The Baptist University on Wednesday launched a programme to provide free Chinese medicine consultations and treatment for elderly patients suffering from long Covid. The university said people aged 65 or above, who’ve recovered from the coronavir...

Two people have died and six others have been injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Sau Mau Ping. The structure came down on top of several containers at the site on Anderson Road. One person died at the scene and another after ...

The High Court has put a retired electrician on probation for a year after he admitted killing his terminally ill wife to end her suffering. The prosecution had originally charged Kwok Wai-yin, 59, with murdering his wife, Chan Sau-wan, who was 54 ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Wednesday that the Greater Bay Area is developing into one of the top megalopolis and bay areas in the world, and Hong Kong should take a leading role in its development. At a seminar on the area hosted by the ...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 73 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...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported 9,373 new Covid infections, 186 of which were imported. The Hospital Authority said it was caring for nearly 3,000 infected people at its facilities, with 14 patients in intensive care. Nine more Covid patient...

The government announced on Tuesday that it is cancelling the National Day fireworks display, citing the coronavirus pandemic. It is the fourth year in a row that the annual October 1 event has been scrapped. The authorities first suspended the d...

A 30-year-old man has become Hong Kong's first monkeypox patient. Officials said on Tuesday that the SAR resident is being treated in isolation in Queen Mary Hospital. He recently spent time in Canada, the United States and the Philippines before f...

A survey has suggested that students with special educational needs (SEN) are falling behind when it comes to online lessons as teachers had been unable to supply them with tailor-made learning materials. Youth I.D.E.A.S of the Hong Kong Federation...

Police on Tuesday said they believe they have found a car and an air gun connected to a HK$13 million watch shop robbery on August 31. Detective chief inspector Cheung Ka-wing said they found the car near Shing Mun Reservoir after receiving a repor...

Hong Kong has identified its first suspected case of monkeypox, sources have told RTHK. It is understood that a patient believed to be carrying the virus is currently being examined in Queen Mary Hospital. No further details about the patient are ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday refused to be drawn on whether the government will further relax entry requirements in November to allow arrivals to undergo seven days of medical surveillance at home instead of having to quarantine at hotels. S...

Police have arrested a 64-year-old doctor over a clinic that allegedly issued hundreds of medical exemption certificates for Covid-19 vaccinations without carrying out medical consultations. Investigators said late on Monday that they took action a...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said the death of a five-year-old boy, who's believed to have been abused, highlighted the need to take forward legislative work on the mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse. The child was found unconsciou...

The government has been urged to allow Covid oral antiviral drugs to be distributed in the private market, in order to boost their uptake. Henry Yeung, a council member of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association, was commenting after authorities ...

The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 73 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...

Police on Monday said they arrested six men in connection with an armed robbery in Causeway Bay last week in which 70 luxury watches worth $13 million were stolen. Officers said the people detained include the suspected thieves as well as two men w...

Health authorities on Monday said they had recorded 10,021 new Covid cases, as they voiced concern that upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations may spur infections in the community. The newly reported cases included 9,869 local infections, while ...

Transport officials on Monday said they are carrying out a survey on people's travel habits and how these have been influenced by technology and the pandemic. About 35,000 households will be randomly chosen to take part in the voluntary, once-in-a-d...

Three former lawmakers have urged the High Court not to wait for the conclusion of an upcoming national security trial and to sentence them sooner now they have indicated they intend to plead guilty to a subversion charge. Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki and...