Seven people suspected of being linked to the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency trader in Hong Kong last November have been arrested by mainland authorities and handed over to the SAR, police sources said on Friday. Hong Kong police had laid charges ag...

Officials sealed off three buildings in Kwong Fuk Estate in Tai Po, as well as another block in Wong Tai Sin for Covid testing on Friday, while four earlier lockdowns ended with 167 infections found. The government said it made the restriction testi...

The University of Hong Kong has named Wallace Lau, its chair of rheumatology and clinical immunology, as interim dean of medicine. Lau, who is also a government pandemic adviser, will take up the post on August 1, when outgoing head Gabriel Leung l...

Startup carrier Greater Bay Airlines on Friday said it plans to launch its maiden commercial flight this summer after receiving the green light from local and overseas regulators. The new carrier, founded by mainland tycoon Bill Wong, was in Februar...

The government on Friday said it plans to start sending out anti-epidemic packs to all Hong Kong households at the start of next month and it hopes to complete the deliveries within a week. The contents will include 20 rapid test kits, 20 KN95 mask...

The Elderly Services Association said on Friday that the Social Welfare Department will arrange outreach teams to inoculate elderly people in care homes with BioNTech coronavirus jabs. On an RTHK programme, the association’s chairman, Kenneth Ch...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said on Friday that he expected joblessness in the SAR to peak in the three months ending in April as government support schemes begin to take effect. Speaking on RTHK's Money Talk programme, Law said t...

The head of InvestHK, Stephen Phillips, said he doesn't think the city’s national security law is a top concern for companies when deciding whether to invest in Hong Kong. "[Companies] are rather more interested in how big is the market, can I ge...

The government on Thursday issued 10 compulsory Covid testing notices for locations in Tuen Mun, Sha Tin, Lam Tin, Tseung Kwan O, Wong Tai Sin, Tsing Yi, Diamond Hill, and Sham Shui Po. Anyone who has been to the locations, during the specified time...

Health officials on Thursday said they had made a report to the police after checks on those reporting Covid infections flagged up a person who could have deliberately provided false information. Since early March, the government has been accepting...

The Travel Industry Council (TIC) said on Thursday that even though the Hong Kong government will lift a ban on flights from nine countries next month, it will still be quite challenging for people to book flights in and out of the city. That’s b...

Four residential blocks in Kwun Tong, Aberdeen, Sham Shui Po and Tsuen Wan have been sealed off for overnight testing after their sewage samples tested positive for the coronavirus. Officials said there could be infected people without symptoms in T...

Hong Kong on Thursday reported 13,074 new coronavirus infections. Among them, 5,732 were confirmed by PCR tests in laboratories, while 7,342 people reported their positive rapid test results via an online platform. Albert Au of the Centre for Heal...

Aspiring homeowners have rushed to submit last-minute applications for subsidised Home Ownership Scheme flats, with Thursday the deadline for the latest batch of units up for grabs. Nearly nine thousand flats are up for sale at seven projects in Nor...

The government’s been urged to provide rent and wage subsidies specially for social enterprises that employ the disabled and other disadvantaged groups so they could stay afloat amid this wave of Covid-19 outbreak. A group representing such enter...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that she had asked the central government to send a delegation of Chinese medicine experts to Hong Kong to help fight the Covid-19 outbreak. She told a daily press briefing that Hong Kong should learn fr...

The government on Thursday said almost 100,000 people have signed up for its unemployment subsidy, just one day after applications opened. Speaking on a radio show, Doris Ho from the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office said the figure shows...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said on Thursday that officials are trying to work out a set of special arrangements for students who are close contacts of Covid patients, so that they can take next month's Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams ...

A paediatrician warned on Thursday that a government target of having 90 percent of pupils double-jabbed before a school can resume full-day classes would be challenging, given the slow progress in inoculating children against Covid-19 so far. Speak...

The government on Wednesday issued a compulsory testing notice for 10 locations across the territory. People who stayed at these places for more than two hours from March 10 to 23 are required to undergo a Covid-19 nucleic acid test by Friday. The ...