Parents were on Friday required to scan the vaccine records of their children when they entered regulated premises, as the vaccine pass arrangement is being extended to youngsters between the age of five and 11. The new rule means these children ne...

Director of Social Welfare Charmaine Lee on Friday stressed that the government will seriously follow up on abuse cases at a Prince Edward foster home, adding that authorities will not hold back on ramping up inspections of residential child care cen...

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Tse Chin-wan, on Friday said he will help Hong Kong's only beverage carton recycler find a new place to operate, after it was told to leave its base at an industrial estate. The recycler, Mil Mill, has als...

The landlord of Hong Kong’s only beverage carton recycler on Thursday has given the firm another grace period of six months, so that it can operate at its current Yuen Long location until the end of June next year. Mil Mill, which signed a three-y...

Education sector representatives on Thursday called on the government to roll out small class teaching and attract mainland students to study in Hong Kong, in a bid to counter the impact of a drop in the number of students. Their comments came afte...

A survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) suggests that high costs and lack of awareness are among the factors deterring people from being screened for cancer. Of 400 respondents, 60 percent had never been screened. Professor Yeoh Eng...

The government announced on Thursday it is putting up three residential sites for tender in the coming quarter as part of its land sale programme. The plots in Kai Tak, Stanley and Kennedy Town are expected to generate 2,500 flats. Together with ...

Hong Kong on Thursday reported 4,269 new coronavirus infections, including 245 imported cases. Five more people with Covid have passed away. At present, more than 1,800 patients are being treated in public hospitals – eight of whom are under in...

Self-exiled politician Ted Hui was on Thursday sentenced in absentia to three and a half years in prison for failing to attend court while on bail. Hui was given permission to travel overseas when he was granted bail after appearing in court to fac...

Civil service minister Ingrid Yeung says she doesn't expect many children between the ages of five and 11 to be barred from entering regulated places like restaurants when the vaccine pass requirement is extended to cover them. From September 30, c...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Thursday said more than 30 leaders of global financial institutions will attend a summit it plans to host in the SAR on November 2. The authority’s chief executive, Eddie Yue, said top executives and chairs woul...

A counsellor says people seeking treatment for gambling addiction at his centre are getting younger and racking up bigger debts. Godfrey Ip from the Zion Social Service says that during the pandemic there has been a shift to gambling online, where...

A second staff member at a Po Leung Kuk childcare home in Causeway Bay has been suspected of child abuse. The Social Welfare Department said on Wednesday evening this came to light amid an investigation into a suspected abuse case that surfaced earl...

The Hospital Authority (HA) is relaxing its visiting restrictions for 26 public hospitals as the Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong stabilises. From Friday, patients at lower risks of infection will be given a one-hour visit each day, with a quota of t...

The government will start offering free flu shots to residents aged 50 or above at its Covid-19 community vaccination centres starting October 6. "Given that the local seasonal influenza activity has been staying at low levels since February 2020, ...

Hong Kong reported 3,911 new Covid infections on Wednesday, including 208 imported cases. Fourteen more Covid patients – aged between 57 and 97 – have died. The Hospital Authority said eight of them had not been vaccinated. _________________...

The head of the Hong Kong Doctors Union on Wednesday backed the government's decision to annul vaccine pass exemption certificates issued by seven private doctors accused of issuing them without holding medical consultations. Some 20,000 people affe...

Lawmakers have urged the government to beef up measures to prevent child abuse at foster homes, following a scandal at the Children’s Residential Home in Prince Edward in which more than 30 former staff had been prosecuted. The legislators – fr...

Regina Ip says she thinks the amber health code requirement for incoming travellers will be dropped next month, in light of a falling number of Covid infections and hospitalisations. The amber code bans people from going to restaurants, bars and a...

An expert on children’s development on Wednesday called for more training and support for parents, teachers and childcare workers to help prevent abuse. The suggestion from Commission on Children member Patrick Ip comes after a number of abuse cas...