Assistant Director of Buildings Karen Cheung on Monday testified that while the Buildings Department possessed the statutory power to oversee the use of foam boards during renovation projects, specific oversight in the case of Wang Fuk Court fell els...

People driven away by the fire that tore through most of Wang Fuk Court continued on Monday to salvage what they could from flats in uninhabitable blocks and say emotional goodbyes to places they had called home for decades. The returnees on Monday ...

Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Manda Chan on Monday said the government is open to expanding a proposed pilot scheme which would involve the private sector managing certain public beaches. Her remarks came after the Leisure and Cultural ...

The Transport Department has said a new three-dimensional route-planning platform is helping to make the transport of large modular construction components safer and more efficient. The "3D Swept Path Analysis Platform" funded under the government's...

The coming Labour Day Golden Week holiday is expected to see the hotel sector do booming business, a sector representative said on Monday. Speaking on an RTHK programme, lawmaker Alan Chan who is also the chief operations officer at Miramar Group sa...

An inquiry into an alleged medical incident in 2009 has been adjourned to June 7 for closing submissions. The Medical Council disciplinary hearing centred around an incident that left a boy permanently disabled after developing cerebral palsy and qu...

A large-scale publicity campaign is underway to remind tourists about an upcoming ban on alternative smoking products, a health officials said on Sunday. From April 30, the possession or use of alternative smoking products, such as vapes, e-cigaret...

Residents of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court on Sunday continued to say emotional goodbyes to their homes, with one family planning to take a final group photograph inside their apartment. Authorities are allowing people to return in small groups t...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says the development of Hong Kong’s financial market is “unstoppable” despite global uncertainties. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the SAR continued to rank first globally in initial public offerings this y...

Movie lovers packed theatres across Hong Kong on Saturday for the annual Cinema Day, which offered screenings for just HK$30. At a cinema in Mong Kok, long queues formed outside the venue in the afternoon, with the line at one point stretching well ...

Police said on Saturday that more than 40 reports have been lodged regarding missing property in the first five days that displaced residents of Wang Fuk Court were allowed to return to their homes to salvage what they could. Since Monday, resident...

Ocean Park said its veterinary team has successfully saved a cownose ray from a life-threatening gastric rupture in what experts believe may be a world-first surgical achievement. In an announcement that coincides with World Veterinary Day on Satur...

Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung said on Saturday that the Department of Justice would discuss with mainland counterparts the regularising of a pilot scheme that has licensed more than 600 local lawyers to practise in the Greater Bay Area. ...

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law has vowed to take a tough stance against unethical practices that have long tarnished the city’s tourism reputation, with the mainland's five-day Labour Day Golden Week approaching. The Immigr...

Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat on Saturday said that current regulatory prohibitions against fuel smuggling and penalties are sufficient to deter any surge in crime that may result from the high oil prices caused by the current Middl...

City University of Hong Kong announced on Friday that its president, Freddy Boey, had resigned due to personal reasons. In a statement, the university said a global recruitment effort would be launched shortly to fill the vacancy. The university co...

The Medical Council on Friday resumed looking into allegations of doctor negligence back in 2009 after an earlier probe was delayed so much it was dropped, prompting the government to come up with changes to how the watchdog operates. A mainland cou...

Hongkong Electric on Friday said its fuel-clause charge would come down in May but confirmed it would rise "significantly from mid-year" following a sharp surge in international oil and natural-gas prices resulting from heightened tensions in the Mid...

Residents of Wang Fuk Court displaced by last November’s deadly inferno on Friday continued to return to their homes to salvage what they could. The returnees were from Wang Cheong and Wang Yan blocks. One of them, surnamed Kwok, who injured his...

The government on Friday announced that the chief executive had appointed Jat Sew-tong to succeed Samuel Chan at the reins of the Competition Commission for a term of two years from May 1. Seven new members were also appointed and eight incumbents w...