The District Court on Saturday found eleven people guilty of rioting near the Polytechnic University in 2019. The defendants were among 213 people arrested on the evening of November 18, 2019, when heated conflicts broke out between anti-extradition...

A senior mainland official said on Saturday that Hong Kong plays an irreplaceable role in the country's Belt and Road Initiative. Wang Linggui, a deputy director at Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, made the comment in a recorded speech...

A government advisor on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Saturday that he expects the current wave of Covid cases to peak in a week or two. The Chinese University professor said there's no need to worry about the epidemic situation, saying most infe...

There's been another case of a song linked with violent protests in 2019 being wrongly played in the place of the national anthem at an international sporting event involving Hong Kong athletes. The latest incident took place on Friday at the Asian ...

A nurse was jailed for six months on Friday for issuing coronavirus vaccination records to six people without jabbing them at a community vaccination centre in February. Carmen Ho, 34, was charged with conspiracy to defraud. Kwun Tong Magistrate Mi...

The government says all its staff will observe three minutes of silence during the memorial service for former president Jiang Zemin on Tuesday. “To express our deep condolences to President Jiang, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gover...

The chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC), David Lok, said on Friday that officials will look into making election laws and guidelines easier to follow. In his first meeting with the press since taking up his new role in August, Lok sai...

Tributes continued to pour in for the late former president Jiang Zemin at the central government's liaison office, with politicians and business leaders among those paying their respects. Those visiting the mourning hall at the liaison office on F...

Health authorities reported 9,996 new Covid infections on Friday, of which 637 were imported. Eleven more patients with Covid have died. Meanwhile, the SAR confirmed another melioidosis infection in the past week, bringing the tally this year to 3...

Director of Intellectual Property David Wong on Friday said the government will press ahead with a raft of measures to protect intellectual property and nurture young IP talent. Speaking to RTHK at the 12th Business of Intellectual Property Asia Fo...

The MTR Corporation (MTRC) on Friday came under fire during a Legco panel meeting, with lawmakers complaining that the firm did not prevent an accident that saw two pairs of doors ripped off a train at Yau Ma Tei Station last month. Business and Pro...

Part of Sai Ying Pun is to be redeveloped to add open space and make way for around 180 new homes, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced on Friday. The site at Queen's Road West and Kwai Heung Street covers an area of nearly 14,000 square fee...

Police said on Thursday they've arrested four people linked to a beauty centre in Jordan where three women developed botulism symptoms after receiving botox injections. Botulism is a rare but serious illness caused by botulinum toxin, commonly known...

The Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Daren Tang, on Thursday hailed Hong Kong's strategic positioning for developing intellectual property businesses. Speaking to RTHK at the 12th Business of Intellectual Property A...

Health authorities say there are no plans to tighten social distancing measures for now, despite the daily number of new coronavirus infections reaching five-digits for the first time since early September. Hong Kong recorded 10,137 Covid infection...

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...