Power giant CLP said on Tuesday that around 5,700 households in Tsing Yi experienced an outage on Monday night due to a supply system fault. The incident at 11.51pm left residents of Ching Wah Court and Cheung Hong Estate without electricity. Power...

Ten people were injured in a collision between a truck and a double-decker bus in Sau Mau Ping early on Tuesday. Police were alerted at around 6.20am to the incident, which saw the truck end up on its side after a collision with the KMB bus outside ...

The chairman of the Legislative Council's transport panel, Ben Chan, on Tuesday said the government should initially cap the number of ride-hailing permits to around 8,000 when it launches a new regulatory regime later this year. In a submission to...

The government said it would weigh public travel demand, user experience, road capacity and the broader public transport ecosystem when deciding how many ride-hailing permits will be issued. In a submission to Legco, the Transport and Logistics Bure...

A Malaysia Airlines passenger flight bound for Kuala Lumpur suffered a tyre burst during takeoff at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday. No injuries were reported. The Airport Authority said in a statement that the takeoff for flight MH079 on...

Chief Executive John Lee on Monday said Hong Kong's status as a leading hub for scientific innovation is "unrivalled" in Asia as the city rolls out a series of measures to transform into a global medical innovation centre. The remarks came as he del...

Hong Kong recorded 257 landslide reports last year, higher than the recent annual average of 200, the government revealed on Monday. The Civil Engineering and Development Department added that while 24 landslides were considered large-scale, none r...

Cyber-security officials on Monday called on school and universities, wherever possible, to temporarily stop using the online learning platform Canvas, which was recently the target of a cyber-attack. According to the software developer Instructure,...

The Hospital Authority (HA) said on Monday that the SAR’s major public healthcare reform has achieved its goal of reallocating resources to better serve patients. Since the start of the year, only critical and emergency patients at accident and em...

A lawmaker who sits on the legislature's housing panel on Monday said incorporating elderly-friendly designs into Housing Society projects is an effective way to use its resources. His remarks came after the Housing Society announced it would no lon...

Chief Executive John Lee vowed on Sunday to help Hong Kong businesses with brand building, while also paving the way for those from the mainland to expand overseas. He made the remarks during a video speech at the World Brand Conference in Hong Kong...

Customs officers arrested a 46-year-old woman for allegedly trying to smuggle seven small animals into Hong Kong through the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point on Saturday. The animals – one sugar glider, one chinchilla, one mouse, one hamster an...

Restaurants and flower shops anticipated slower revenue on Mother's Day due to lower customer traffic and rising costs overall. Still, despite the rise in fuel costs, citizens continued to buy flowers at the Flower Market in Mong Kok for their wife ...

The chairman of the Bar Association, José-Antonio Maurellet, on Sunday said he believes the independent committee of inquiry looking into the Wang Fuk Court fire could uncover the truth behind the disaster. In an interview with TVB News, Maurellet...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong had seen strong exports despite the ongoing tariff war, thanks to the city's business strengths and acumen. Chan made the remarks as Hong Kong recorded 5.9 percent growth in GDP in the first thr...

The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, Cui Jianchun, said on Saturday he believes the SAR has its own sphere of influence in its attempt to become a hub for mediation. Speaking at the final of a contest on diplomatic know...

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip expressed concern over the impact of the Middle East war stalemate on inflation on Saturday, saying food prices will very likely go up in the long term. While the supply of oil to Hong Kong has been largely un...

Lawmaker Vincent Cheng says tourists should be encouraged to extend their stay through improved package promotion. Over the Labour Day Golden Week break, 1.2 million tourists came to Hong Kong, eight percent more than last year. About a million were...

Hong Kong’s second biggest public housing provider said on Saturday that reserving 400 units for those displaced by the devastating Wang Fuk Court fire in November would have minimal impact on other applicants looking for a subsidised flat. The ...

The Hospital Authority's Chief Pharmacist, William Chui, says more patients can be brought into the public health system's safety net thanks to the government's hospital fee reform at the start of the year. In April, the leukaemia drug Dasatinib was...