allegedly calling on people to boycott and cast blank votes in the upcoming Legco elections. According to a statement by the anti-g...

An administrator of a Telegram group on Monday pleaded guilty to nine incitement charges linked to the 2019 social unrest, including incitement to commit rioting, public nuisance and arson. The District Court heard that Siu Cheung-lung, 33, forwarde...

The government has announced stricter quarantine rules on travellers coming from high-risk countries and regions in view of the emergence of a new Covid variant. It said on Monday that travellers from places where there's been community transmission...

A retired police superintendent was on Monday sentenced by the District Court to a year and a half in prison for deceiving the government and a bank into granting him housing and mortgage loans worth about HK$6 million. Lung Siu-chuen, 55, was earli...

Hong Kong residents living on the mainland will have to sign up online from Wednesday if they want to vote in the Legislative Council elections next month, so they can cast their ballots at one of the polling stations set up at the border. The gove...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung on Monday urged the government to put fully vaccinated Hongkongers returning from eight African countries in quarantine camps for 21 days, to prevent the spread of the new Omicron variant of Covid-1...

Police said they have arrested a 33-year-old driver and charged him with assault after he allegedly pushed a woman onto the light rail track in Tuen Mun on Sunday afternoon. Chief Inspector Lee Ying-chi told a news conference that at about 4pm, the...

Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien says he expects quarantine-free travel between Hong Kong and the mainland to resume soon, if the new Omicron variant doesn't torpedo the plan. The government's expected to announce a new health code system for Hong K...

Environment Secretary Wong Kam-sing on Sunday reminded the public of the risks posed by wild boars in the urban area, saying the animals could still be dangerous even if they don't attack people. Wong was speaking a day after wild pigs were seen in ...

Health authorities on Sunday reported three imported Covid-19 cases. The three men, aged between 37 and 80, arrived from Canada, Nigeria and Qatar and were all asymptomatic. The L452R and N501Y mutant strains were detected in two of the men, while...

The Democratic Party on Sunday urged the government to try to ensure people affected by the major redevelopment plan for Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok can stay in the area, saying many could have a hard time adapting if they are relocated elsewhere. It sa...

The convenor of the Executive Council on Sunday said he believes any impact of a vaccine passport would be temporary, and that elderly people will need to get vaccinated against Covid-19 eventually. Bernard Chan was speaking a day after the civil se...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that future legislators will be able to help the government better formulate policies, given the diverse background they are from and interests they represent. More than 150 candidates are vying for 90 L...

Fully vaccinated Hongkongers who arrive in the SAR having spent time in any of eight African countries will have to serve their first week of quarantine at the government's Penny's Bay quarantine centre, officials announced on Saturday. The move is ...

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 ...