Commerce secretary Algernon Yau said on Sunday Hong Kong will surely become a main business partner with Cambodia, as they create more opportunities in the region, on the mainland and the Greater Bay Area. The minister said Hong Kong is ready for g...

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Sunday that Hong Kong could relax entry requirements again if Covid cases continue to fall and the healthcare system can cope. He was speaking a day after the Secretary for Health, Lo Chung-ma...

Labour representatives on Sunday called for the prompt passage of a job safety bill that significantly raises the maximum penalty for serious violations. Right now, the maximum penalty is HK$500,000 and 12 months in jail, but the government propose...

Police on Sunday announced the seizure of around 900 kilos of cannabis buds during a recent anti-narcotics operation, the largest haul of the drug on record. A kilogramme of methamphetamine was also found in the raids, pushing the total value of t...

Executive councillor Jeffrey Lam called on Sunday for the government to relax inbound travel rules as soon as possible, saying it's too late to leave it until the end of the year. His appeal came two days after the organisers of the Hong Kong Marath...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday the budget deficit this year is expected to exceed HK$100 billion, far higher than the HK$56.3 billion originally estimated. Writing on his weekly blog, the minister said government income is going to fa...

The government on Saturday 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. ...

Health authorities on Saturday reported 8,278 new Covid cases, as they noted recent daily infection numbers have remained at similar levels. Of the latest infections, 8,149 were locally acquired and the remaining 129 imported. Almost 2,700 patien...

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...