Hong Kong shares sank on Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, sparking worries of a region-wide war in the Middle East after last weekend's attack on Israel by Tehran. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.99 percent, or 161 poin...

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Innovation, Sun Dong, on Friday said he hoped government departments and public bodies would keep rolling out digital services, despite various hiccups over the past year. At a special finance committee meet...

The government on Friday said it plans to let the Airport Authority install an artificial reef off Chek Lap Kok to enhance ecological and fisheries resources there. Authorities said the reef would provide shelter and nursery grounds for marine life ...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Algernon Yau, on Friday said the government was on course to beat a target of attracting 1,130 outside firms to invest in Hong Kong within a three-year period. At a special finance committee meeting ...

Official data released on Friday showed that the number of bankruptcy petitions in March was at their highest since November last year. According to the Official Receiver's Office, there were 783 bankruptcy petitions. That's up nearly 21 percent fr...

Hong Kong stocks sank at the open on Friday morning as traders fret over the rumbling crisis in the Middle East and the prospect that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates as much as hoped this year. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.8 percent, o...

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Erick Tsang, on Thursday said spending around HK$1 billion on last year’s District Council elections was worth it as it brought great social benefits. He made the comment at a Legco meeting discu...

The city’s anti-corruption and antitrust watchdogs on Thursday said they had arrested 20 people after cracking down on a syndicate which allegedly engaged in corruption and tender-rigging in relation to building maintenance. In their first joint o...

Security minister Chris Tang on Thursday said it was undesirable that the owners of a building where a fire killed five people last week had failed to follow orders to improve safety measures for 16 years. Another 40 people were injured in the blaze...

RTHK's English-language news team on Thursday won the prize for best business technology reporting at this year's Hang Seng University Business Journalism Awards. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the news team reported on a sto...

Hong Kong's unemployment rate rose to 3 percent in three-month period ending in March, according to official figures released on Thursday. That's a 0.1 percentage point increase compared with the December-to-February period. Another 9,400 people ...

Tickets for Hong Kong's first Chinese Culture Festival will go on sale on Friday, officials have announced. The festival, which will run from June to September, is aimed at enhancing people's appreciation of Chinese culture and cultivating national ...

The Coroner's Court on Thursday heard that high doses of steroids had increased the risk of a hepatitis B relapse in a liver disease patient who died following two organ transplants in 2017. Tang Kwai-sze had been taking the steroid prednisone for w...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Thursday said the second batch of mainland nurses participating in an exchange programme were integrating well into their new work environments, with some already carrying out tasks under supervision. The 100 Guangdong...

A woman was arrested on Thursday after one of this year's DSE exam papers was posted on social media. Questions for the English listening exam were said to have been uploaded to Xiaohongshu. Police said a 23-year-old woman is suspected of violatin...

Dozens of technology enterprises from around the world have been lured to Hong Kong in the past six months, Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday. The firms will expand their businesses in the SAR and bring talent with them, Lee said. He made...

Hong Kong’s retired trains are set to make a comeback in a showcase exhibition at the end of this month. One of them, the “Yellow Head” train, is a first-generation electric train for the East Rail Line that retired 25 years ago. The trains ...

People moving into light public housing face estimated monthly management fees of around HK$1,000 because the charges also cover other facilities that accompany the new units, the government said on Thursday. In Legco, DAB lawmaker Vincent Cheng exp...

Police have arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of secretly filming a woman in the toilets of a primary school in Ma On Shan. It's understood that the suspect is a student teacher and that his alleged victim is a colleague. The Education Bureau s...

Three people died on Thursday after their car crashed into a barrier on a highway near Siu Lam. All the victims were in their 20s. Police said the accident happened on Tuen Mun Road at around 3am. It's thought the male driver, 25, lost control of...