Organisers of the Gay Games announced on Monday that it will split next year’s events, and let Mexico host some events that were originally going to be staged in Hong Kong. They said the decision to let Hong Kong and the city of Guadalajara co-ho...

Hong Kong's surging number of coronavirus cases has reached a new record daily high of 2,071, with this figure set to more than double on Tuesday thanks to over 4,500 preliminary positive cases. Of the confirmed cases reported on Monday, all but 19 ...

Sources on Monday said the Education Bureau will extend the suspension of face-to-face classes for another two weeks until March 6 as a result of the ongoing Covid outbreak. Most in-person classes have been suspended since January 14, and sources t...

A man accused of encouraging people to spread Covid has missed a court appearance, after prosecutors said he suspected he might have been infected. Chung Chi-chiu was due in Eastern Court on Monday. The 32-year-old electrical appliance repairer h...

Various public services were disrupted on Monday after more government staff contracted Covid-19. The Immigration Department said its hotline is suspended because an officer responsible for answering call is suspected to have been infected. The ser...

The government on Monday extended the lockdown of a public housing block in Sha Tin for another day, after a mass testing operation overnight found 44 coronavirus infections. Lee Shing House on Lee On Estate has been sealed off since Sunday evening ...

Police have charged a man for murdering his friend in Wong Tai Sin last week. The 59-year-old will be brought to the Kowloon City Court for mention on Monday afternoon. He's also facing two drug-related charges. The suspect was arrested on Friday...

The government said on Monday that a planned pandemic-related unemployment subsidy scheme will benefit up to 300,000 people who've lost work since the end of December. To be eligible for a one-off payment of HK$10,000, applicants must have been jobl...

A government adviser on Covid-19 vaccines, Lau Yu-lung, on Monday called on the authorities to quickly arrange outreach teams to give Sinovac jabs to children. Bookings for children as young as three can be made from Tuesday and Lau said shots shoul...

Hong Kong is expected to report more than 1,500 new Covid cases on Monday, sources have told RTHK. It would mark the fourth consecutive day that the number of local infections exceed the 1,000 mark. As the number of cases continue to soar, health ...

A cross-border truck driver representative said on Monday that he thinks prices for mainland vegetables and meat will remain high for some time - because many drivers are stuck in a three-week quarantine. Prices for fresh goods have surged in recen...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, on Monday announced the heads of five task forces, set up to tackle Hong Kong's fast-growing Omicron outbreak; and the roles that each will play as they cooperate with the mainland. In a statement issued in the early...

Authorities on Monday said they’ve found an 86-year-old man who left the Prince of Wales Hospital after testing preliminary positive for Covid-19. In a statement, officials said Chung Chiu-ming was located at Yi Shing Square in Sha Tin in the sma...

The police have reported a sharp rise in romance investment scams, with victims losing HK$360 million between them last year. The force had 642 such cases in 2021, a more than two-fold increase compared with the year before. Detectives said people ...

The government on Sunday evening issued a compulsory testing notice ordering people who had visited 15 specified premises to get tested for Covid. The premises were in Tai Po, Tai Wai, Ngau Tau Kok, Yuen Long, Tsz Wan Shan, Tuen Mun, Mong Kok, Cheun...

The government on Sunday says children, as young as three, can receive Sinovac shots from Tuesday. Last November, the Health Secretary Sophia Chan approved the lowering of the minimum age for the Sinovac vaccine to three from 18. A Hong Kong govern...

The government on Sunday said it had sealed off a residential block in Sha Tin, after finding Covid in sewage samples there. Residents of Lee Shing House, on Lee On Estate, must now get tested for the coronavirus. Authorities say the operation is e...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong said on Sunday eight students have contracted Covid-19. Two were confirmed cases while the rest were preliminary infections. The university said it'd moved the students confirmed with the virus to separate rooms...

Health authorities on Sunday reported 1,347 new Covid-19 cases as they announced that three types of patients will have priority in hospital admission, to help battle a strain on resources over a surge in infections. Authorities also announced about...

An NGO on Sunday urged the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, to take on the concept of "common prosperity" extolled by President Xi Jinping and roll out more targeted measures in the upcoming budget, including cash handouts to the unemployed and poor p...