Hong Kong's rebound in Covid cases is not sounding alarm bells yet, but nevertheless some testing requirements are being updated, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday. Lam said although the number of daily cases has now risen to over 1,000...

Transport minister Frank Chan on Friday said the administration plans to consult the public in the last quarter of this year on a proposal for congestion charging at the three harbour crossings. The government wants to charge private vehicle drivers...

An environmental group on Friday urged the government to provide a timetable for taking back private wetlands and fish ponds under its Northern Metropolis development plan, warning that uncertainty over the process has far-reaching implications on th...

The government on Friday appointed Paulo Pong as the new chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation's board, to replace Lau Ming-wai. Pong, currently a deputy chair, will begin his two-year term next month. Board member Stephen Wong will become deputy ...

The legislature has cancelled its farewell banquet with outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam because of Covid-19 concerns. The Legco Secretariat on Friday said there has been a rebound in the number of infections in Hong Kong, and hosting a big banq...

The chairman of the SoHo Association says a new measure that requires bar and nightclub patrons to show a negative Covid-19 test result to gain entry has had a devastating impact on customer numbers. Richard Feldman was commenting a day after the m...

The Hospital Authority (HA) has pledged to shorten the waiting times for patients to receive specialist care, saying it's not ideal that some new patients need to wait around two years for their appointments. According to HA figures in March, new pa...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 33 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. ...

Health officials said on Thursday that the increasing Covid tally is expected, as they reported 1,179 more infections. 1,085 of the cases were locally transmitted. 423 of them were identified in laboratories while 622 were self-test results confirm...

The Competition Commission has initiated legal proceedings against a company set up by the husband of Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng, accusing it of price-fixing, market-sharing and bid-rigging which could have affected air-conditioning projects wort...

Researchers at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Thursday said they have discovered the DNA evolution of mites, and findings on why they are so adaptive to Hong Kong's environment may help further studies in tackling mite allergies. The res...

Chief Executive-designate John Lee says his term of government will place considerable emphasis on promoting Hong Kong's legal system. Speaking at a forum on One Country, Two Systems on Thursday, Lee said the city's commitment to the rule of law an...

A former TVB employee was on Thursday meted a one-year jail sentence for calling on protesters to damage the broadcaster's signal transmission station during the 2019 protests. Technician Cheung Kin-wa was earlier found guilty of three counts of in...

The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Eddie Yue, on Thursday said he expects the local currency to remain weak as the interest rate gap between the Hong Kong dollar and the greenback widens further. He was commenting on the US central...

The Asian Migrants Coordinating Body has urged the government to come up with measures to limit the working hours of live-in domestic helpers, so they won't be overworked and exploited. The group's spokesperson, Eman Villanueva, was commenting afte...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 35 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. ...

A four-person jury at the Coroners' Court on Wednesday ruled that a 46-year-old Filipino domestic worker found unconscious in her employer's home in 2017 died of natural causes, following a week-long inquest. The jurors returned the verdict on the ...

The Legislative Council on Wednesday passed a government restructuring package that will add new deputies to the chief secretary, financial secretary and justice minister, as proposed by incoming Chief Executive John Lee. The proposal was supported...

Health officials on Wednesday said Hong Kong added 971 local coronavirus infections. There were also 76 imported cases, bringing the daily caseload to 1,047 – the highest in around two months. 477 of the new local cases were identified in labora...

The Consumer Council on Wednesday advised people to pay attention to sodium levels in some prepackaged breads, saying eating two slices of bread from one brand would already account for around one-fifth of the recommended daily intake limit. The wat...