People who are allowed to leave their hotel quarantine early on Tuesday welcomed the new arrangement, but a hotel manager said the shortened isolation period will add to its administrative and cleaning work. In addition to slashing the hotel quaran...

The Financial Secretary’s Office clarified on Tuesday afternoon that the government has no plans to relax the stamp duty on home purchases, just hours after Exco convenor Regina Ip said it was among policies under consideration to shore up the loca...

The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday said the Strong Wind Signal No 3 would remain in force until at least 6pm. Kok Mang-hin, a senior scientific officer, said the forecaster might issue higher signals depending on changes in the intensity of the n...

The government said on Tuesday that an internet connection will be required for premises responsible for checking vaccine passes – such as restaurants – as part of the health code arrangement for Covid patients and overseas arrivals. Deputy Gov...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Tuesday said cutting the quarantine period for overseas arrivals will not lead to an increase in Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong. From Friday, people flying into Hong Kong will have to spend three nights in hotel quaran...

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Strong Wind Signal No 3 at 11.25 am on Tuesday, as a tropical depression brought strong winds to the territory. Forecasters said heavy showers, thunderstorms and violent gusts were expected as the storm moved tow...

One of Hong Kong's oldest dim sum restaurants, Lin Heung Tea House, has closed down. In a social media post, the eatery's parent company said it was with regret that it had to announce the closure of the restaurant in Wellington Street, along with t...

The Observatory on Tuesday issued the Standby Signal No. 1, saying it will remain in force before 10 am. The signal was issued at 3.45 am with the Observatory saying that, according to its present forecast track, the tropical depression would remai...

Police have reclassified a wounding case as murder following the death of a 22-year-old man in hospital on Monday. The victim, and two other men, had allegedly been assaulted by several people outside a restaurant on Tsing Ling Path in Tuen Mun in th...

People who have spent at least three nights in hotel quarantine will be allowed to leave their hotels from Tuesday, after the government reduced Hong Kong's hotel quarantine period to three days from seven. Although the new shorter Covid quarantine...

The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 46 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...

Government officials on Monday brushed aside suggestions to rethink a plan to build public housing on part of the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, saying the Northern Metropolis won't be sufficient to solve the shortage of homes in the SAR. Officials...

Health authorities on Monday reported 3,807 new local Covid infections and 233 imported cases. 1,528 patients are currently being treated in public hospitals; among them seven are under intensive care. Meanwhile, officials told a daily press brie...

Respiratory medicine expert Leung Chi-chiu said on Monday that the government's decision to shorten hotel quarantine for people arriving in Hong Kong poses little risk to the community. From Friday, arrivals will have to spend three days in a quaran...

Tourism sector representatives on Monday welcomed the government’s change in quarantine policy, calling it a step in the right direction that will hopefully pave the way towards the lifting of all restrictions. Earlier in the day, Chief Executive...

The government on Monday said travellers due to arrive in Hong Kong would be given a refund by the designated quarantine hotels that they booked in view of a reduction in the mandatory quarantine period from Friday. Officials reminded travellers t...

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Manufacturers' Association on Monday welcomed the government's move to cut the quarantine period for incoming travellers, but called for a further easing of quarantine rules for businesses to ...

A former undersecretary for security, Sonny Au, has been appointed as the Secretary General of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. He replaces Eric Chan who became Chief Secretary last month. The State Council announced on Monday the a...

The government on Monday rejected a suggestion to waive the planned public housing rental hike for two years, citing factors such as the financial health of the Housing Authority (HA). The authority will decide next week whether to go ahead with a p...

A catering sector representative said on Monday that business increased by around 15 percent on the day a new round of electronic spending vouchers were handed out. Some 6.2 million people received HK$2,000 on Sunday, with a further HK$3,000 due lat...