RTHK has learnt that the Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, who is completing self-isolation after attending local National People's Congress deputy Witman Hung's birthday party earlier this month, will not be returning to work on Tuesday. It i...

Health officials have found another 69 people with Covid-19 at Kwai Chung Estate. This takes the total number of patients at the estate to more than 230. Of the newly confirmed cases on Monday, 27 are residents or visitors of Yat Kwai House, 33 ar...

Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said on Monday that Hong Kong’s judicial independence “exists as a fact” and any unsubstantiated criticism of court decisions is meaningless and hollow. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the legal year, Cheung sai...

Police on Monday arrested a 51-year-old man after two people were wounded in an attack in Sham Shui Po. The incident took place near the intersection of Tai Nan Street and Kweilin Street on Sunday evening. Two people were injured with a cutter, pol...

Hong Kong has seen a rebound in the number of foreign companies and startups in the past year despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions, according to a survey by Invest Hong Kong. The department found that the total number of foreign firm...

The police have urged people not to go to the Mong Kok Flower Market in light of Hong Kong's worsening Covid outbreak, adding that those who do go should avoid peak times. The force made the appeal as it announced a series of crowd and traffic cont...

A think tank has called on the government to cut back public consultation on housing developments so it can build public flats faster. That’s one of the suggestions floated by the Our Hong Kong Foundation on Monday to streamline procedures, so, i...

A microbiologist from the University of Hong Kong on Monday said the severity of Omicron should not be downplayed and the coronavirus variant should not be considered to be like the common cold, even though it is weaker than previous strains of Covid...

Health officials said on Monday that no positive cases were found during an overnight lockdown of Fu Keung House in Tai Wo Hau Estate. They said about 1,150 residents were tested during the operation, which ended at about 7am. The officials said th...

Police said they're investigating a suspected manslaughter and suicide case in Tai Po early on Sunday in which a 31-year-old man and his 62-year-old mother died. They said that at about 3.40am, they were told of a fire in a unit on On Po Lane. Th...

The government locked down a block in Tai Wo Hau Estate in Kwai Tsing overnight on Sunday. Officials said they issued a "restriction testing declaration" for Fu Keung House after a resident tested positive for a mutant strain of the coronavirus. ...

Hongkong Post has announced that it is suspending mail delivery services to Kwai Chung Estate and Kwai Fuk Court in light of the latest epidemic situation there. It said the suspension will go from January 24 to 27. The department added that the ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Sunday afternoon paid a brief inspection visit to Kwai Chung Estate where there was a major Covid-19 outbreak. She was accompanied by Chief Secretary John Lee and the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Frank Chan. T...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Sunday that the Omicron cluster at Kwai Chung Estate had now expanded to more than 170 cases, with patients from seven blocks in the public housing estate. Most of the cases – either confirmed or preliminary p...

The government said on Sunday that a hamster surrendered by a member of the public tested positive for Covid-19, and its owners have been sent into quarantine as a result. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said it was one of 77...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung says it may take two to three months to rein in the Omicron outbreaks, saying he expects many more cases to emerge in the community following the exponential increase of infections seen in Kwai Ch...

Police said a woman and her son have died after a fire broke out in their Tai Po flat under “unusual” circumstances in the early hours on Sunday. The blaze started at around 3.30am in the unit at Hong Shing Court in Sun Hing Garden. Firefight...

A catering sector representative has urged the government to help restaurants pay their staff so as to avoid layoffs amid the Omicron outbreaks. Simon Wong from the Federation of Restaurants on Sunday called on the government to roll out another ro...

Health officials said on Sunday that four preliminary positive Covid-19 cases were found in overnight lockdowns on four blocks in Kwai Chung Estate. Two of them were from Nga Kwai House, one lived in Yuk Kwai House, and one lived in Chin Kwai House....

A customs officer on Sunday tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, a day after he attended a press briefing. The customs department said it had alerted media organisations who sent reporters to the event, and the officer’s colleagues who may h...