The Department of Justice (DOJ) was on Wednesday granted a request to challenge the not guilty verdict of a woman who had allegedly refused to present her ID card to the police during a protest 2019. The defendant, Lam Hiu-wa, was taking part in th...

A project has been launched to preserve and restore coral in Hong Kong using the world’s first 3D coral reef tile printing solution. Sino Group with its Hong Kong Innovation Foundation is working on the initiative with Ocean Park and a start-up, ...

A joint study by two local universities has found that the antibody levels in people who have been vaccinated and infected with the Omicron BA.2 strain of Covid is higher, when compared to those who are triple jabbed and have never been infected. T...

The cake shop chain Crostini closed down its stores for good on Wednesday, citing the pandemic. In a social media post published on Tuesday night, the company said the business environment in Hong Kong has been bad over the past two years and it had...

Infectious disease expert Joseph Tsang says the Hong Kong government should stop giving mainland and Macau people vaccine passes if they haven't been jabbed or don't have a medical exemption certificate. On Tuesday, Chief Executive John Lee said mai...

The government announced on Tuesday that inbound travelers confirmed to have Covid-19 in their quarantine hotels can stay put starting from November. Currently, they are moved to community isolation facilities in Penny's Bay or Kai Tak after testin...

The government on Monday 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...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan on Tuesday signed the condolence book for Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the Hong Kong SAR government. The government said in a brief statement that Chan went to the British Consulate to express "profound condolences" on ...

A international survey has found that only 37 percent of eczema patients in the city are working on treatment plans with doctors, while two-thirds have lost hope. GlobalSkin, an international alliance of dermatology patient organisations, initiated ...

The condition of a dancer seriously injured at the MIRROR concert in July improved on Tuesday. Lee Kai-yin is now said to be in stable condition instead of serious in the nuerosurgery ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was struck by a giant vide...

The observatory said the temperature at its headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui reached 35.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday afternoon, making it the hottest day on record for September. Some districts recorded even higher temperatures, including Sheung Shui ...

Hong Kong on Tuesday recorded 7,218 new Covid cases, including 151 imported infections. Ten more chronically ill patients – aged between 52 and 95 – have died with Covid in the previous day. The Hospital Authority said 2,885 Covid patients are...

The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has been urged to step up training for polling staff and make better use of its electronic poll register system after a voter at the Chief Executive election in May was mistakenly given an extra ballot. Th...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on Tuesday said it had launched a fraud prevention hotline, after receiving many reports of fraud cases this year. The office said it had received 386 enquiries and 17 complaints about the us...

Hong Kong's last remaining operating sawmill is scheduled to close down on Tuesday after 75 years. Chi Kee Sawmill and Timber is among businesses in the northern New Territories that are going to make way for development under the government's North...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday that the Covid infection risk on the mainland is the lowest in the world and this is why a rule requiring people arriving in Hong Kong to be vaccinated doesn't apply to mainlanders. Lee was responding to an o...

The chief executive of the Hospital Authority, Tony Ko, on Tuesday tested positive for Covid through a rapid antigen test. In a statement, an authority spokesperson said Ko last went to work on Monday, and had followed all infection control measure...

A respiratory medicine expert said on Tuesday that the recent surge in Covid-19 infections may have peaked a few days ago, and urged the government to start considering relaxing infection-control measures. Dr Leung Chi-chiu noted that as the more t...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said his administration could not turn a blind eye to how Covid-19 has affected Hong Kong's healthcare services and high-risk groups, as he warned against complacency. Speaking before the weekly Executive Council...

The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 74 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...