An accounting giant on Wednesday called on the government to roll out higher tax allowances in its budget to be revealed this month, to better support residents and boost the SAR’s competitiveness globally. KPMG is forecasting a HK$11.2 billion d...

The MTR Corporation said an incident that led to the suspension of train services on much of the Island Line for part of Wednesday morning was "very rare" and a thorough investigation would be carried out. At around 5.30am, a rail milling engineerin...

Transport minister Mable Chan said on Wednesday that officials will look into licensing requirements when the government extends the use of self-driving vehicles for online ride-hailing services. Last Friday, the government announced in its transpo...

Fourteen Lunar New Year fairs opened across Hong Kong on Wednesday ahead of the festival, with some stallholders at Victoria Park saying they were feeling bullish about business. Sherry Lam, who sells kids' hair accessories, said she hopes to sell o...

Police said a traffic accident on the North Lantau Highway on Wednesday morning claimed one man's life and left two other people injured. Officers received a report at 9.49am that a taxi heading to the airport crashed into a parked truck carrying an...

The men's and women's rugby sevens squads of Hong Kong, China say they are ready to defend their Melrose Claymore titles, after this year's lineups were announced. The Melrose Claymore is a relatively new competition exclusive to the Hong Kong stop ...

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan has requested the MTR to fully investigate why train service on the Island Line was suspended for more than half an hour on Wednesday morning. The disruption occurred between Sheung Wan and Quarry Bay...

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan on Wednesday said the government will consider restricting the number of dogs each person can bring to restaurants. The administration is poised to allow 500 to 1,000 restaurants roll out the red c...

The MTR Corporation said on Wednesday that services on its Island Line were 'gradually resuming' after trains between Sheung Wan and Quarry Bay stations were halted for more than half an hour early in the morning. The railway said an object that was...

The MTR Corporation suspended services on its Island Line between Sheung Wan and Quarry Bay stations on Wednesday morning, saying an "object" was obstructing the track area near Wan Chai Station. Trains were still running between Kennedy Town and Sh...

Business and unionist representatives expressed different views towards an increase in the city's minimum wage, with one side describing it as reasonable and the other saying it fails to catch up with price hikes. The Minimum Wage Commission has rec...

Commissioner of Police Joe Chow said deception cases in Hong Kong dropped last year for the first time since 2019. The number of cases stood at 43,212, down 2.9 percent from 2024. Chow also said the total number of crime cases in 2025 topped 89,000...

Accounting giant Deloitte said on Tuesday a majority of the single-family offices (SFOs) operating in Hong Kong were looking to increase their investments here. According to Deloitte, the city was home to 3,384 SFOs at the end of 2025, an increase o...

Police on Tuesday said a 51-year-old woman was arrested in Tuen Mun on suspicion of murdering her 63-year-old husband. Officers responded to a report at 6.41pm on Monday of an unconscious man inside a house in Tseng Tau Chung Tsuen. They found the...

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said muzzles and diapers would not be required to be clad on dogs once their owners were allowed to bring them into designated restaurants as early as the middle of this year. The SAR administratio...

The statutory minimum wage is set to rise by a dollar to HK$43.10. This came as the Executive Council adopted the recommendation of the Minimum Wage Commisson to raise the current rate of HK$42.10 by 2.38 percent, according to a statement on Tuesday...

Ngong Ping 360 managing director James Tung on Tuesday said he hoped the cable car attraction would draw more overnight tourists during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. This came as the attraction saw a rise in both average daily visits and pe...

The MTR Corporation says it will enhance services across multiple rail lines beginning this Friday and throughout the Chinese New Year period to accommodate increased holiday travel. The enhancements, which include adding more than 600 extra train t...

A white paper on Hong Kong's role in safeguarding national security has "far-reaching significance" on the implementation of the One Country, Two Systems principle, Beijing officials overseeing the city's affairs said on Tuesday. The five-chapter wh...

Chief Executive John Lee emphasised on Tuesday that the SAR government is against the use of pressure or menacing tactics or inappropriate political means to affect trade matters in the wake of a controversial court ruling in Panama. Lee was address...