Customs officers on Tuesday said they had confiscated some 27 million illicit cigarettes in two separate operations earlier this month. About two thirds of the haul was seized in Yuen Long last week, with a 40-year-old truck driver arrested in conn...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that she is waiting for additional input from her successor John Lee on her government restructuring proposal before moving forward with the overhaul. The chief executive-elect earlier signalled his support...

A restaurant operator on Tuesday said it'd be impractical to ask diners to show a negative rapid test result before they're allowed in. The suggestion was put forward earlier by medical expert Joseph Tsang after a cluster of infections emerged from ...

John Lee on Monday said his administration will implement the 'One Country, Two Systems' principle resolutely, during his meeting with the director of Beijing's Liaison office Luo Huining. During his visit - one of his stops at four central governme...

The government on Monday 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...

Health authorities on Monday reported 233 new Covid cases – 33 of which were imported. Officials said 120 cases were confirmed by PCR tests and 113 were reported by people who administered self-tests. A cluster of infections linked to the Peony G...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee on Monday said he had worked hard to win Hong Kong's top job, adding that he disagreed with criticism made by the European Union of the election. At a media stand-up between meetings, Lee was asked if he would thank Be...

Police on Monday said they had charged three people linked to a "radical" social media chat group with incitement to commit wounding with intent. They will appear in Eastern Court for mention on Tuesday. Officers said the the trio were among six p...

The outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday said the political system of "patriots administrating Hong Kong" has been completely established following the leadership election held the day before. Lam said she'd held a brief meeting with her su...

Infectious diseases expert Joseph Tsang said on Monday that the government should consider requiring people to show a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) result for Covid-19 before entering premises where masks are exempted, such as restaurants. Tsan...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee’s campaign manager, Tam Yiu-chung, said on Monday that the high level of support Lee received in the CE poll had been very encouraging even though not all the Election Committee members had voted for him. Speaking o...

Health officials have found seven preliminary positive Covid-19 cases following an overnight lockdown of a residential block in Kwai Chung. The infections were found among around 1,080 residents at Kwai Shun House, Kwai Fong Estate, who were tested...

The government on Sunday 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 Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Sunday that four more customers of a restaurant in Yuen Long have tested positive for Covid-19, raising the number to eight. Officials said the latest infected customers, aged between 56 and 67, had bre...

Hustle and bustle returned to many restaurants on Sunday as people made the most of eased social distancing measures and headed out to celebrate Mother's Day. The festive day came just days after the government relaxed its cap on restaurant seating ...

Political parties and business groups on Sunday welcomed John Lee’s election as Hong Kong’s next chief executive, and quickly urged him to deliver on his campaign promises to help the SAR enter a new chapter by leading Hong Kong out of the Covid ...

The head of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Barnabas Fung, said there were four unmarked votes among the 1,428 cast in the Chief Executive election. He told reporters they were declared invalid without the adjudication of returning officers. "The...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee on Sunday pledged to let concrete results do the talking, as he vowed to start a new chapter for Hong Kong by unifying the city, bringing a new culture of bold thinking to government, and addressing deep-rooted problems...

John Lee won the Chief Executive election in Hong Kong on Sunday, garnering 1,416 votes. The sole candidate in the election was officially declared the winner at around 12:30pm, about an hour after voting ended. A total of 1,416 Election Committee ...

Voting proceeded smoothly as the almost 1,500-strong Election Committee flocked to the Convention and Exhibition Centre on Sunday morning to vote in the Chief Executive election. Sole candidate John Lee is virtually assured of victory, and election ...