The Education Secretary Christine Choi on Saturday said the current Covid-19 situation was still under control and that she expected students to be able to have at least half-day lessons when the new school year starts next week. She told a radio sh...

A suicide prevention group on Saturday said that one of the reasons suicides amongst over-60s have been overlooked is that few elderly citizens are seeking help. The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong said less than 13 percent of calls they received t...

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology on Saturday said the government was reviewing how environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures are done, in a bid to improve and shorten them. Tse Chin-wan made the comments after the Advisory Council on...

A government pandemic advisor on Saturday defended the latest anti-epidemic measures, including the rule for banquet goers to show a negative rapid test result, saying this could reduce virus transmission. Lau Chak-sing made the comments after a med...

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...

The Suicide Prevention Services (SPS) on Friday said Hong Kong’s elderly suicide cases have hit a record-high last year, calling the situation "alarming". The NGO said the 446 cases recorded last year accounted for 44 percent of the city's overall...

The government on Friday said it will tighten testing requirements for people attending banquets, as well as staff working at regulated premises, including hair salons and sports venues, as Hong Kong recorded 7,665 new local Covid cases. Speaking at...

Security Secretary Chris Tang said on Friday that more suspected victims of human trafficking gangs are on the way home from Southeast Asia, as he stressed that Hong Kong has sufficient laws to combat the crime. Tang said authorities are now aware o...

Organisers of the Hong Kong Masters snooker tournament say they are in talks with the government about a bubble arrangement for participating international players. Some of the world's top players – including world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan, a...

CLP said on Friday that a fluorescent light catching fire was the most probable reason behind a power cable bridge fire in Yuen Long in June that caused a major blackout in northwestern New Territories. Some 160,000 households in Yuen Long, Tin Shui...

Greeners Action on Friday called on the government to ban shops and other businesses from handing out plastic umbrella bags. The environmental group said it recently went to more than 180 bank branches and restaurants on rainy days and found that 78...

A representative of private hospitals said on Friday that they shouldn't be entirely blamed for the low usage rate of beds at their facilities set aside for non-Covid patients to be transferred from public hospitals. Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau r...

An infectious disease expert on Friday called on Hongkongers to cut down on their social activities after officials warned that the daily number of new Covid cases could top 10,000 next week. On an RTHK radio programme, Dr Leung Chi-chiu said hospi...

Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk and Commerce Secretary Algernon Yau have tested positive for Covid. The government says the two men last went to work on Thursday and followed anti-Covid measures such as wearing a mask and getting tested every d...

The Security Bureau on Thursday said that three more Hong Kong residents who sought help from the Immigration Department had returned to Hong Kong safely. A spokesman said they returned with the assistance of the Office of the Commissioner of the Mi...

The government on Thursday 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. ...

Immigration director Au Ka-wang tested positive for Covid-19 through a rapid test on Thursday. An Immigration Department spokesman said Au last went to work on the same day, and is now under isolation. Au is the second disciplined services head to...

The number of new Covid infections in Hong Kong is climbing at an accelerated pace with the daily figure hitting its highest in almost five months on Thursday, health officials said. A total of 8,579 new infections were reported, including 297 impor...

The DAB on Thursday called on the government to double the amount of transitional housing available for people waiting for a public flat. This was among several ideas the party presented to Financial Secretary Paul Chan and his deputy Michael Wong ...

The observatory cancelled all storm signals at 4.10pm on Thursday after Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on moved into the mainland without coming as close to Hong Kong as originally expected. The Standby Signal No 1 had been in place for two hours, followi...