Tens of thousands of rugby fans were in vibrant costumes and high spirits at Kai Tak Stadium on Sunday as they awaited the crowning of this year’s Hong Kong Sevens champions later in the day. Following two days of thrilling matches and non-stop en...

Great Britain fell in both the women's and men's Rugby Sevens Bowl on Sunday in Hong Kong, losing to Brazil and Uruguay. Brazil got the better of Great Britain's women's squad, beating them 17-12 by dominating in the first half of play, scoring thre...

The government on Sunday said Wang Fuk Court residents would be given flexibility to go in and out of their apartment blocks to collect their belongings from their homes more than once during their designated three-hour period. It comes as the firs...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the government's Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises will announce a new batch of companies on Monday. These companies that wish to establish or expand their presence in the SAR include several firms with a...

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) chairman Frederick Ma on Sunday said the city provides essential professional services to mainland enterprises looking to go global under the "GoGlobal Connect" initiative launched last Tuesday. The initia...

A sunnier vibe descended on Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday as thousands of fans packed the arena for a feast of top-class rugby to put a rain-dampened opening day squarely behind them on the penultimate day of the three-day spectacular Hong Kong Sevens....

The Housing Society said on Saturday it is looking to gradually amend the ratio of flats that it will put up for sale so that they account for at least 40 percent of supply in future projects. Chairman Ling Kar-kan told a television programme that t...

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said on Saturday the Public Service Commission would hold all government officials accountable if they were involved in serious incidents. She was speaking after the administration had this week proposed ...

Commerce Secretary Algernon Yau on Saturday said he remains confident about long-term trade with the Gulf, in spite of the Middle East conflict. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, he said the SAR has strengths in areas such as innovation, technolo...

The 50th annual Hong Kong Sevens kicked off in spectacular fashion on Friday evening at Kai Tak Stadium, where a dazzling dragon dance and cheerleading robots took centre stage during the opening ceremony. Following a full day of pool matches, the ...

The Hong Kong Sevens has returned with renewed energy and expanded programming, and organisers expect this year’s tournament to deliver an even greater economic and tourism boost than previous editions. Hong Kong China Rugby chairman Chris Brooke ...

Anyone who has been properly registered will be allowed inside the fire-ravaged buildings at Wang Fuk Court to help retrieve their belongings, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Friday, dismissing reports that volunteers had been barr...

The owners' corporation at Wang Fuk Court had pushed to replace polystyrene boards and scaffold nets used during the fire-ravaged estate's renovation works, an independent committee probing the deadly blaze heard on Friday. Tony Tsui, chairman of t...

Rugby fans began filling Kai Tak Stadium on Friday for the opening day of the annual Hong Kong Sevens, as the tournament marks its golden anniversary. Despite rainy weather, the crowd steadily grew inside the 50,000-seat venue, with a particularly s...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Friday said the government would increase the number of phone lines the Fire Services Department (FSD) uses to answer emergency calls, with the goal of boosting it to more than 100 next year. This comes as the in...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on Friday said many of the suspected animal-cruelty reports they had received turned out to have been nothing of the sort as they were sparked by pets and their owners being a nuisance to ...

Customs officers on Friday said they had arrested seven people in a territory-wide crackdown on party rooms and bars providing karaoke systems pre-loaded with suspected copyright-infringing songs. The five men and two women apprehended, aged between...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Thursday pledged to tighten security measures and conduct a holistic review of its vendor management to reduce risks of data breach. This follows the arrest of a contract worker earlier this month on suspicion of acces...

The main contractor of major-renovation works being carried out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po at the time of the estate's devastating fire in November had asked subcontractors to create openings at fire-escape stairwells, with one of the witnesses tell...

Researchers at Polytechnic University say a robot co-developed with CLP is reducing the time required to inspect electricity generators by almost a week. Previously, inspections involved deploying a team of 30 people and removing a rotor inside the...