A concern group on Sunday complained that almost 900 public flats across the city are sitting empty when they could be used to house people with no place of their own. The group, an alliance focused on transitional homes policies, said it came up wi...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has again urged people not to be "too pessimistic" over Hong Kong's future, despite the release last week of disappointing unemployment figures. In a blog post published on Sunday, Chan acknowledged that the city's lat...

Almost 90 percent of Hongkongers aged three and above have now had at least two Covid jabs and more than half of residents over 12 have also had a booster, the government said on Sunday. Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip, who's in charge of the SA...

Labour minister Law Chi-kwong on Sunday said it's high time that Hong Kong introduces tougher penalties for employers who breach occupational safety laws, noting that it's been more than two decades since changes were made to the relevant legislation...

Health officials said on Sunday that no coronavirus cases were found during an overnight lockdown in Ap Lei Chau. They said 922 people were tested at Mei Ka Court in South Horizons during the exercise. Health officials visited 312 households withi...

The driver of a double-decker bus died in the early hours of Sunday after a collision with a single-decker tourist bus in Cheung Sha Wan, police said. The crash happened at about midnight on Saturday on Lai Po Road, leaving the 43-year-old driver tr...

The government on Saturday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 44 locations across the SAR. 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 te...

A building in Ap Lei Chau was locked down overnight on Saturday after a mutant coronavirus strain was detected. Health officials said they aim to finish the lockdown of Mei Ka Court in South Horizons by about noon on Sunday. Earlier, officials sai...

Health authorities on Saturday played down the possibility of a fresh outbreak at a secondary school in Southern District after a total of three students from the same class caught the coronavirus. The school reported two more Covid infections from...

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.

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...