People travelling to the mainland or Macau by land from Monday will be required to do an additional PCR test at the Hong Kong port, as SAR officials move to prevent infections from spreading to the mainland. Currently, travellers passing through th...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the government will mobilise community groups to distribute anti-epidemic kits to all residents in Hong Kong this month. The kits will include masks, rapid antigen test kits, and Chinese medicine, she...

Health authorities on Saturday found around 670 preliminary positive cases during overnight lockdowns of ten buildings in Aberdeen, Tuen Mun, Kwai Chung, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin and Tseung Kwan O. Four buildings in Kwai Chung and Tuen Mun were cord...

Government expert adviser Ivan Hung on Saturday said that Hong Kong could gradually relax social distancing measures when the epidemic further eases and when over 90 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. Speaking on a radio programme, the ...

Police Commissioner Raymond Siu has called on members of the public to take part in anti-terrorism drills, saying it is important for all sectors of society to play a role. Speaking on an RTHK TV programme, the police chief said apart from conducti...

The government said on Friday it is addressing a pressing need for cremation services in the city, as it continues to tackle a shortage of coffins. In a statement, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said all government crematorium...

Hong Kong Customs seized about 10.2 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $28 million at the Tsing Yi Customs Cargo Examination Compound on Thursday. Customs officers found the consignment inside a 40-foot tran...

The government said adult residents can make bookings from next Monday to get their Covid booster shot, as long as they've had their second jab at least three months ago. A fourth dose will also be available for immunocompromised individuals aged 1...

A representative of small and medium enterprises on Friday said the government’s wage subsidies programme came a little late, but will still lend a lifeline to businesses struggling amid the Omicron outbreak.   Danny Lau, the honorary chairman of ...

Police on Friday said they had arrested 38 people suspected of deceiving banks into providing loans totalling HK$280 million through a government scheme aimed at supporting businesses hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Twenty-two men and 16 women, aged b...

The cumulative death toll in the latest Omicron outbreak in Hong Kong surged past 5,000 on Friday as the total caseload crossed the milestone of one million.   For the day, the number of new Covid cases dropped further to 20,082 – 7,966 of which ...

The government said on Friday that people will need to have been unemployed, or have had their work suspended, for 30 straight days in order to be eligible for an unemployment subsidy of HK$10,000. Officials said applications under the HK$3 billion ...

Health authorities on Friday found 946 Covid cases from overnight lockdowns of residential blocks in Tuen Mun, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Aberdeen and Sham Shui Po, after the virus was detected in sewage samples. Among them, 134 preliminary-positive cas...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday that the government will launch a new round of the employment support scheme, providing three months of subsidy to up to 1.3 million workers affected by the fifth wave of the pandemic. Under the scheme,...

Government expert adviser Yuen Kwok-yung said on Friday that Hong Kong should only ease social distancing measures when the Covid vaccination rate is "very high". This came after Chief Executive Carrie Lam hinted at changes to pandemic rules, saying...

The government has been urged to quickly provide more help for workers and businesses so they can make ends meet amid this wave of Omicron outbreak. Speaking on an RTHK programme on Friday, unionist lawmaker Lam Chun-sing said he fears the unemploy...

A 70-year-old man has died just over a week after he was allegedly attacked in an Admiralty shopping mall, police said on Friday. The man had been found lying unconscious with head injuries at Pacific Place on March 9. He was taken to Queen Mary ...

The minister in charge of Hong Kong's Covid-19 vaccination drive says the authorities have met their target of giving a first dose of Covid vaccine to all eligible elderly care home residents. Civil service chief Patrick Nip said vaccine outreach t...

A study has found remote learning can take a toll on children's learning ability, their physical health, and even social skills. The Hong Kong Primary Education Research Association questioned more than 260 primary school teachers and 440 parents i...

The MTR Corporation said on Friday services are getting back to normal after there were delays on the Kwun Tong Line during the morning rush hour because of a faulty overhead cable near Yau Ma Tei station. The rail company said the faulty overhead ...