Covid-19 appears to have spread from one housing block at Kwai Chung Estate to another, officials said on Friday, after two preliminary positive infections emerged in a block near virus-stricken Yat Kwai House. One of the suspected new patients is ...

The Foreign Ministry's office in Hong Kong on Friday expressed strong disapproval of the European Parliament passing a resolution regarding the SAR’s human rights situation, accusing the EU legislature of smearing Hong Kong and attacking China just...

Residents of a Kwai Chung public housing block hit by a major Covid outbreak are bracing themselves for overnight lockdowns and mandatory testing for the next three nights. Yat Kwai House at Kwai Chung Estate will be sealed off on Friday, Saturday ...

Medical experts on Friday said residents of a Kwai Chung housing block at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak should be banned from leaving their homes for three days to prevent the virus from spreading. Professor David Hui of the Chinese University ...

A prominent medical expert has warned that measures that were effective against previous waves of coronavirus may not work as well against the Omicron variant. Benjamin Cowling from the University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health said on Frida...

Overnight Covid lockdowns have come to an end at three housing blocks in Tin Shui Wai, Tsuen Wan, and Cheung Sha Wan, after three residents had earlier tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus. Over 3,000 people were tested and no new cases we...

The government on Friday said the police may be called in, if people are stopped from handing in their hamsters to be culled. The government ordered the cull last Tuesday, after hamsters infected a Causeway Bay pet shop worker with the delta variant...

The government’s pandemic advisor, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, announced late on Thursday that residents of Yat Kwai House on Kwai Chung Estate would have to undergo mandatory testing every night until and including Sunday, if they wanted to leave th...

The new Bar Association chairman, senior counsel Victor Dawes, said the association will continue to speak out for the city’s rule of law but stressed his group is not a political organisation. Dawes, the only candidate running for the association...

Authorities sealed off three housing blocks in Tin Shui Wai, Tsuen Wan and Cheung Sha Wan on Thursday, after residents in those buildings tested preliminary positive for Covid. Those living in Shing Him House at Tin Shing Court, Tower 1 of New Haven...

Health authorities suspect Covid-19 might have spread in a public housing block at Kwai Chung Estate after more infections were linked to the building. The latest confirmed patients from Yat Kwai House are a 53-year-old resident who works at the ai...

Hong Kong health authorities say they are becoming even more certain that Covid-19 is passing from animals to humans, after another two people who visited pet shops tested preliminary positive for the virus. One of the patients bought a hamster from...

The Competition Commission has imposed a fine of more than HK$4 million on a travel agency in connection with a price-fixing case. It also announced further action against two hotel operators that did not enter into cooperation agreements with the c...

There have been mixed reactions among secondary school students about the government’s decision to suspend face-to-face classes, with some calling the measure reasonable and others describing it as unfair. The Education Bureau announced on Thursd...

The Education University announced on Thursday that it will no longer recognise the institution's students' union, alleging it has problems with its management and lacks representativeness. In an email to students and staff, the university said the...

The Education Bureau on Thursday ordered secondary schools to suspend face-to-face classes by Monday, after a number of students were recently infected with Covid-19. All in-school activities will also be suspended, but form six students preparing ...

Health authorities said on Thursday one person has tested preliminary positive during an overnight lockdown of a public housing block in Kwai Chung. Authorities said arrangements were made for the preliminary case to be sent to hospital and the clos...

Some people who live or work in Mei Foo and Sham Shui Po on Thursday heeded government advice and lined up to get tested for Covid-19. Officials made the appeal after several infections emerged from the two areas, including an untraceable case invol...

Calls mounted on Thursday for the government to suspend face-to-face classes in secondary schools after a number of teenagers were recently infected with Covid-19. The Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers said in a statement that the coronavir...

The government on Thursday announced that children aged 5 to 11 can receive the Sinovac vaccine from Friday, while BioNTech jabs will be administered to this age group starting February 16. Bookings for Sinovac jabs open at 8am on Friday for shots l...