Henry Tang, a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Standing Committee member, said on Friday Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang had encouraged Hong Kong delegates to the top political advisory body to contribute more in advancing execut...

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Friday outlined the need for Hong Kong to develop innovation and technology and the Northern Metropolis, according to local delegates of the nation's top political advisory body. Hong Kong members of the Chinese People�...

A new survey has found that a majority of Hong Kong women of childbearing age, who do not have any offspring, remain reluctant to have children, citing financial pressures, housing constraints and career priorities as key factors for their hesitation...

A Beijing official said Hong Kong's judges handed down the right judgement in the case involving Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily. Sun Qingye, deputy head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security, made the remarks on the sid...

The government announced on Friday that it had disbursed HK$6.15 million to the family of the firefighter who died while battling the Wang Fuk Court blaze last November. Senior fireman Ho Wai-ho, 37, was one of 168 people who lost their lives in th...

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has stressed that the executive-led political system in Hong Kong is “not a matter that concerns only the chief executive” and that truly implementing the governing principle is not an easy task. The senior Beijing off...

The principal of a school with a semi-boarding programme on Friday said the government should get guardians accredited to help tackle potential problems arising from an expected increase in the number of non-local students coming to study in the city...

Tseung Kwan O Hospital has launched a probe into the death of an 85-year-old patient after surgery. According to the Hospital Authority, the patient, who had colon cancer, underwent a transverse colostomy on February 7 to relieve an intestinal obstr...

The Immigration Department said on Thursday that it's doubled the manpower of a unit responsible for helping Hong Kong people stranded in the Middle East because of the Iran war. Those who require assistance can call the hotline, 852-1868. The dep...

Local National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies have hailed a government work report unveiled by the country’s leaders, saying it is effective in responding to external challenges. Beijing has set an economic growth target of 4.5 percent to 5 p...

Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) has taken another step in expanding its regional partnerships, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications on Thursday to enhance media collaboration and foster cultural e...

Two people have died following a vehicular collision near Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. Police received reports at 11.30am on Thursday of a collision between a taxi and a 16-tonne truck on Fan Kam Road. The collision, which saw the taxi pile into...

Hong Kong has been building a comprehensive supply chain for green fuel since rolling out the Action Plan on Green Maritime Fuel Bunkering in November 2024, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said. Officiating at the first green methan...

Hong Kong should strengthen its strategies for retaining doctoral graduates so as to allow them to pursue their academic careers in Hong Kong more easily. This would consolidate the city's leading position among global tertiary education hubs, a ne...

Chief Executive John Lee has pledged to formulate a “broad, strategic and forward-looking” five-year plan for Hong Kong, which is expected to be completed within this year. The city’s leader attended Thursday’s opening of the National Peopl...

Hong Kong deputies attending the annual “Two Sessions” meetings in Beijing on Thursday voiced support for the country’s economic growth target of between 4.5 percent and five percent this year, saying it was a reasonable forecast given the curr...

Premier Li Qiang pledged in his annual work report that the central government will fully implement One Country, Two Systems, while reiterating Beijing's resolve to advance the cause of national unification. Li made the remarks at the opening of the...

Health and sports experts have welcomed the city's first-ever action plan to tackle rising obesity rates but pointed out that the biggest hurdle isn't just dietary or a lack of exercise but a significant "cognitive gap" where people simply do not rea...

A lawmaker on Thursday called on the government to set up a student dormitory licensing system, after media reports alleged that a mainland organisation is operating such a facility without authorisation. The group – Gleam Haven – marketed itsel...

The first Hong Kong-bound flight departing from Dubai since the Middle East conflict broke out landed in the SAR on Wednesday evening. Emirates flight EK380 touched down at Hong Kong International Airport at 9.50pm after flying for nearly seven hour...