The government has been urged to give priority to people who need to attend to urgent personal matters and family business when quarantine-free travel resumes with the mainland, and set up a merit points system to decide who gets to go first. The So...

Four jockeys were injured on Sunday in a major fall at an international race meeting at the Sha Tin Racecourse. They were competing in the 1,200-metre Hong Kong Sprint. The horse Amazing Star and rider Lyle Hewitson tumbled on the turn, with Luck...

Researchers in Hong Kong have found that the BioNTech vaccine may be much less effective against the Omicron variant of Covid-19, although they say it’s still likely to prevent death and severe diseases. A joint study by the medicine faculties of...

Hong Kong on Sunday reported five new imported Covid-19 cases, with the patients flying in from the United Kingdom and the Philippines. Both countries are listed as high-risk by the SAR's health officials. The Centre for Health Protection said two ...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Sunday that Hong Kong will be able to contribute to the global fight against Covid-19 if the legislature would act together with the administration. She made the comment in her blog as she called on people to vo...

The Harbour Swim takes place on Sunday morning, following a three-year break due to the pandemic and the 2019 unrest. The first open group event begins at 8.15 am. Participants will enter the water at Golden Bauhinia Square public pier in Wan Chai ...

Police on Saturday said one of the women injured in Friday evening's crash, at the junction of Peel Street and Staunton Street in Central, has died. She is a 27-year-old French national. The accident happened when a car, that had been parked on Pee...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday said it was closely monitoring a mainland case of H5N6 bird flu, involving a 68-year-old man from Huizhou in Guangdong. He kept poultry at home and developed symptoms a week last Friday. The man was ad...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday said it was investigating a suspected poisoning case, after a 57-year-old man on Friday ate a puffer fish he had caught in local waters. The centre said the man had developed numbness around his mouth abo...

The government says this year's annual reef check showed that local corals were generally in a healthy and stable condition, with relatively high biodiversity. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department made the announcement on Saturday ...

Health authorities reported one new Covid-19 infection on Saturday, which was imported from the Philippines. The 27-year-old patient is a fully vaccinated foreign domestic helper, and she arrived at Hong Kong on November 28. She tested positive ...

Organisers of the Brands and Products Expo say they hope to hit HK$1 billion in sales as the event returns for the first time since 2019. The annual fair which showcases products from Hong Kong businesses, was scrapped last year due to the pandemic....

Chief Secretary John Lee said on Saturday that foreign agents in Hong Kong are attempting to deliberately obstruct next week's Legislative Council election, as he urged people to vote in the poll. Writing on his official blog, Lee said the most dir...

Police have arrested a 44-year-old woman on suspicion of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, after her car rolled backwards down Peel Street in Central injuring eight people. Two of those hurt, both women, were rushed to Queen Mary Hosp...

The government has condemned remarks made by former lawmaker Nathan Law on Hong Kong at a meeting held in the United States. A spokesman said in a statement: "The conduct of the so-called Summit for Democracy by the US is a disguise for it to unilat...

Two women were rushed to Queen Mary Hospital in an unconscious state on Friday after a car rolled backwards, before stopping at the junction of Peel Street and Staunton Street in Central. The two were among eight pedestrians, four males and four fe...

An expert committee said on Friday it found no direct connection between the death of a woman and her getting jabbed against Covid-19. The Department of Health wrote in a report that the woman, 66, received her first BioNTech jab in July and died of...

The government said it will implement "the most stringent" quarantine and testing requirements for arrivals from the United States starting Monday, after a man travelling from the US to Hong Kong this week was found to be carrying the Omicron variant...

The Town Planning Board has endorsed plans to redevelop a housing estate in Shek Kip Mei built more than 50 years ago. But residents of Tai Hang Sai Estate said they're unhappy with plans to rehouse them during redevelopment. The estate is the only...

Hong Kong on Friday recorded its fifth case of the Omicron coronavirus infection. The patient is a 37-year-old man who arrived from the United States on Tuesday and tested positive at the airport. It was listed as one of the confirmed cases on Thur...