Chief Executive John Lee and his top ministers on Thursday paid tribute to the late former president Jiang Zemin at the central government's liaison office in Western. Former CEs CY Leung and Carrie Lam, executive councillors and legislators were al...

Police have arrested a man, 25, on suspicion of murder after his mother was found dead at her home in Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate. Officers said the woman, 50, had not been seen for a few days. A nurse went to check on her on Wednesday afternoon, and...

Several lawmakers on Thursday said the government should lower tunnel tolls during non-peak hours, to cut congestion by encouraging drivers not to use the crossings during busy periods. The government plans to raise tolls for private cars using the ...

Two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants were jailed for eight weeks on Thursday for violating quarantine rules. Wong Yoon-loong, 46, and Nisson Lau, 45, went out for meals last December when they should have been staying in their homes. They la...

The High Court has adjourned the national security trial of former media tycoon Jimmy Lai, which was due to start on Thursday, until December 13. At a hearing before a three-judge panel, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said it has every reason to be...

A lawmaker and a traffic consultant on Thursday both said they don't think plans to reduce toll differences at the three cross-harbour tunnels will be effective in easing congestion. When it takes control of the Western Harbour Crossing in August ne...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said he is determined to develop Hong Kong into a regional intellectual property trading centre. Speaking at a forum, Lee outlined a series of policy initiatives to develop Hong Kong’s intellectual property bus...

Two men died and more than 20 people were evacuated after a fire broke out at a building in Wan Chai in the early hours of Thursday. Firefighters were called to Kam Lok Mansion in Lockhart Road at about 3am and took more than an hour to put the blaz...

Top politicians in Hong Kong on Wednesday paid tribute to former President Jiang Zemin, with Chief Executive John Lee expressing deep sorrow over his passing. The late leader died of leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12.13pm on We...

Health authorities said on Wednesday that plans are in place to cope with the upcoming winter flu surge – as public hospitals brace for the challenges from both the influenza and Covid-19. Maria Leung, Chief of Service for the Hospital Authority's...

Flags are flying at half-mast at major government buildings across the country to mourn the death of former president Jiang Zemin on Wednesday at the age of 96. A committee organising the funeral said national flags will fly at half-mast at Tiananme...

The government is planning to lower the Western Harbour Crossing toll for private cars by 20 percent when it takes control of the tunnel next year and will set a standard fee for taxis no matter which tunnel across the harbour they use. Apart from c...

A student shot by a policeman during the social unrest in 2019 was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison. Chow Pak-kwan, who lost a kidney and part of his liver after being shot in Sai Wan Ho on November 11, 2019, was earlier found guilty of...

Health authorities reported 8,810 new Covid cases on Wednesday, of which 657 were imported. Sixteen more Covid patients have died. ______________________________ USEFUL LINKS General Covid-19 situation: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/ Communit...

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei was on Wednesday acquitted of taking part in an unlawful assembly in Tsim Sha Tsui during the 2019 social unrest. The prosecution had alleged that Lo was among protesters who gathered near the Science Museum on ...

Security minister Chris Tang said on Wednesday that protests in Hong Kong commemorating the victims of the Urumqi fire last week are signs of what he described as "a colour revolution" that threatens national security. Sporadic protests have taken ...

The government said on Wednesday that it will keep urging the MTR to speed up the replacement of old trains, after an accident this month raised concerns in some quarters about ageing trains. Some lawmakers are worried that wear and tear was partly...

The High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a university student against his five-year prison term for inciting secession. Lui Sai-yu was jailed in April after he pleaded guilty to the national security offence. The trial judge adopted a sta...

Police on Tuesday launched a murder investigation after a 64-year-old man was found fatally stabbed in a pool of his own blood at an estate in Mong Kok. Officers were called to Hoi Fu Court shortly after 6pm after being alerted by neighbours to some...

The government on Tuesday said it will roll out a new ticketing system which can deal with 20,000 users simultaneously – 10 times more than its current handling capacity. Buyers have complained of website congestion and long waiting times for pop...