Representatives of the tourism and hotel industries are calling on the government to allocate around HK$1 billion to help the sectors get through the fifth wave of the pandemic. They made the call after Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the governmen...

Government pandemic advisor Yuen Kwok-yung said people could wear two masks for better protection against Covid-19. Yuen's comments came after he inspected a residential block in North Point on Wednesday, suspecting vertical transmission of the viru...

Cathay Pacific has defended its recent practice of allowing crew who served on outbound passenger flights to return to Hong Kong on cargo flights, saying the arrangement was in line with government regulations and officials were aware of it. Until r...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday rejected suggestions that her administration had bungled its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic as she sparred with some lawmakers in the first meeting of the new Legislative Council. During a question-and-answ...

Chief Secretary John Lee has accused the Economist of misleading its readers about the situation in Hong Kong, in his second letter admonishing an international news outlet in as many weeks. In its January 8 edition, the London-based publication ran...

Long queues formed outside some Covid testing centres in Tuen Mun on Wednesday morning, after health officials warned of silent transmission of the virus in the area. Some people outside the Siu Lun Community Hall told RTHK they arrived around an ho...

A professor of paediatrics has backed calls to allow parents a choice of Covid-19 vaccine for younger children, after officials announced that the Sinovac jab would be available for children as young as five. Dr Agnes Leung, an assistant professor f...

The chairman of an education concern group says he supports the government's decision to suspend in-person classes for kindergartens and primary schools, but said the authorities will need to provide support for families until face-to-face lessons re...

Health authorities on Wednesday said no cases had been found at two overnight Covid testing lockdowns in North Point and Tuen Mun. Phase three of Maple Garden on Kin Wah Road in North Point was sealed off on Tuesday at about 7 pm for mandatory test...

The Chief Executive's Office has responded to a letter on Tuesday in the South China Morning Post by the former permanent secretary for home affairs Raymond Young Lap-moon. Young had asked what rules senior officials had broken by attending a birthd...

Authorities have locked down two buildings in North Point and Tuen Mun on Tuesday night after preliminary positive cases were identified in the blocks. In a statement, the government said everyone living in phase three of Maple Gardens on Kin Wah S...

The District Court on Tuesday handed down sentences to five people for breaching the anti-mask law at a protest in 2019. Deputy judge Ko Wai-hung sent So Nga-yin and Henry Tse, both university students, and Chan Lok-sun, a freelance musician, to 10 ...

Health officials on Tuesday warned of silent transmission of the coronavirus in Tuen Mun after more cases emerged in the district. Two more people linked to a pharmacy in Tuen Mun, as well as a security guard at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre who...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government is preparing another round of subsidies for businesses hit hard by the Omicron outbreaks. It would be the fifth round of anti-epidemic fund since the pandemic began, and Lam said more d...

Some parents have expressed concern that the upcoming class suspension would affect their children's learning progress, while others told RTHK that the government's decision is reasonable amid the worsening pandemic. Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Execu...

A leader of Beijing's top think tank on Hong Kong on Tuesday said the SAR will not adopt the mainland's democratic system or that of the West, but a new version that fits the territory's capitalist model. Wang Zhenmin, vice-president of the Chinese ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she believes the restaurant involved in the birthday party saga last week was operating "well beyond its capacity" as investigations continue. Health authorities said on Monday 214 people were at the birthd...

Some of Hong Kong's over-60s have been making the most of a new rule that came into effect on Tuesday barring younger people from getting a jab at one of 24 vaccination centres unless they have an appointment. A woman surnamed Yu said she arrived ea...

Medical experts have backed the government's decision to cut the quarantine period for close contacts of Covid patients from 21 days to 14, saying infections will not leak out as a result of the move. Officials announced the policy change after a re...

The government has announced that all childcare centres, kindergartens and primary schools will have to suspend face-to-face classes by Friday in light of the Omicron outbreaks. Chief Executive Carrie Lam made the announcement on Tuesday, saying cl...