A woman on Saturday was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in prison after being found guilty of possessing a pair of pliers and lighter fuel during a protest in 2019. Kwok Hoi-ying, 20, had earlier been acquitted of rioting and using a facial covering ...

Labour minister Law Chi-kwong on Saturday said the latest jobless rate of 5.1 percent was better than he was expecting, adding that he was cautiously optimistic about the economy,. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, Mr Law said he expected the rat...

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...

Chief Executive-designate John Lee on Friday said he has put forward his cabinet choice to Beijing for approval. He declined to give details on who they are, but said that they include incumbent principal officials, civil servants, professionals as...

Experts who advise the government on Covid-19 jabs recommended on Friday that the gap between a first and second dose of the BioNTech vaccine be extended to lower the risk of myocarditis, or heart inflammation. They said the dosing interval should b...

Hong Kong's daily Covid caseload has remained above the 1,000 mark for the third straight day, with a police unit among several emerging clusters in the city. Health authorities said on Friday there were a total of 1,145 new coronavirus infections ...

Hong Kong's latest jobless rate fell to 5.1 percent, with the employment situation improving for most industries. The government said around 191,400 people were jobless during the March to May period, 0.3 percentage points lower than the February to...

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 said on Friday. Lam said although the number of daily cases has now risen to over 1,000 agai...

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...