Barrister Chow Hang-tung has been sentenced to a year and three months in prison after being found guilty of inciting others to join a banned vigil at Victoria Park on June 4 last year. The former vice-chairman of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the decision by two online media outlets here to shut down over the span of a week had no direct link to press freedom in Hong Kong, or the national security law. Citizen News had cited ‘vague lawsâ€...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday announced that vaccine mandates will be tightened on February 24 and it would cover not only entertainment venues but places like schools, libraries and museums as well. Lam said the plan was aimed at substanti...

An expert who helps the government identify Covid-19 transmission chains in Hong Kong has called on the authorities to consider reducing the quarantine period for people arriving in the city from 21 days to 14 days. Speaking on an RTHK show, Gilman...

A first-time legislator said on Tuesday that she wants to create a new culture in the Legislative Council, of 'constructively monitoring' the government. Wendy Hong, who is also the head of research at property firm, New World Development, took her ...

The operator of a community vaccination centre said on Tuesday that he'd seen a surge in people coming in for jabs in the past few days after the government announced plans to require patrons of businesses such as restaurants, cinemas and gyms to rec...

Authorities found no positive cases after they locked down a residential building in Tai Wai on Monday evening. A woman who lives there had tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus. The 66-year-old had dined with eight relatives at the Moon ...

Both the national and regional emblems will be present in the Legislative Council chamber in the new Legco term. The Legco Commission said it has decided to hang both emblems in the chamber. Work will be completed by January 12 in time for the first...

Authorities locked down a residential building in Tai Wai on Monday, after a woman who lives there tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus. The 66-year-old dined with her eight relatives at the Moon Palace restaurant in Kowloon Tong on Decem...

The Centre for Health Protection said on Monday another diner at Moon Palace restaurant in Kowloon Tong has tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus. If confirmed, it would be the sixth case linked to the outbreak at the Chinese restaurant at...

Senior editors of online media outlet Citizen News on Monday explained they are closing down because they no longer feel safe to continue their work at an 'uncertain time' for the industry. The outlet's chief writer, Chris Yeung, said the decision ...

Ninety lawmakers were sworn in during an oath-taking ceremony in Legco on Monday. Chief Executive Carrie Lam officiated at the event, which began with those present singing the national anthem. The legislators-elect then took turns according to the...

Chief Secretary John Lee has condemned an editorial published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), accusing the paper of misleading readers about the situation in Hong Kong. Headlined "No One Is Safe In Hong Kong", the editorial published on December 2...

A representative of the catering business has expressed worries that stricter vaccine mandates will cost restaurants at least a fifth of their business. Chui Man-wai from the Institute of Dining Professionals said on a radio programme on Monday tha...

The chairman of the Lan Kwai Fong Group says the bar and nightlife district did record business during the Christmas and New Year period, as travellers stayed in Hong Kong for the holidays and spent their money on dining and partying. Allan Zeman to...

Hong Kong's 90 newly elected lawmakers will be sworn in at a ceremony on Monday, marking the start of the new Legislative Council's four-year term. It's the first formal duty for the lawmakers, who were elected under Beijing's revamped electoral sys...

Online news outlet Citizen News on Sunday said it will cease operations starting from Tuesday. The announcement comes four days after Stand News announced that it was ceasing all operations on Wednesday, following a police raid on its office which ...

Health authorities on Sunday reported a preliminary positive Covid-19 case involving a woman who had dined with her husband at the Moon Palace restaurant in Festival Walk, the centre of an Omicron outbreak. If the 38-year-old woman is confirmed wit...

RTHK has learnt that another person who dined at the Moon Palace restaurant last Monday has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. If confirmed, it would be the fifth Covid-19 case linked to the Kowloon Tong eatery at the centre of an Omicron ou...

Police on Sunday said they arrested a 37-year-old man after he allegedly attacked four people in Kowloon City. The force said the man is suspected of attacking a woman and stealing her phone, attacking a man who tried to stop him, punching a car dri...