The chairwoman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA), Ayesha Macpherson Lau, said on Sunday that her team is working to reduce administrative fees for MPF schemes by 55 percent. Writing on her blog, Lau said the authority is maki...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau said on Sunday that it's currently not appropriate to scrap inbound travel restrictions, because Hong Kong needs to stay vigilant against new Covid variants emerging overseas. In the latest round of border relaxation me...

A non-governmental organisation has suggested that professional help should be offered to families involved in suspected child abuse cases, after official figures showed there was a jump in such cases during the Covid pandemic. The Social Welfare De...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan warned on Sunday that local exports will continue to be under pressure because of what he described as a precarious external economic situation. He said soon-to-be-announced export figures for the previous month have f...

University of Hong Kong expert Ivan Hung on Sunday expressed concern that serious influenza outbreaks may pose a bigger threat to the SAR this winter than Covid-19. He noted that the local vaccination rate for Covid is high and a high proportion of...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 80 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 said that it would be very unlikely for Hong Kong to achieve zero Covid infections again as the SAR reported 5,190 new infections. Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protection made the comment at a regular p...

Police commissioner Raymond Siu on Saturday said the force will beef up patrols on National Day, although he stayed mum on the exact number of officers expected to be mobilised. Speaking on a television programme, the police chief noted the threat o...

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Ingrid Yeung, said on Saturday that about 16 percent of children aged between six months and three years, have been inoculated against Covid-19 since the Sinovac vaccine became available for them some seven weeks ...

A medical expert advising the government on the Covid-19 pandemic on Saturday said that Hong Kong may be able to scrap the health monitoring requirement altogether for inbound travellers in weeks if local infections continue to drop. Ivan Hung from...

A clerk was on Friday jailed for two weeks for lying to the authorities that she had Covid-19, because she wanted to take a sick day. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to providing false information at West Kowloon Magistracy. The court heard she upl...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 63 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...

Politicians and health experts on Friday welcomed the easing of restrictions on travellers, saying while it’s an encouraging move, they hope to see all medical surveillance scrapped ultimately. Exco member Jeffrey Lam, who's also a lawmaker from ...

Health officials reported 5,387 new coronavirus infections on Friday, including 156 imported cases. 12 more Covid patients, aged between 45 and 93, have died. More than 2,220 patients are currently being treated in public hospitals, including 15 ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday announced the scrapping of mandatory hotel quarantine for new arrivals from next Monday, saying the government was able to make the decision in view of the stabilising pandemic situation. Instead of the current "t...

The Travel Industry Council on Friday said the planned abolition of some border controls by Japan is good news for travel agencies here, as the country is a top holiday destination for Hong Kong people. Japan has announced it will abolish a series ...

Sources have told RTHK that the government is set to announce as early as Friday afternoon new adjustments to Covid rules for arrivals. Chief Executive John Lee is to meet the press at 3.30pm. Currently, inbound travellers are subject to a "three ...

The chairman of a Hong Kong real estate agency says he thinks the property market could fall by a further 10 percent this year, after five major banks in the SAR raised their interest rates for the first time in four years. "If you look at the mar...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 81 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 officials say Hong Kong's latest wave of Covid infections has "obviously peaked" and hospital services can now gradually return to normal. Thursday saw another 5,990 infections – including 163 imported cases – added to the city's total of...