A grassroots organisation on Sunday said almost seven out of ten working elderly people do not see retirement as an option because they won’t be able to make ends meet. The Society for Community Organisation said that’s according to a survey of ...

Lawmaker Regina Ip said on Sunday she thinks few people are leaving Hong Kong because of the upcoming drafting of local national security legislation. "People always move in and out of Hong Kong, there have been previous waves of emigration.....The...

Former health minister Ko Wing-man on Sunday urged the government to find the right time to conduct a citywide mass-testing exercise, so as to completely clear local Covid-19 cases. He said with Hong Kong seeing just a few hundred cases a day recen...

Police on Saturday issued more than 120 penalty tickets to customers of bars and a night club in Tsim Sha Tsui and Jordan, as part of a two-day enforcement operation. Eight operators of the premises were arrested for allegedly illegally operating u...

The public will be able to use two more electronic platforms to collect their HK$10,000 consumption vouchers later on in the year, meaning there will be six platforms to choose from. The new ones are HSBC's PayMe and Bank of China's BoC Pay. People...

Hong Kong's sole chief executive nominee John Lee said on Saturday that he wants to keep home prices steady after he is elected to the top job, because he believed this was best for Hong Kong's development. Lee was speaking at a live-televised foru...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 40 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. ...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Saturday reported 363 new Covid infections – similar to the figure from the previous day. Of the new cases, 190 were confirmed via PCR tests and 173 through rapid antigen tests. There were 25 imported c...

Police say they have arrested three more people in connection with the murder of a woman in Tin Shui Wai. The two men and a woman, aged between 27 and 31, were arrested early on Saturday on suspicion of preventing the lawful burial of a body. They...

Labour secretary Law Chi-kwong on Saturday said the response to a new round of government employment subsidy has been enthusiastic, with close to 50,000 employers having submitted their applications on the first day. Under the scheme, eligible busi...

The convenor of the advisory panel on Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday warned people not to be complacent, even though the number of coronavirus infections has dropped. Speaking on a radio programme, Professor Wallace Lau said people should take the o...

Police said on Saturday that they're treating the death of a 30-year-old woman in Tin Shui Wai as murder. They said they received a report at about 6am on Friday that a man was dragging an object outside 70 Tin Ha Road. They said they found a 25-...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 40 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. Th...

The government is easing Covid-19 requirements for aircrew flying into Hong Kong from Sunday, saying it's in line with a plan to relax measures for inbound travellers on the same day. In a statement late on Friday, the government said easing quaran...

RTHK has learnt that MTR is planning to launch the harbour-crossing extension of the East Rail Line on May 15. That means southbound trains on the line will no longer stop at Hung Hom station, but at Admiralty via the Exhibition Centre Station. In ...

The government on Friday picked up 18 Covid infections following the overnight lockdowns of two buildings in Tai Hang and Wong Tai Sin. 14 cases were detected in Lai Kit Lau of Lai Tak Tsuen, where a total of 932 people were tested. The remaining f...

Hong Kong's daily Covid tally further edged down on Friday, as the government announced it's lifting its travel warning on overseas territories after considering the general Covid situation. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported 366 new Co...

A former Housing Authority member, Cheung Tat-tong, said John Lee could face challenges in trying to implement his plan on shortening the waiting time for public housing. In his election manifesto unveiled on Friday, the chief executive candidate pr...

The sole contender in the upcoming Chief Executive election, John Lee, unveiled his policy platform on Friday, days before the 1,500-strong election committee votes on May 8. Revealing his manifesto to reporters and members of community organisation...

A green group said on Friday that recycling bins still have a role to play and should not be completely phased out. In its response to an Ombudsman investigation into the management and effectiveness of these bins, the Environmental Protection Depa...