Patients and other people visiting non-emergency public medical facilities, like specialist clinics under the Hospital Authority, will have to use the vaccine pass from June 13. The applicable premises also include district health centres, student h...

Police said on Saturday they've arrested 15 people allegedly linked to six illegal debt collection activities involving a total of more than HK$19 million. The suspects, aged between 14 and 68, have been accused of criminal damage, wounding, and cri...

The government on Saturday found no new Covid infections following an overnight lockdown at a Siu Sai Wan residential block. Health officials said around 750 residents of Ngar Tsui House at Hiu Tsui Court were tested for the coronavirus. The gov...

Third Side legislator Tik Chi-yuen on Saturday said he's not convinced by CE-elect John Lee's plan to add three deputy secretaries to the incoming administration, but New People's Party lawmaker Regina Ip threw her weight behind the proposal. The r...

Health officials said on Saturday that uninfected individuals aged 18 to 59 who are at higher risk of coronavirus exposure or need a Covid jab for other reasons - such as overseas study - can have a fourth vaccine from now on - regardless of whether ...

Police said they're investigating a fatal traffic accident in Sheung Shui on Friday night in which a 57-year-old woman died. They said that at about 8.40pm, a private car driven by a 26-year-old man was travelling along Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk ...

The government on Friday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 56 locations across the SAR. Anyone who has been to the locations at the time specified must take a nucleic acid test. "Mobile specimen collection stations have been se...

Beijing on Friday officially appointed John Lee as Hong Kong's next Chief Executive – 12 days after he was picked by the 1,500-strong Election Committee. In response, Lee thanked the central government for the appointment. "I am deeply honoured b...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Friday said they have found Hong Kong's first cases of BA.2.12.1 subvariant of Omicron in the community, though experts dismissed concerns of another major outbreak in the territory. Health officials said th...

The Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers on Friday said it's shocked by a report about a secondary school teacher watching porn during lesson time. Leung Shek Chee College confirmed in a statement that the teacher accidentally projected some p...

Experts who advise the government on Covid-19 and vaccines on Friday recommended adults between the age of 18 and 59 to consider getting a fourth vaccine dose if they have never been infected. The "interim recommendations" came a day after the joint...

Many lawmakers on Friday voiced support for a fare increase application by Hong Kong Tramways, saying it would help the tram operator ride out its financial hardship. If approved, the first hike since July 2018 will see adult fares climb from HK$2.6...

Chairman of the Legislative Council's public works subcommittee, Lo Wai-kwok, on Friday defended a government request for more funding to expand the Legco complex. Legco last year approved a sum of HK$1.17 billion for the project, but it's now estim...

Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung on Friday made a raft of suggestions to further relax Covid rules in Hong Kong, saying now is the best time for the city to return to normal thanks to a strong immunity barrier. Writing in Ming Pao, he urged the governm...

Three structures, including Hong Kong's oldest mosque, were on Friday declared monuments by the government. Jamia Mosque, on Shelley Street in Central, was built around 1915, with features such as the minaret crowned by a dome decorated with finial,...

Health secretary Sophia Chan on Friday rejected suggestions from two University of Hong Kong professors to drop the vaccine pass requirements for young adults, saying it's "inappropriate" for them to make such calls as it would re-ignite vaccine hesi...

An animal law expert says the smuggling of pedigree animals will continue as long as there is demand for pets at cheap prices. Amanda Whitfort, an associate law professor at the University of Hong Kong, was commenting after authorities seized more ...

The government on Thursday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 42 locations across the SAR. Anyone who has been to the locations at the time specified must take a nucleic acid test, even those who are fully vaccinated. "Persons s...

A Telegram channel administrator was on Thursday jailed for six-and-a-half years after he was found guilty of conspiring to incite others to commit illegal acts during the social unrest in 2019 and 2020. Ng Man-ho, a computer technician, was earlie...

A catering industry group on Thursday said a survey it backed suggests many people are reluctant to start eating out again, even as pandemic social distancing rules are eased. The Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades said a survey o...