Police on Saturday said they have arrested six people in connection with 72 online scams involving HK$4.9 million worth of luxury items. The force said it believed it has smashed a syndicate suspected to have written invalid cheques and forged proof...

Hong Kong Post announced on Saturday that it will suspend local parcel and local courier post services from Monday until further notice, in light of the severe Covid situation. In a statement, the department said it wants to focus resources on main...

Authorities on Saturday put three more residential blocks at Tak Long Estate in Kowloon City under overnight lockdown, after suspected infections emerged from other buildings in the housing estate. Tak Yu House, Tak Yiu House and Tak Pui House were...

Transport Secretary Frank Chan has brushed off concerns of large-scale suspensions of public transport, after various operators cut services amid the Covid outbreak. Recently, the MTR Corporation has reduced its services and many bus routes have be...

Government expert advisor David Hui said on Saturday that he believes around 15 percent of Hong Kong's population have already been infected with Covid-19. Speaking on a radio programme, Professor Hui said coronavirus cases in the city will certain...

Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday that Beijing will uphold the principle that only patriots will govern Hong Kong, while reaffirming the spirit of the one country two systems principle and Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong. Delivering the g...

Health officials on Friday called on people not to stockpile medicines that can relieve the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, saying the overall supply of these drugs is stable. They noted that there has been a sharp increase in demand ...

The director of the Chief Executive's Office, Eric Chan, will be quarantined at home after a family member tested positive for Covid-19 in a rapid test. According to the Chief Executive's Office, Chan and his other family members tested negative in ...

Police said on Friday that they have arrested and charged a woman in connection with the death of a two-week-old baby girl. The force said the baby girl was found lying under a footbridge in Sham Tseng in the early morning hours, and was pronounced ...

The government says all wet markets in Hong Kong are closing at 7pm from Friday – an hour earlier than usual – in light of the Covid outbreak. In a statement, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said this is to strengthen disinf...

HSBC announced on Friday that it was further reducing branch operating hours because of the pandemic. The bank said all its branches, apart from three major outlets, will operate on alternate days from March 7. “The new arrangement is designed ...

Hong Kong on Friday reported 52,523 new coronavirus cases and 188 Covid-related deaths. The daily infection figures exceeded the 50,000 mark for the third consecutive day, but the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the outbreak had not peaked y...

Hong Kong is facing an exodus of skilled professionals on a scale not seen since the early 1990s, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce warned on Friday. The business group conducted a survey in January, involving 220 firms. It showed nearly f...

The annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened in Beijing on Friday, with chairman Wang Yang encouraging the members from Hong Kong to support the SAR's improved electoral system. In his work report, Wang also sa...

The government says parts of the Kai Tak cruise terminal will be turned into an isolation and holding centre for elderly Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms. Labour and welfare chief Law Chi-kwong said on Friday that it will also house those who h...

The government on Friday cordoned off five residential buildings in Tsueng Kwan O, Kowloon City and Sha Tin after sewage samples from the blocks tested positive for Covid-19. A government spokesman said authorities suspect some of the residents of ...

Authorities on Friday discovered 1,016 preliminary positive Covid cases following lockdown operations at five residential blocks in Sha Tin, Tsing Yi, Tin Shui Wai, Kowloon City and Kwai Chung. Of the five buildings, Yiu Tai House at Tin Yiu (II) Es...

Chief Secretary John Lee on Friday exempted a mainland company and its workers from having to comply with Hong Kong laws as they construct an emergency hospital and Covid isolation facility at the Lok Ma Chau Loop. Lee exercised his authority under ...

The MTR on Friday announced further adjustments to its services, as it continues to face a manpower shortage and drop in passenger numbers. The railway operator said that compared to normal services, there will be an additional waiting time for tra...

A government vaccine adviser, Lau Yu-lung, said on Friday that elderly care home residents should be vaccinated even if they have already been infected with Covid. Lau’s University of Hong Kong colleague, microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung, said on Th...