Sources on Thursday said a woman was arrested on suspicion of being linked to the injured juvenile crocodile that was rescued by an animal welfare group on Wednesday. The rescue came after police received a report at around 11.30am that day from a m...

An independent committee investigating the deadly Tai Po fire heard on Thursday that the unique architectural design of Wang Fuk Court created a dangerous "chimney effect” that significantly accelerated the blaze. A fire engineering expert testifi...

Northern Metropolis Co-ordination Office director Linda So said on Thursday that the government chose Yin Kong and Ho Sheung Heung villages for its rural tourism pilot scheme due to their proximity to the mega development project, natural attractions...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan on Thursday said the city's newly unveiled blueprint for digital education development in primary and secondary schools would offer clear guidance in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). The remarks came as he delivered...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said the government would launch the public consultation for the upcoming Policy Address on Monday. The consultation sessions will run alongside the ongoing consultation for the SAR’s first five-year plan, whic...

A researcher on Thursday said the new cross-boundary banking arrangement for social welfare payments is a breakthrough in financial system integration among Hong Kong and the mainland. This came after Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday announced...

National security police on Wednesday arrested two bookshop owners on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent for allegedly displaying and selling publications that incite hatred against the SAR government, the judiciary and law enforcemen...

An animal welfare group said they rescued an injured juvenile crocodile on Wednesday after the reptile was found in a residential building in Sham Shui Po. Police were alerted at around 12.30pm that a 1.5-metre long reptile was found on the balcony ...

Police arrested two people on Wednesday after they reclassified as manslaughter a fatal industrial accident, where a worker succumbed to abdominal injuries at an excavation site in Tuen Mun last week. After an investigation, the force said they bel...

The devastating fire that claimed 168 lives at Wang Fuk Court was not the result of a single error but a combination of missteps and systemic failures, a senior fire official testified on Wednesday. Yiu Men-yeung, assistant director of New Territori...

The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) on Wednesday proposed that the government should aim to raise the living space per person by about 10 percent in five years from now so as to improve the public's quality of life. It was a...

The University of Hong Kong said two of the world's first microsurgeries of its kind were among 48 performed this year using a new robotic assistant. The robot-assisted liver transplantation and trans-hairline robotic microsurgery were performed wit...

A fire engineering expert said the rapid vertical spread of the blaze at Wang Fuk Court last November was largely driven by scaffolding equipment, including safety nets and polystyrene foam, used during renovation work at the estate. The testimony w...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday announced that a new cross-boundary banking arrangement would start next month, saying it would make retirement on the mainland more convenient for elderly Hongkongers. Under the new arrangement, Hong Kong reti...

The government will take a leading role in converting village houses in Yin Kong and Ho Sheung Heung into restaurants, retail shops or guest houses under a pilot plan to help drive the development of the Northern Metropolis. The director of the Nort...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has said Hong Kong's legal system is in a better place than it was four years ago, and that the SAR must continue to discharge its constitutional duty of safeguarding national security by refining or adding laws as nece...

One thousand secondary school students are heading to Shenzhen this year to get first-hand experience with cutting-edge tech industries under a new youth programme. Organised by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the scheme targets students a...

Customs officers have seized more than 100 kilos of suspected drugs in a series of operations in the past week and arrested two people. The items have an estimated market value of about HK$46 million. Last Friday, officers inspected an air cargo co...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said improvement works of sewerage systems were already under way at villages, but stressed that officials needed to prioritise projects to ensure maximum efficiency. She made the remarks at a Legco developm...

Organisers of the Hong Kong Book Fair on Tuesday said they expect more than 770 exhibitors featuring over 600 events when the festival is held in the middle of July. The 36th Book Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), w...