Outgoing Legislative Council president Andrew Leung on Saturday said he was honoured and grateful to be able to serve the public during his 21 years at the legislature. Speaking on RTHK's "Letter to Hong Kong" ahead of the end of his term, Leung sai...

The Hospital Authority on Saturday said it was confident that operations would continue to run smoothly when fee adjustments took effect on January 1. The main fee for accident and emergency unit consultations will be raised from the current HK$180 ...

More than 1.18 million people entered and left Hong Kong on Boxing Day, according to the Immigration Department. This includes 622,000 arrivals and 558,000 departures on Friday. A majority of the outbound travellers opted for the Lo Wu checkpoint, ...

Two more men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 51-year-old man in Tin Shui Wai in August. Police said the two – aged 29 and 32 – were arrested on murder allegations at Shenzhen Bay Port on Friday. The arrests take the total n...

Customs officials on Friday seized four live endangered freshwater fish that a woman apparently tried to smuggle into Hong Kong inside her backpack via the Lok Ma Chau border crossing. The department said in a statement that officers had intercepted...

The SAR government on Friday expressed its gratitude to mainland and foreign governments, along with various individuals and organisations who had offered support and condolences for victims of the Tai Po fire a month ago. At least 161 people died w...

Some former residents of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court have begun searching for long-term rental flats in the area, but many, particularly older tenants, are finding the process difficult. Following the deadly blaze in Tai Po in November, the gove...

More than 1.25 million border crossings were recorded on Christmas Day alone, with hundreds of thousands of people rushing off for the holidays. The Immigration Department said there were 795,000 departures and 457,000 arrivals on Christmas Day, wit...

A sudden cold snap has driven a spike in holiday clinic visits, with medical professionals urging the public, especially the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, to take the drop in temperatures seriously. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme on...

The government on Thursday announced that multiple border control points will extend their operating hours on New Year's Eve. In a statement, the interdepartmental working group on festival arrangements said the changes were made in view of a series...

A taxi driver was on Thursday hospitalised after her vehicle crashed into a school in Kwun Tong. Police said they were alerted of the incident at around 10.30am. Officers said the taxi was travelling along Wan Hon Lane before losing control and c...

The president of a body that supports the government in attracting top talents to Hong Kong said on Thursday the decision to lift restrictions on the Technology Talent Scheme can draw in more non-local tech researchers. The Innovation and Technolog...

Police on Thursday announced they arrested nine people from subcontractor Novox on suspicion of using fake certificates for expansion projects at five public hospitals and at another project in To Kwa Wan. The force's superintendent at the Kowloon W...

Lawmakers on Thursday were divided over the need to set key performance indicators for the future manager of Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, a day after the government announced an open tender exercise to seek the next operator. The new operator would be s...

Hotel occupancy rates are reaching 90 percent over the Christmas period as Hong Kong sees a surge in visitors, according to a tourism industry representative. Timothy Chui, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, told an RTHK progr...

Lan Kwai Fong Group Chairman Allan Zeman says he expects a 10-15 per cent increase in sales this Christmas at his restaurants and bars. Appearing on RTHK's Backchat programme, he was asked which type of venues were seeing the most business. "Mid-p...

A tourism sector representative says Hong Kong is ideally situated to benefit as cruises become increasingly popular after the pandemic. Speaking on RTHK's backchat programme, the Executive Director of the Travel Industry Council, Fanny Yeung, said ...

The police said on Wednesday one more person has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with last month's Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po that killed 161 people. In a statement, officers said the 48-year-old suspect was the person-i...

The Fire Services Department said nearly half of the city's commercial buildings it inspected in the past two days might have failed to examine their fire service installation or equipment every year. Officers said they conducted a territory-wide sp...

The Health Bureau said it will seek to introduce an amendment bill to the Legislative Council in the first half of 2026 as part of efforts to improve the Medical Council's complaint-handling mechanism. The mechanism came under scrutiny following a y...