A professor of respiratory medicine said on Sunday that the prospects for Hong Kong's coronavirus situation depend greatly on the spread of Omicron sub-variant BA.5 David Hui, who also advises the government coronavirus strategy, noted that the mor...

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip on Sunday said the administration is working to shorten quarantine periods for inbound travellers, saying only 'technical glitches' stand in the way of an official announcement. At present, anyone arriving in the...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the arrival of a second round of government consumption vouchers on Sunday woud provide some stimulus for a local economy that's in need of urgent support. Writing on his official blog, Chan said promotions offered...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 55 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 authorities said on Saturday that 58 people are currently being treated for malaria at hospitals here and that they will focus on testing arrivals from Guinea for the mosquito-borne disease. One patient is critically ill in intensive care, w...

Popular ice cream brand Häagen-Dazs said on Saturday it had pulled six batches of its products exported to Hong Kong because they are believed to contain unauthorised pesticide. This comes two days after the Centre for Food Safety ordered two of t...

The Chief Manager of the Hospital Authority (HA) Lau Ka-hin on Saturday cautioned that public hospitals could be put under pressure if Hong Kong recorded more imported malaria cases, adding that time was key in treating the mosquito-borne disease. ...

Labour chief Chris Sun said on Saturday that the government plans to introduce new guidelines to protect workers from heat stroke by April next year. Officials have been studying whether to add the Observatory's heat index as one of the references ...

A University of Hong Kong paediatrician, Patrick Ip, said on Saturday that he thinks the government will soon be able to buy doses of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine that are suitable for toddlers. Speaking after appearing on a commercial radio progra...

Labour minister Chris Sun said on Saturday that officials are checking whether dancers at last week's concert by boyband MIRROR are actually self-employed and the implications this might have. Two dancers were injured at the concert on Thursday last...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 55 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...

A task force looking into an accident at a MIRROR concert last week said metal fatigue of a suspension cord was likely the reason why it snapped, leading to the falling of a video panel that injured two dancers. Lee Tsz-chun, an Assistant Director ...

Health authorities on Friday said the recent cluster of imported malaria cases was the worst they have ever seen, adding that they will keep an eye out on passengers coming from high-risk areas and purchase more medication to treat infected patients....

The Education Bureau (EDB) said on Friday that school students and teachers will be required to continue taking rapid Covid tests every day in the new academic year, until further notice. "As the daily rapid antigen test (RAT) arrangement helps with...

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho on Friday urged public housing tenants to support the government’s rent hike proposal, saying it is needed to ensure the Housing Authority’s long-term financial sustainability. In a paper submitted to the Legisl...

The government has appointed a new head for RTHK. In a statement, a spokesman said Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union, Eddie Cheung, will take up his new post as Director of Broadcasting in early Oct...

Lingnan University researchers on Friday called on the government to work on reopening its borders with the mainland, saying around a third of people they interviewed had lost their jobs or became temporarily unemployed due to a substantial drop in v...

Police on Friday arrested an 86-year-old man on suspicion of manslaughter, after his wife's body was found at their home in To Kwa Wan. Officers said they received a call from the couple's son on Thursday afternoon, saying his 81-year-old mother wa...

New People's Party lawmaker Eunice Yung on Friday published a newspaper statement announcing that she was cutting ties with her father-in-law, Elmer Yuen. On Wednesday, the Security Bureau denounced Yuen, along with journalist Victor Ho and disquali...

The government will start delivering another instalment of electronic spending vouchers on Sunday. Around 6.2 million people will be eligible for the HK$2,000 vouchers, according to Jessie Wong, the head of budget and tax policy for the financial se...