Health authorities on Wednesday said four new Covid cases might be linked to a woman previously confirmed with the virus. The 62-year-old woman is the mother of a Cathay Pacific flight attendant, who had earlier been infected. Officials said the w...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the government will re-impose strict anti-epidemic measures in Hong Kong to try to ward off a large-scale Covid-19 outbreak involving the Omicron variant, such as re-introducing a ban on dine-in services at restaurants...

The Court of Appeal has given the green light for a man jailed for possessing cable ties in 2019 to challenge his conviction and sentence in the city’s top court. Chan Chun-kit, 35, who’s a real estate agent, was found guilty by Eastern Court i...

Respiratory medicine expert Leung Chi-chiu on Wednesday sought to reassure passengers on board a luxury cruise liner potentially exposed to the Omicron variant that they’re unlikely to have caught the virus. Health authorities had ordered the vess...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the government will consider introducing special mortgage arrangements for prospective buyers of subsidised flats, to make it easier for people to get on the housing ladder. In an interview with the Hong Kong Economic...

A representative of the taxi trade on Wednesday urged the government to step in to help cab drivers transfer their insurance policies to new companies, with the biggest insurer for the trade set to cancel some policies over the next few days. More t...

The District Court on Wednesday found three men guilty of conspiring to damage an MTR light rail stop in Tuen Mun in 2019. Li Kwan-ho, Ivan Cheung and Ryan Li were charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage, after police searched a car they ...

Prominent medical experts have called on the government to immediately tighten social distancing measures to curb the spread of the Omicron variant, warning that a fifth wave of Covid-19 outbreaks could be imminent. Officials had on Tuesday reported...

Health officials will check passengers on a 'cruise-to-nowhere' after nine close contacts of a female Covid patient boarded a Spectrum of the Seas vessel on Sunday. The ship had been due to return on Thursday, but came back on Wednesday morning. ...

The government on Wednesday said no new cases of Covid-19 had been found following an overnight lockdown of a residential building in Tuen Mun, the home of a man who had tested preliminary positive for the virus, without a clear source of infection. ...

Health authorities on Tuesday locked down two buildings in Causeway Bay for compulsory Covid testing on concerns about the Omicron variant. The move followed a lockdown earlier in the day in Tuen Mun, after Hong Kong's first untraceable local case in...

A prominent politician in the colonial era, Hilton Cheong-Leen, died at the age of 99 on Tuesday. Cheong-Leen was the first ethnic Chinese to serve as chairman of the Urban Council between 1981 and 1986. He also served as an elected council member f...

An online media platform founded by former legislator Wong Yuk-man has ceased operation, days after Stand News and Citizen News announced their closures. Wong announced Mad Dog Daily's closure in his YouTube channel, saying all the platform's conte...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Tuesday said it's investigating what appears to be a local Covid-19 infection which is not linked to any other recent cases. The CHP's Dr Albert Au said the patient is a 42-year-old man who lives in Tuen Mu...

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...