The Hong Kong, China women's wheelchair fencing team took silver in the épée team event at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Thursday. After beating Uzbekistan 30-14 in the semi-final, they fell to the national team 30-10 in the title bout. The q...

Customs officers have seized a suspected illegally imported dog worth about HK$15,000 at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point and arrested a 55-year-old traveller. Officers intercepted the mainlander on Wednesday at the arrival hall of the crossi...

The Consumer Council has found public awareness and engagement in sustainable consumption have improved over the past decade but that the government and retailers should step up their work to help Hong Kong achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. That em...

The independent committee investigating the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po submitted its report to Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday. The report, understood to run into hundreds of pages across more than 10 chapters, has been prepared in bo...

Hong Kong is experiencing a prolonged summer flu season that shows no clear sign of abating, Centre for Health Protection controller Edwin Tsui said on Thursday. He said the flu season has already entered its 16th week. "We roughly ended last year'...

Tourism minister Rosanna Law on Wednesday pledged to balance the needs of the community when rolling out attractions in Hong Kong, after a lighting project on the Peak drew opposition from residents. She said officials will conduct a site visit in t...

Health authorities on Wednesday once again called on vulnerable groups to get vaccinated, after announcing that a 12-year-old girl had become the second paediatric death of the summer flu season. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the girl,...

Top stories for Wednesday, Oct 21, 2026 - Apec finance ministers agree to strengthen communication and coordination. - Hong Kong wins its first gold at the Asian Para Games. - A man appears in court in Australia over an attack that saw a lawmaker ...

Hosting the Apec Finance Ministers' Meeting enabled international decision makers to have a first-hand look at the city’s strengths and set the stage for further cooperation, according to a think tank representative. Kenny Shui, vice president of ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday said discussions during the two-day Apec Finance Ministers' Meeting were candid and substantive, covering macroeconomic policies, infrastructure financing and digital co-operation. Chan hailed the joint sta...

The Executive Council has approved a fare increase for Star Ferry. From January 25 next year, fares will go up by HK$0.6 to HK$1.0 per trip on weekdays and HK$1.0 to HK$1.8 on weekends. For example, the upper-deck adult fare between Central and Ts...

Hong Kong, China secured its first gold medal at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday after boccia athlete Vivian Lau fended off teammate Cheung Yuen in an all-SAR women's individual BC4 final. Lau was in full control of the gold medal ...

The government has revealed that 16 contractors received a "poor" or "very poor" rating for site safety in quarterly performance reports between 2021 and 2025. In a written reply to the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Secretary for Development Ber...

The Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union has called on the industry to adopt a monthly salary system to better protect workers' livelihoods and attract talent. The union polled about 1,100 workers in August and September and found...

Minister of Finance Lan Fo'an said the Apec Finance Ministers' Meeting has achieved "practical" results. The 2026 Apec Finance Ministers' Joint Statement and a policy statement on enhancing regional cooperation on digital infrastructure financing we...

Hong Kong can contribute to digital infrastructure financing for Apec and its Business Advisory Council, according to the SAR’s alternate representative to the council. Digital infrastructure financing was among the topics discussed during the fi...

Hong Kong, China is guaranteed a gold and a silver medal in the women's boccia BC4 event at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games after Cheung Yuen and Vivian Lau both advanced to the final. Cheung defeated her Malaysian opponent 6-4 in the semi-fi...

A woman has been arrested after authorities seized 20 vials of a South Korean "anti-ageing" product called Elravie Re2O, which purportedly contains purified human skin from deceased donors. The Department of Health said the vials were taken during a...

The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) said it received a total of 1,155 nomination forms for the Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections, as the nomination period came to a close on Tuesday. Designated bodies submitted 40 nomination forms, ...

The government on Tuesday issued an amber outbound travel alert for France, while a travel agency scrapped package tours to the country until the end of October. "Due to the persistent protests that have occurred across many places in France, result...