Health officials said on Wednesday that the number of families infected with Covid-19 at a block in Kwai Chung Estate has fallen to single digits, but they need to observe the situation for a few more days before confirming that the spread of the vir...

An independent panel looking into an alleged child abuse case at a foster home in Prince Edward has found that staff members were "rough" and "habitually used expedient ways" to bring children under control. More than 30 young children at Children's...

Former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting was on Wednesday jailed for four months for revealing that a senior police officer was being probed by the ICAC over the force’s handling of the 2019 Yuen Long attacks. The Eastern Magistrate's Court heard that Lam h...

Security Secretary Chris Tang on Wednesday said the Official Secrets Ordinance will be amended to better tackle espionage in Hong Kong. Speaking at a Legislative Council meeting, he said certain countries have been attempting to engage in activities...

Researchers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University say they have found a substantial increase in the number of primary school pupils developing astigmatism after face-to-face classes were suspended for a considerable period of time last year. The...

An infectious diseases specialist on Wednesday urged the government to be more pragmatic and slightly relax its Covid restrictions, saying Hong Kong will have to endure the current wave of Omicron infections for months. Dr Wilson Lam said the ban o...

Health authorities say they found two preliminary positive cases after an overnight lockdown at numbers 21 to 35 Hung Kwong Street in To Kwa Wan, where they tested about 190 people. No new Covid-19 cases were found during an overnight lockdown at W...

The Social Welfare Department on Tuesday said it'd received a report from the Society for the Protection of Children over alleged child abuse cases at a foster home it runs. The department said it's studying the report which includes a review of the...

Authorities on Tuesday evening locked down two blocks in Sham Shui Po and To Kwa Wan, after residents there tested positive for Covid-19. Those who live in Wai Chun House on Un Chau Street, as well as number 21 to 35 of Hung Kwong Street are require...

Health authorities decided to evacuate more than a dozen households from a residential block in Tsuen Wan Garden on Tuesday evening after identifying possible vertical transmission of the Covid virus there. Two residents of Glory Court, who live in ...

Health authorities have reported 124 new Covid-19 cases, 93 of which are locally transmitted infections. It’s the third day running that Hong Kong has seen a daily caseload of over 100. Fifty-three of Tuesday's local cases are linked to previous ...

Two more workers at a foster home in Prince Edward were arrested on Tuesday over allegations of abuse, the police said. The two female employees, aged 25 and 29, were being detained on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect of children. Officers hav...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that she had ordered Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui not to return to work until a disciplinary investigation is completed into his attendance at a Covid-hit birthday party. More than a dozen other offic...

Concerns were raised on Tuesday over cross-infection risks at a public housing estate in Kwai Chung which has seen over 200 Covid cases, as residents complained about testing arrangements and hygiene conditions. The government has announced that the...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday that another block in the Covid-stricken Kwai Chung Estate will be locked down for five days. Ha Kwai House had already been sealed off overnight for mass testing, but Lam said there’s a need to ext...

Six preliminary positive cases have been found in two of three overnight lockdowns imposed by health authorities. Health officials found five preliminary positive Covid cases at an overnight lockdown in Ha Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate – the ce...

The Labour Department said it's "highly concerned" about a fatal work accident at a construction site at the West Kowloon Cultural District on Monday afternoon in which a male worker was trapped while repairing a crane. He was certified dead later in...

Health officials say three residential buildings are under overnight lockdown. They said a lockdown is in effect at Ha Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate, after a test result involving a mutant, which they didn't identify. They also noted that sever...

Some residents of a residential block in Wong Tai Sin were being evacuated on Monday night, amid suspicion that the coronavirus is being transmitted vertically at the building. Dr Albert Au of the Centre for Health Protection said three people who l...

Legislative Council President Andrew Leung said on Monday that an outsourced Legco worker has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, but he brushed aside concerns over a possible outbreak at the complex. The worker, who lives in the virus-strick...