New figures from the Hong Kong Tourism Board on Thursday showed more visitors have flown into the city since the government lifted an entry ban on non-residents in May, but the number is still minimal compared to the pre-Covid levels. Between Janua...

The Observatory said on Thursday it has logged 22 "hot nights" so far this month – the most recorded in a month since records began in 1884. Forecasters said in a Facebook post that there had also been a consecutive 19 "hot nights", the longest e...

Former Shatin District Council chairman Li Chi-wang was on Thursday jailed for seven months for shouting insults at the police in May, 2020. Eastern Magistracy heard that Li committed the offence during a protest in Causeway Bay, and his shouting h...

A 23-year-old man was on Thursday jailed for four months for tearing three national flags down and throwing them in a rubbish bin on July 1 last year. Pang Tsz-kin, a part-time tutor, was earlier convicted by Kowloon City Court of desecrating three...

The Office of The Ombudsman said on Thursday that it's launching an investigation into the effectiveness of the government's 1823 enquiry platform, after receiving many complaints against the service in the first five months of this year. It said it...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Thursday said Hong Kong's property and financial markets remain resilient despite repeated interest rate hikes in the United States. Chan told reporters that interest rates in the SAR will inevitably increase, but t...

Young researchers and entrepreneurs working in the city’s innovation and technology industry could well become the next tech billionaire – if they successfully leverage on the national goal of transforming Hong Kong into an international I&T hub....

A man has died after being hit by a truck on Hiram's Highway in Sai Kung. The incident happened at around 6am on Thursday morning, reportedly as the man was crossing the highway near Tai Chung Hau Road. He sustained head injuries and was taken to ...

The chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Eddie Yue, on Thursday called on prospective home-buyers and those planning to take out bank loans to carefully assess the risk posed by increasing borrowing costs. He was speaking afte...

A property analyst says she expects housing prices to fall by up to 8 percent, before rebounding early next year. Hannah Jeong, head of valuation and advisory services at real estate services company, Colliers Hong Kong, was speaking on RTHK's Hong...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 64 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. ...

The Hong Kong government has rejected suggestions made by the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHCR) about the human rights situation in the SAR. In a statement, the government said it strongly opposes what it called unfair and unsubstantiate...

CLP Power said on Wednesday it is offering HK$100 vouchers to northwestern New Territories residents affected by a power outage last month. The blackout was caused by a cable bridge blaze on June 21, and the firm and the government are still probin...

A top mainland official in Hong Kong on Wednesday said the One Country Two Systems policy has proven effective in ensuring the SAR's prosperity and stability. Speaking at a ceremony marking the launch of the first volume of the English edition of H...

Health authorities said on Wednesday that they are looking into expanding the use of oral antivirals, as the territory's new coronavirus cases topped 4,500. Officials reported 4,288 local Covid infections and 220 imported ones for the day. They s...

The Hong Kong Automobile Association says it will host a car parade this Sunday from Cyberport to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge link road, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the SAR. At a press briefing on Wednesday, the ...

A former student leader at the Chinese University and a welfare worker were charged by the ICAC on Wednesday for allegedly inciting people to cast blank ballots in last year's Legislative Council elections. So Tsun-fung, 22, and Chan Sing, 58, have...

An NGO said on Wednesday that the number of applications for its new transitional flats is almost triple the number available, illustrating the seriousness of Hong Kong's housing shortage. Lok Kwan Social Service has so far received 204 applications...

An assistant director of environmental protection, Kenneth Leung, said on Wednesday that the government plans to test hydrogen buses on two routes by the end of next year. He said the administration hopes to compare the performance and operational d...

At the start of the month, President Xi Jinping reminded Hong Kong about the importance of creating more business opportunities for the city’s young talent, especially by leveraging on the SAR’s ever-increasing ties with the mainland. In his sp...