Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau has been shoring up support for Hong Kong's bid to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), during his trip to Cambodia. In a social media post on Saturday, his bureau...

Washington has named Gregory May as the new head of the United States Consulate in Hong Kong and Macau. He arrived in Hong Kong on Friday. In a statement, May said: "I am honoured to represent the people of the United States here in Hong Kong and ...

Development secretary Bernadette Linn on Saturday said authorities will inspect over ten thousand flame trees planted along roadsides by the end of this month after a huge tree fell and crashed onto several vehicles the day before. The driver and n...

Health secretary Lo Chung-mau on Saturday said the government is actively considering scrapping the hotel quarantine rule, though he was tight-lipped as to when it might happen. Currently, travellers are required to spend three nights in a designat...

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 government has announced that from Saturday, all incoming travellers – regardless of where they are from – will be required to at least be double-jabbed to be issued a temporary vaccine pass that is needed to enter most public premises. In ...

The Department of Health (DH) said on Friday that two medical centres under a company called EC Healthcare had given expired BioNTech jabs to 45 people, but it has so far not received reports of people feeling unwell. The department said it was noti...

Two scientific committees under the Centre for Health Protection on Friday said men who have sex with men should be among those prioritised for the monkeypox vaccine in Hong Kong. The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scie...

Hong Kong on Friday recorded 8,999 new Covid infections, including 131 imported cases. Health officials reported 17 more Covid-related deaths, including a four-year-old boy who was chronically ill. A chief manager with the Hospital Authority (HA)...

Customs officers on Friday said they had seized suspected illicit cigarettes worth around HK$100 million, arresting a man in the operation. The department said it had intercepted a truck and raided containers in Lau Fau Shan near Tin Shui Wai on Mon...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang says a dozen Hongkongers believed to have fallen prey to human trafficking gangs are still believed to be detained in Southeast Asia, but they have all had some form of contact with the authorities and are thought to...

The closure of a mainland music tutoring platform has left 33 families in Hong Kong out of pocket, the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) said on Friday. VIP Peilian was one of the largest online music tutoring platforms on the mainland and was endors...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau says he's been "telling the good stories of Hong Kong" to people he meets during a trip to Cambodia. In a Facebook post, Yau's bureau said the secretary paid a courtesy visit to China's am...

The Court of Appeal on Friday granted part of an application by the police to submit new evidence in a case relating to the force's policy on officers displaying their insignia. In November 2020, the High Court ruled that police officers failing to...

The driver and nanny of a school bus escaped with only minor injuries on Friday after a huge tree fell onto their vehicle in Ho Man Tin. The incident happened at about 7.40am outside Hop Yat Church School on Perth Street. The tree smashed the fron...

The M+ Museum will start charging visitors from November 12, ending a one-year waiver for admission fees. In a statement on Thursday, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority said a general admission ticket for adults will cost $120, with conce...

The government on Thursday 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. ...

Police late on Thursday said they believe a man whose body was discovered in Ta Kwu Ling was killed eight to ten days ago, adding that he was not kidnapped as previously reported. Officers have been investigating the case since last Monday after th...

Health authorities said on Thursday daily coronavirus figures have risen slightly after the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the number of new cases surpassed the 8,000 mark. There were 8,187 new Covid infections reported for the day, including 164 were imp...

The government should pay Hongkongers to have babies and offer subsidies to encourage people to freeze their eggs or sperm for later use, the New People's Party said on Thursday. The party put forward the ideas as it called for measures in the chief...