The Environmental Protection Department on Friday downplayed concerns that Hong Kong's air pollution will get worse once the Covid-19 situation stabilises and the economy picks up further. Latest figures show monitoring stations recorded higher leve...

The District Court on Friday convicted 11 people of rioting in Wong Tai Sin on October 1, 2019 – including a first aid worker. One defendant was acquitted. The court heard that hundreds of black-clad protesters had gathered at Lung Cheung Road on...

Some residents of the coronavirus-hit Kwai Chung Estate are being barred from work even after lockdowns on their buildings are lifted, the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) said on Friday. They say residents are being treated unfairly, and the govern...

An unprecedented seven-day lockdown of a residential building at the centre of Hong Kong’s worst Omicron outbreak was lifted on Friday morning, with some residents still fretting over the lingering effects of the protracted quarantine operation. â...

Health officials said on Friday that they found single preliminary positive Covid cases in two overnight lockdown and testing operations in Kwai Fong and Wong Tai Sin. The authorities moved in at Block C of New Kwai Fong Gardens and blocks one and t...

An expert in geriatric medicine said on Friday that people shouldn't "obsess" about vaccination in care homes, and officials should study why so few residents have had jabs. Jean Woo, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Chinese University,...

A representative of Hong Kong's international business community on Friday welcomed the government's decision to reduce hotel quarantine for people arriving from overseas, but said the changes would not be enough to encourage inbound business travell...

The government says no Covid-19 cases were found in lockdown operations at residential blocks in Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin as they wrapped up on Friday morning. Kwun Tong's On Shun Building was locked down at 9.30pm on Thursday, an hour after offic...

Police commissioner Raymond Siu said on Thursday 162 people have been arrested under the national security law since its enactment in June 2020, with over 100 of them prosecuted. He said while society has become more stable after the security law to...

Health officials on Thursday ordered the evacuation of some residents of two blocks in Kwai Chung over fears Covid is spreading through the buildings. All residents living in 09 flats at Nga Kwai House at Kwai Chung Estate are to be sent to a quaran...

The government on Thursday said a new updated version of its LeaveHomeSafe app will make it easier for people to prove their Covid vaccination or exemption status in order to be allowed to enter premises covered by the "vaccine pass" arrangement. Af...

The government on Thursday evening imposed overnight lockdowns on four blocks of flats. Residents of Block C of New Kwai Fong Gardens and On Shun Building in Kwai Fong and Kwun Tong were ordered to undergo mandatory testing after one person from eac...

The government announced on Thursday that it is cutting the quarantine period for people arriving from overseas from 21 days to 14, but school closures and other social distancing measures are being extended. From February 5, people arriving in the ...

Health officials warned on Thursday the risk of people getting infected with Covid-19 in the community is "extremely high" as Hong Kong reported 164 new cases, the largest single-day tally since the pandemic began. There were 116 locally transmitted...

The government on Thursday evacuated a group of residents of a Wong Tai Sin public housing block and extended its lockdown after the emergence of more than 20 Covid cases there. Officials suspected the source of the outbreak at Cheung Bor House of C...

Chief executive hopefuls can officially submit their bids for two weeks starting February 20, five days later than originally planned. According to polling guidelines unveiled by the Electoral Affairs Commission on Thursday, the nomination period of...

The government has been advised to ban elderly residents of care homes who haven't been vaccinated from receiving visitors, taking part in group activities or watching television in common rooms. Grace Li, an executive committee member of the Elder...

A Kowloon Motor Bus Company bus plunged into a hole that opened up at a depot in Tseung Kwan O early on Thursday morning. The rear of the double decker plunged into the five-metre-deep hole, while the front was lifted above the ground. Another bus n...

An environmentalist said on Thursday that Hong Kong cannot continue to rely on its landfill sites to handle waste after the government confirmed it was studying the building of a second incinerator in the SAR. William Yu, CEO of the World Green Org...

A member of the Commission on Children said on Thursday that the government must investigate its own monitoring of care towards foster children, following a report into alleged abuse at a children's home in Prince Edward. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kon...