Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Sunday said it would be unreasonable to expect quarantine-free travel to the mainland anytime soon, but the government still aims to make it easier for more people to cross the border. On a TV programme, he said he ...

Development Secretary Bernadette Linn on Sunday said she will lead her team in boosting land supply, adding that housing is top of the agenda for the new administration. In her first blog post after taking office, Linn said she will roll out a raft...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that the government will streamline procedures to boost the supply of land and housing, adding that top officials will intervene to clear any hurdles in a timely manner. On a radio programme, Chan said la...

Officials on Sunday morning warned of rather long waits for Covid tests at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point, urging travellers to avoid going there until later in the day. A government spokesman said the waiting time for the special nucleic acid test ...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 72 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 Saturday that they're requiring an additional PCR test for coronavirus patients who live in care homes before discharging them from hospital. A chief manager from the Hospital Authority, Larry Lee, said the new measure, whi...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Saturday that the police force is helping to ensure the long-term stability of the One Country, Two Systems principle by safeguarding national security and keeping Hong Kong stable. Speaking at a passing-out parade a...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam on Saturday said he will promote the rule of law by doing publicity work for the Basic Law and the National Security Law. Speaking on a radio programme, Lam stressed that the security legislation is in line with the pr...

Infectious disease expert Ivan Hung on Saturday said Hong Kong could shorten or even dispense with hotel quarantine for incoming travellers, if PCR tests could be arranged more frequently - and with faster results. Hung, co-convenor of an expert com...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 65 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...

Police on Friday strongly condemned the act of impersonating police officers, and expressed concern over media reports that overseas legal practitioners received emails from someone claiming to be from the force. British newspaper The Times had repo...

The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) on Friday said it has recovered three quarters of a million default contributions from Asia Catering, which shuttered last week. Around 100 workers say they have not been paid, and some said thei...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau has called on people not to let their guard down amid a rising Covid trend. The city reported 2,945 new Covid cases on Friday, slightly down from more than 3,000 the day before. All but 197 were local infections. The...

Long queues formed at Shenzhen Bay Port on Friday with people waiting to enter the mainland after quarantine arrangements were improved for cross-boundary travel. The control point's operating hours have been extended to between 9am and 8pm. Offic...

Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Bill Tang on Friday said a survey he conducted with another group suggests that the majority of people support the results-oriented approach promised by Chief Executive John Lee. The legislator teamed up with New ...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau said on Friday the government will not “lie flat” in the face of a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, saying it's working towards increasing the capacity of PCR tests in a bid to stop transmission chains. Lo was speaking...

Authorities are investigating the cause of a blaze at a Sau Mau Ping home early on Friday that took firefighters more than eight hours to extinguish, though no one was harmed. The Fire Services Department said the fire at 9 Anderson Road, quickly sp...

Some convention and exhibition sector representatives on Friday called on the government to provide a clear roadmap on the lifting of Covid-19 travel restrictions. They said their trade has been hit hard by the pandemic, pointing out that six exhibi...

Hong Kong International Airport’s third runway officially began operations on Friday. A Government Flying Service plane was the first aircraft to land on the tarmac at 8:24am. It was followed by a Cathay Pacific cargo flight from Shanghai, which t...

An expert from the University of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health on Friday said the rise in local Covid-19 cases isn't cause for concern, though the government should consider setting up permanent facilities to deal with mild cases to ease the ...