A primary school principal said on Saturday the drop in student population offered educators an opportunity to direct resources to pupils in need, as he urged education authorities to retain the existing level of teachers. Langton Cheung, the honor...

The police have classified the death of a five-year-boy who was found unconscious in a Sham Shui Po flat in the early hours on Saturday as murder. Officers received a report from a woman just before 1am that the boy was unconscious in a flat on She...

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Saturday he expects Covid cases to peak later this month, and hopefully Hong Kong will be in a better position to ease or even scrap quarantine for incoming travellers in November. Speaking to...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 60 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...

CLP and the government came under criticism at the Legislative Council on Friday over their supervision of power supply contingency infrastructure, after it was revealed that a backup feeder for New Territories West had stopped working months before ...

Health officials on Friday said efforts to secure BioNTech vaccines for children are proceeding smoothly despite an earlier suggestion from a government pandemic advisor that toddler doses of the jab will not be made available in Hong Kong. Professo...

Police say they believe they've helped to bring down a mainland gang that has been blackmailing men in Hong Kong by threatening to send naked photos and sex videos of them to their family members and friends. Officers on Friday said they believe a ...

The District Court on Friday said it will impose a confiscation order on the assets of a radio host who has pleaded guilty to money laundering and sedition charges. The court heard that it is reasonable to believe that Wan Yiu-sing, also known as Gi...

A police officer who was injured by a secondary school student with a box cutter three years ago has filed a claim in the District Court for compensation. A court document said the defendant, Hui Tim-lik, who's now 21, had attacked officer Leung Sh...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has arrested a man on suspicion of disclosing a former co-worker’s personal information on a social media platform. The privacy watchdog on Friday said the suspect and the alleged victim had...

The government says it hopes to get hold of a vaccine against monkeypox this month as part of preparations for any future outbreak here. The World Health Organisation declared a global health emergency over monkeypox in late July, although officials...

Police said on Friday they had arrested a 28-year-old man after a homeless woman was robbed in Kowloon City last week. Officers said the victim, 74, lost valuables and HK$16,000 in cash. The woman said she has been collecting used cardboard for th...

A medical expert advising the government on its Covid strategy on Friday urged parents to get their children vaccinated as soon as possible, saying it’s not realistic to wait for newer generations of vaccines or doses especially prepared for childr...

Deputy Justice Secretary Horace Cheung has become one of the latest government officials to catch Covid-19. Cheung last went to work on Thursday, said the Department of Justice in an announcement on Friday. The department added that he had worn fac...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 58 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 government said on Thursday it's reducing the number of Covid tests required for people arriving in Hong Kong from the mainland and Macau, as they pose "very low" infection risks to the SAR. From Saturday, those arriving here under the Return2hk...

Health officials said on Thursday children aged five and above will be included in the government's vaccine pass scheme. Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protection said at a daily Covid briefing that the government will announce detai...

Hong Kong's daily Covid tally passed the 10,000 mark on Thursday. The Centre for Health Protection reported 10,586 new infections, 244 of them imported. Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan from the centre said officials expect daily case numbers to continue to ri...

The Hong Kong Badminton Association said on Thursday that it has cancelled this year's Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships due to the city's Covid restrictions. The event in November was meant to have been part of a world tour organised by the Ba...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday that Hong Kong people travelling to the mainland will soon be allowed to fulfil their quarantine requirements in the SAR before crossing the border in a closed loop. He said Guangzhou and Shenzhen authoritie...