Health officials on Tuesday reported 9,952 new coronavirus infections, including 725 imported cases. Sixteen more people with Covid have died.

A nasal spray Covid-19 vaccine co-developed by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been approved by the mainland authorities for emergency use. An HKU spokesperson said in a statement that the nasal vaccine, developed by HKU in collaboration with ...

Students of a secondary school said they mourned former state leader Jiang Zemin's death with a heavy heart on Tuesday morning. Pupils of Scientia Secondary School at Ho Man Tin gathered in a hall to observe three minutes of silence at 10am, after t...

Chief Executive John Lee led officials in observing three minutes of silence, while government vessels honked their horns as Hong Kong mourned the passing of former president Jiang Zemin on Tuesday morning. All national and regional flags at govern...

The MTR Corporation on Monday said it's deeply concerned about two recent incidents involving its trains that severely disrupted services. In a statement issued after the breakdown of a train on Monday morning on the Tseung Kwan O Line, the rail com...

The University of Hong Kong has been working on a new hepatitis B drug, with the aim of freeing patients from lifelong medication. Currently, patients have to take pills continuously to prevent the viral infection from causing cirrhosis or even liv...

Housing Secretary Winnie Ho on Monday denied that light public housing units will be costly to build, saying the average cost of putting up such flats will be around the same as that of a traditional public rental housing or transitional housing. He...

Health authorities on Monday reported 9,508 new coronavirus cases, of which 665 were imported. Twenty more people with Covid have died.

A computer technician was on Monday jailed for two years and eight months after he admitted to rioting during the height of the social unrest in 2019. The District Court heard that Jason Tam, 24, was among protesters who besieged Tseung Kwan O Poli...

The DAB on Monday urged the government to provide better support for women going through menopause, while also appealing to the media to stop their "negative coverage" on the matter. The party said it surveyed 1,256 women aged 45 and over in October...

Hundreds of MTR passengers were forced to abandon a train and walk along the tracks on Monday morning after a fault in the coupling between two carriages sparked the second tunnel evacuation in less than a month. Firefighters were sent to the scene ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Monday cautioned that the government will be prudent in its fiscal spending, as it looks for ways to boost economic recovery. At a Legislative Council panel meeting, Chan maintained earlier government estimates that...

Services on the MTR’s Tseung Kwan O Line were partially suspended for around four hours on Monday morning because of a train malfunction. Train services between Tiu Keng Leng and Po Lam stations, as well as between Tiu Keng Leng and LOHAS Park sta...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Sunday that it was his constitutional duty to ask the central government to clarify whether overseas lawyers can handle national security cases in Hong Kong. Speaking at a seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the...

Health officials on Sunday reported 9,487 new coronavirus cases, including 657 imported cases. The daily tally was down from the 10,111 reported on Saturday. Sixteen more people with Covid have died. Meanwhile, the Cluster Chief Executive of th...

Police are investigating why a song linked to violent protests in 2019 was played in place of the national anthem at the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Dubai on Friday. That’s according to acting sports commissioner, Paul Cheng, who ...

The government says it will livestream the memorial service for the late former president Jiang Zemin at various community facilities on Tuesday morning. The service will be held at 10am at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. In a statement,...

The Transport Secretary, Lam Sai-hung, said on Sunday that the government would have to analyse any changes in traffic flow, before it considered imposing congestion charges at peak hours. The Western Harbour Crossing transfers to public ownership i...

Hong Kong's six disciplinary services on Sunday held a flag-raising ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the Chinese constitution. The flags were then lowered to half-staff to mourn the passing of former p...

A Beijing official on Saturday said China has gone through a few major challenges in the past five years, including the pandemic and the unstable situation in Hong Kong back in 2019. Shen Chunyao, who chairs the Legislative Affairs Commission of the...