The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Monday refused to hear an appeal by the Department of Justice (DoJ) against a lower court's decision to allow a British barrister to represent former media tycoon Jimmy Lai at his upcoming national security trial. ...

Health officials on Monday reported 7,793 new Covid-19 cases, including 605 imported infections. Another 26 patients with Covid have died.

Home prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month to their lowest since November 2017, government figures published on Monday showed. October home prices fell 2.4 percent on month - widening from the 2.1 percent decline recorded in September. ...

The government said on Monday that it wants to allow shipments of illegal vaping products through Hong Kong, to help the city keep its status as an international logistics hub. The Transport and Logistics Bureau told a Legco panel that there has bee...

A court on Monday sentenced a woman to five months behind bars for throwing a soda can at the back of a police officer and possessing a laser pointer. West Kowloon Magistracy heard that Pong Lai-ying, 29, was at a protest outside Mong Kok Police St...

Civil service secretary Ingrid Yeung said on Monday that about 11,600 people have made appointments to get the second-generation BioNTech vaccine since bookings opened the day before. The minister who is in charge of the city's Covid-19 vaccination...

An economist on Monday dubbed increases in electricity bills "outrageous" and said proposed higher public transport fares would hurt with the economy in recession, adding that the government should provide subsidies to help people deal with the costs...

Health officials on Sunday reported 8,033 new Covid-19 cases, including 503 imported infections. The daily tally was down from the 8,874 reported on Saturday. Another 20 patients with Covid have died. Meanwhile, the chairman of the Hospital Aut...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Sunday that he's returned to work after testing negative for Covid-19 on two consecutive days. He came down with the coronavirus after making his first overseas trip as Hong Kong's leader to attend the APEC submit i...

Staff from the competition watchdog, police and other government departments on Sunday visited the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market to investigate reports of price-fixing. The Competition Commission said it was acting on a complaint that wholesalers ...

The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Kevin Yeung, said on Sunday that the government is planning a pilot scheme to ensure stage safety during large-scale performances. Speaking on a TVB programme, Yeung noted that, at present, anyone who ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that developing high value-added services is the way forward for Hong Kong’s shipping industry. Writing on his weekly blog, he noted people had questioned Hong Kong’s prospect as a maritime centre, a...

The former Executive Council convenor, Bernard Chan, said on Sunday that a visit by a Hong Kong business delegation to the Apec summit sent an important message that the SAR is heading towards further opening up. He made the comments a week after t...

The chairwoman of the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Schemes Authority, Ayesha Lau, on Sunday called on the public not to be overly concerned about market fluctuation, stressing that the scheme is "a very long-term investment". Lawmakers recently c...

Transport enthusiasts packed into Choi Hung Station on Sunday morning to greet the first in a new generation of trains on the MTR network. The MTR says the eight-carriage “Q-train”, manufactured by CRRC QingDao Sifang Corporation, boasts wider ...

Hong Kong's sole delegate to the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) said on Saturday China's top legislative body would need to interpret the law if admission of overseas lawyers was allowed in national security cases. Tam Yiu-chu...

Six people who fled Polytechnic University during unrest in 2019 were found guilty of rioting on Saturday, in the first case involving protesters on the campus. Deputy Judge Colin Wong said the defendants had been there to advocate unlawful acts of ...

Hong Kong on Saturday reported 8,874 new coronavirus infections, including 509 imported cases. Nine more patients with Covid have died. The government has rejected calls to further relax social distancing measures and restrictions on people flyin...

The Under Secretary for Health, Libby Lee, on Saturday said Covid restrictions should not be further eased as case numbers were rising. She told a TV programme that the daily tally - which has doubled from earlier this month - had not peaked, and re...

The Commissioner of Police, Raymond Siu, on Saturday said officers had met staff members of the Hong Kong Rugby Union and collected their communication records as part of their investigation into the use of a wrong song in place of the national anthe...