Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she will continue to work on national security education in the remainder of her term, as she urged the incoming government to consolidate people's understanding of the topic. Speaking at her daily Covid briefing, she...

The student union of Polytechnic University said on Friday that the university had cut ties with it by demanding that it stop using the university's name or claiming affiliation with the institution. The union's Ad-hoc Executive Committee said the u...

The government said on Friday it will expand an in-home vaccination programme towards the end of this month for the elderly and those who are homebound in all 18 districts. An online platform for registration will be launched on Tuesday, along with ...

Leaders of the catering, film and fitness industries said on Friday that the easing of social distancing measures from April 21 will not be enough to boost business, and that new testing rules for staff could put pressure on their operations. Speaki...

The sole candidate running for the forthcoming Chief Executive election, John Lee, on Saturday said he is “inclined” to back proposals by the current administration to restructure the government. Restructuring plans proposed by Chief Executive C...

Police said early on Friday morning that they had arrested a man suspected of robbing a bank in Yau Ma Tei, hours after the robbery took place. Officers had earlier reported that a man robbed the bank on Nathan Road of HK$14,000 in cash some time a...

The Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan, has appealed to health professionals to ensure that they're ready for any possible rise in coronavirus after face-to-face classes resume later this month. In a statement issued late on Thursday, the go...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 40 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who stayed in any of these premises for more than two hours between April 1 and April 14 must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19 on Friday or Satur...

Former district councillor Lester Shum was on Thursday jailed for six months for contempt of court over a social media post linking the police to the death of university student Chow Tsz-lok in 2019. Shum earlier pleaded guilty to violating a court...

Police are in search of a man who robbed a bank in Yau Ma Tei of HK$14,000 in cash on Thursday afternoon. Officers said the suspect, believed to be around 40 to 50 years old, entered the bank on Nathan Road after 3:30pm. He brandished what looked l...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Siddharth Sridhar said he supports the easing of social-distancing measures announced by the government on Thursday, and he also warned of the impact of shutting down premises again if cases rebound in future. ...

Health authorities on Thursday reported an imported Covid case that carries a new Omicron variant that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had recently added to its list of monitoring. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the Omicron BA.5 v...

The ICAC on Thursday charged four policemen with misconduct in public office for allegedly making up records about a house search as part of a drug trafficking probe in 2018. The accused, aged between 31 and 45, have been released on ICAC bail and ...

The government’s green advisers have called on authorities to consider raising the plastic bag levy from the current HK$0.5 to HK$1 or HK$2, as part of a plan to further cut waste in Hong Kong. The Council for Sustainable Development on Thursday s...

Chief Executive hopeful John Lee has dismissed concern over a potential conflict of interest arising from the work of his family members, saying they were not involved in his election campaigning. Lee made the comment on Thursday after FactWire News...

Police on Thursday said they had arrested a man in connection with the suspected murder of a woman in Ma On Shan. Officers said they received a call at around 6:30am and were told that a woman had been killed at a property in Mui Tsz Lam Road. Th...

Security Secretary Chris Tang on Thursday said the current coronavirus outbreak has delayed plans to introduce national security legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law. Many civil servants have spent the past few months working from home and ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Thursday that the central government has decided not to appoint a replacement chief secretary, given that the administration's term will end in less than three months. That means the position will remain vacan...

Officials on Thursday gave more details about plans to relax social distancing measures from April 21, including allowing more households to mix at home and people to visit restaurants in the evenings. During her daily press conference, Chief Execut...

Legislator and secondary school principal Tang Fei on Thursday warned that the government’s plan to resume face-to-face classes after the Easter holiday could “fall apart” if students can’t meet the conditions required to enter schools. All ...