Xinhua News Agency on Sunday said Tung Chee-hwa is regarded as having been an outstanding contributor to One Country, Two Systems, a renowned patriot, an outstanding social activist and a close friend of the Communist Party of China. In a report on ...

Chief Executive John Lee says the Northern Metropolis is the breakthrough Hong Kong needs to power up its economy. In an interview with TVB, he said the project combines four elements in one – land and housing, a university town, industry, and tec...

Hong Kong, China's karateka Grace Lau took home a silver medal at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya in Japan on Sunday. Delivering the SAR’s first medal of the Games, Lau, currently ranked World No. 1 in the individual kata event, advanced to t...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong would expand its renminbi-denominated bond market as part of efforts to strengthen its role as a safe, reliable offshore platform that fully aligns with international rules. Writing in his weekl...

Saint Francis University’s president Stephen Cheung on Sunday suggested the government set up a cross-institutional research fund to encourage universities in the Northern Metropolis to collaborate with each other. Announced in the SAR’s first f...

Top Beijing and SAR officials on Sunday paid their final respects at a funeral for the city's first chief executive, Tung Chee‑hwa, who died earlier this month. Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Centra...

Top stories for Saturday, Sep 19, 2026 - Chief Executive John Lee says the city’s first five-year plan will not have a revised version. - Political and business leaders pay tribute to former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa who died last week. - As...

The 20th Asian Games officially got underway on Saturday with a dazzling opening ceremony in the Japanese city of Nagoya, kicking off the continent's largest sporting event in spectacular style. Japan's Emperor and Empress were given a respectful re...

Top officials, political and business leaders have paid tribute to the city’s first Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, as a private vigil was held on Saturday at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point. A photograph of Tung - who passed away on Sep...

Three people have been arrested in the largest seaborne case of cannabis bud trafficking on record, Customs said on Saturday . The operation saw customs officers seize about 535 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds worth an estimated HK$125 million,...

Hong Kong is exploring plans to turn Victoria Park into a venue capable of hosting larger-scale tennis tournaments under a redevelopment plan that the government says will attract major sports and entertainment events while boosting the local economy...

Hong Kong is pressing ahead with a series of cross-boundary travel improvements as part of a wider effort to deepen Greater Bay Area integration, said Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Saturday. She said the government would conti...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Saturday that the city’s first five-year plan would not have a revised version, even if it could not meet performance indicators. However, the Policy Address would have to explain the reasons leading to the shortcom...

A 72-year-old woman has died after being hit by a light goods vehicle in Tai Po on Friday afternoon. Police say the incident happened just after 3.40 pm when a 68-year-old man was driving his light goods vehicle along On Tai Road. When he turned lef...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam said laws dedicated to the governance of artificial intelligence might not yet be in place but that did not mean there was a legal vacuum to tackle misuse of the technology. In his Policy Address on Wednesday, Chief Ex...

Top stories for Friday, Sep 18, 2026 - John Lee says the Northern Metropolis gives space for Hong Kong to grow. - The government says extra allowances for carers on low-incomes are coming within strict constraints. -Three people are dead and sever...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau said the relocation of Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Kai Tak Hospital will be carried out in phases to ensure a seamless transition for patients. Kai Tak Hospital, the largest hospital under the Hospital Authority, will be...

Foreign domestic carers could earn 10 to 20 percent more than existing helpers under a new pilot scheme for elderly care, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Friday. The initiative, announced in the Policy Address delivered on Wednesd...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, on Friday said the government would explore more ways in which the renminbi could be used to handle payments. This, he added, was a "natural" process to promote the use of the natio...

Chairman of HSBC Asia‑Pacific, Peter Wong, says Hong Kong should "spare no effort" in promoting the internationalisation of the renminbi. Speaking on RTHK's "On Broadcast Drive", he said Hong Kong's key advantage is being China's only internationa...