An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a decision to allow a veteran British lawyer to defend media tycoon Jimmy Lai in his upcoming national security trial. Lai, 74, had earlier been granted permission by High Court Judge Jeremy Poon to engage Kin...

Health officials on Wednesday logged 5,068 new Covid infections, including 498 imported cases. The tally was up from 4,649 reported the day before. 13 patients with Covid have died, including a 31-month-old boy. _____________________________ USEF...

Police said they’ve arrested a teacher at a special needs school in Tai Po on Monday for allegedly falsely accusing her colleagues of abusing students. The force said the 48-year-old teacher of Hong Chi Pinehill No.2 School is suspected to have s...

Chief Executive John Lee says the performance indicators proposed in his recent policy address show the government is committed to delivering results and will not work behind closed doors. Speaking on RTHK's Overview Policy show to be aired on Wedne...

Education Secretary Christine Choi on Wednesday said Chinese University clearly followed regulations when it recently attempted to change its emblem. CUHK last month reverted back to the old emblem after a public backlash, with some lawmakers arguin...

An anti-tobacco advocate on Wednesday hailed the work of Hong Kong in bringing down the city's smoking rate over the past 40 years, but said more needs to be done to further deter people from lighting up. Dr Judith Mackay, director of the Asian Con...

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Ingrid Yeung, on Wednesday renewed her call for parents to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19, saying not enough have done so. On an RTHK programme, Yeung noted that children as young as six months ca...

Health officials on Tuesday said an elderly man infected with melioidosis died on Monday, becoming the ninth death involving a patient with the disease in Hong Kong this year. The man, 89, had suffered from a number of chronic illnesses, including ...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau said on Tuesday the government is considering completely banning future generations from buying tobacco products. He said one of the ways to go about this would be to raise the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes, s...

Hong Kong's only Sikh temple on Tuesday officially reopened its doors to the public after a five-year renovation. The Khalsa Diwan temple in Wan Chai was completely rebuilt over the past five years, after cracks were discovered at the old building ...

The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday that it had recorded another 4,649 coronavirus infections, including 399 involving arrivals to Hong Kong. Four more people who were infected with Covid-19 have died. Health authorities also said the...

A worker died on Tuesday after apparently being struck by steel bars that fell from a construction site in Tsim Sha Tsui. Police said the incident happened at around 12.30pm at a building site on Ashley Road. A 43-year-old man was taken to hospita...

A batch of government-subsidised homes is being put up for sale at between HK$1.2 million and HK$5.4 million, the Housing Authority announced on Tuesday. Nearly 9,000 new flats at seven estates are included in the latest round of the Home Ownership...

A man has died after falling into a two-metre-deep manhole near Hoi Tat Estate in Cheung Sha Wan in the early hours of Tuesday. Police said they received a report from a security guard of the estate, who found the 63-year-old inside the drain. Of...

Justice Secretary Paul Lam said on Tuesday that Hong Kong’s common law system will stay in place in the long run, given President Xi Jinping’s assurance that One Country, Two Systems is a long-term policy. At a workshop for Legal Week, Lam note...

The chairwoman of the Travel Industry Council (TIC) on Tuesday described the easing of amber code restrictions on tour groups as a good start, but said more rules should be relaxed to attract tourists. Gianna Hsu’s comment came a day after the go...

An advisory panel said late on Monday that it would recommend that the government authorise the use of an updated version of a Covid vaccine targeting the Omicron Covid variant. The administration welcomed the recommendation from the Advisory Panel ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday stressed that rules on wearing face masks and the vaccine pass health code system are here to stay, but added that authorities will make special arrangements to allow some activities and events to take place. His...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Monday said he has asked the Hospital Authority to review its security measures, after a patient allegedly attacked two nurses at the United Christian Hospital the day before. According to the hospital, the 55-year-...

Hong Kong’s only Sikh temple officially reopens on Tuesday, at the conclusion of a three-day ceremony to mark the rebirth of the Khalsa Diwan in Wan Chai. The temple, which has been at the location for more than a century, has been completely reb...