Cathay Pacific on Thursday said it will increase its fuel surcharge by more than double from March 18 as supplies are disrupted and prices rise due to the war in the Middle East. The surcharge for long-haul flights will increase from HK$569 to HK$1...

Polytechnic University has developed a new brain-computer interface system using ultrasound to alleviate Parkinson's disease symptoms in a non-invasive manner. The technology – created by a research team led by Sun Lei from the university's depar...

Cybersecurity officials are urging organisations to proceed with caution when adopting advanced AI agent platforms, warning that these powerful new tools introduce a much wider range of security threats than standard chatbots. In a statement on Thur...

Hong Kong's forward-looking policies, stability and backing from national authorities are transforming the city into a premier global hub for family offices amid rising geopolitical risks, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher...

The Consumer Council has received more than 150 complaints following the cancellation of the opening night of a concert series by the rock band Mayday at Kai Tak Stadium. The event organiser confirmed on Monday that the concert scheduled for March 2...

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has warned fresh provision shops not to place pig carcasses outside their stores or risk losing their licences. The warning came after the department recently recorded the first violation of this particu...

Ten people were injured after 10 cars collided in a chain-reaction accident on Tsing Ma Bridge on Thursday morning. Police received reports at around 8.30am of the accident involving multiple westbound vehicles heading towards the airport. Photos c...

The Consumer Council has received more than 100 complaints after Mayday cancelled the opening night of its concert series at Kai Tak Stadium later this month. The organiser announced on Monday that the March 24 concert for the band from Taiwan had b...

The Hospital Authority on Wednesday said it is looking to expand its pre-hospital stroke diversion scheme, which has been in place since last December in two hospital clusters, to all of Hong Kong, as a way to further reduce overall treatment times a...

A police bomb disposal team safely dealt with a suspected grenade found in Happy Valley on Wednesday. Officers said they were called at around 1.40pm over the discovery on a slope along Stubbs Road. The device, which was said to be around the size ...

A transport official on Wednesday reiterated that authorities tried their best to mitigate fare increases that are set to come into effect on April 1 on some outlying island ferry routes. Fares will go up by 12.5 percent for standard journeys from C...

Cathay Pacific Airways posted a 9.5 percent rise in full-year profit – driven by a strong passenger traffic recovery and robust ⁠cargo demand – and said it planned to lift capacity this year despite geopolitical volatility. The airline also sa...

A lawmaker on Wednesday said that the Middle East conflict was posing a burden on the transport sector due to rising oil prices, but a tourism sector representative said the impact was limited on air passengers. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, ...

Hong Kong's customs department began hosting the three-day Regional Conference on Smart Customs on Wednesday, positioning itself as a hub for collaboration to accelerate digital transformation in border control across Asia-Pacific. At the opening ce...

The Customs and Excise Department on Wednesday said it has intensified its crackdown on cross-boundary vehicles illegally transporting large quantities of petrol from the mainland into Hong Kong, a practice driven by the recent surge in oil prices be...

Islands district councillors said upcoming ferry fare hikes may discourage elderly residents of outer islands from travelling, urging authorities to come up with special concessions to ease their financial burden. From next month, fares for six outl...

Experts and representatives of the transport trade said rising oil prices, driven by the conflict in the Middle East, are placing significant financial strain on individuals and businesses in Hong Kong. The spike in global oil prices has begun to re...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Tuesday said Hong Kong’s financial markets have buffered challenges brought by the recent geopolitical situation as the city continues to attract mainland companies to come here. Speaking at a spring reception join...

Cathay Pacific announced on Tuesday that it would continue with its suspension of Middle East flights for the rest of March due to the volatile situation in the region. The cancelled flights include daily passenger flights to and from Dubai in the U...

Hong Kong Airlines has announced it is further increasing fuel surcharges for most of its flights effective from March 12, with those for short-haul tickets rising 30 percent compared to the beginning of this month. The changes came as oil prices co...