Three workers were injured on Wednesday after they were hit by a falling metal pole at a construction site in Yau Tong as the typhoon signal number three was in force. The police said it received a report about the incident on Cha Kwo Ling Road at a...

An Eastern Court magistrate on Wednesday sentenced a former airline employee to 80 hours of community service over a prank on the son of former chief executive CY Leung at the end of 2019. Lai Siu-wang, an ex-ground staff for Hong Kong Express, earl...

A visit to Xinjiang later this month by Hong Kong members of the national legislature has been postponed due to Covid-19. Some local deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) told RTHK that they were informed of the postponement by the releva...

The Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management said a survey it conducted has found that companies are investing more time and money on training their staff to retain talent amid the current brain drain. The institute surveyed more than 100 c...

The Observatory says the Strong Wind Signal No 3 will remain in force until at least 6pm on Wednesday. The forecaster said at noon, tropical storm Mulan was about 450 kilometres southwest of Hong Kong and was moving away from the SAR. It said ther...

Infectious disease expert Joseph Tsang on Wednesday urged the government to consider imposing stricter requirements for inbound travellers given an “amber health code”, but have to work at high-risk venues such as elderly homes or hospitals. Au...

Some 40 percent of students taking part in this year's Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) on Wednesday received offers from nine local universities, with the Chinese University accepting the most top scorers. There were 39,523 st...

The Observatory says the Strong Wind Signal No 3 will remain in force until at least 3pm on Wednesday. At 10 am, Tropical Storm Mulan was about 400 kilometres southwest of Hong Kong, forecast to more northwest or west-northwest at about 18 kilometre...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 43 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. T...

A tourism industry representative on Tuesday said the number of Hong Kong people taking overseas vacations should rise under the eased quarantine rules, but that more should be done to attract incoming visitors. Speaking at a press briefing ahead o...

National security police on Tuesday arrested two men on suspicion of violating the sedition law. The pair, aged 28 and 29, are alleged to have published posts promoting ill-will and enmity between different classes of Hong Kong people in a social m...

Hong Kong on Tuesday reported 4,045 coronavirus infections, including 262 imported cases. There are now 1,546 Covid patients in public hospitals – 195 of whom are newly admitted. Eight are in intensive care. There have been three additional deat...

The Hong Kong Observatory says the Strong Wind Signal No 3 will remain in force until at least noon on Wednesday, unless an approaching storm intensifies significantly or tracks closer to the city. At 4.45am, Tropical Storm Mulan was estimated to be...

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...