People braved the wet weather on Sunday to sweep the tombs of their ancestors on Ching Ming Festival. Despite an amber rain warning, many people said the downpours did not stop them from visiting cemeteries and crematoriums across the city. Traffic...

Culture chief Rosanna Law on Sunday said Hong Kong's recently inked multi-year partnership with Art Basel will bring many economic benefits and job opportunities to the city. The agreement with Art Basel will see the SAR becoming the prestigious int...

Hong Kong's universities should further diversify their curriculum to better integrate and meet the development needs of the nation's 15th Five-Year plan, said Education Convergence chairman Ho Hon-kuen on Sunday. Speaking on a Commercial Radio prog...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong’s financial market performed well in the first quarter of this year and the city’s real economy also showed improvements. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the stock market saw active tr...

Overseas travel to Hong Kong has been relatively unaffected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the surge in fuel prices, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law said on Saturday. She pointed to high-end visitors, in partic...

A spike in business for the retail sector during the long Easter break cannot be compared to that for the Labour Day Golden Week, a representative for the sector said on Saturday, expressing hope that a rising trend in tourists from southeast Asia wi...

Kowloon Motor Bus said on Saturday a problem with its fare-rebate system that was believed to have malfunctioned following updates to bring it in line with the revised HK$2 scheme coming into effect on Friday had been fixed. Under the revised schem...

The Hospital Authority (HA) apologised on Saturday over a data breach that compromised the personal information of tens of thousands of patients, with the police and the privacy watchdog investigating the incident. The authority said its routine mo...

Hong Kong's export sector has been exploring a lot of new markets, showing its economic resilience and vitality, Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong said on Friday. His remark came after the SAR was named the world's fifth-largest trading entity...

Elderly beneficiaries of the revised HK$2 fare arrangement had mixed reactions towards the scheme that took effect on Friday. Under the revised scheme, those aged 60 and above and the disabled are charged HK$2 for trips costing HK$10 or less and 20 ...

Locals flocked to West Kowloon high-speed rail station on Friday as they headed to the mainland for the Easter and Ching Ming holiday. One of those looking to make full use of the extra long break said his tour group would first be going to Chongqin...

The switchover to the revised HK$2 scheme went smoothly on its first day, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Friday. Under the revised scheme, people aged 60 and above, as well as the disabled, pay a flat HK$2 fare for trips costing ...

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau on Friday said that hosting a national medical conference in Hong Kong for the first time held great significance for the city. He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 15th China Chest Pain Centers Congre...

Hong Kong tour groups bound for the mainland have surged by 30 percent this Easter and Ching Ming holiday compared to a year ago, a sector representative said on Friday. Timothy Chui, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, told an ...

Customs have arrested a woman after officers found 25 kilos of suspected ketamine in her checked-in luggage at Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday. During airport clearance, officers found the suspected drugs concealed in food packages. The...

Customs have arrested a 64-year-old woman after she allegedly tried to smuggle a dog through the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point. Officers stopped her on Thursday in the arrival hall, allegedly finding the dog in her rucksack. The dog, which w...

The Hospital Authority says experience gained from operating Hong Kong’s two chest pain centres can lead to the adoption of its protocols in other jurisdictions. Both centres were designed and built to national accreditation standards. On Friday, ...

Four non-governmental organisations on Thursday called on the government to further amend child sexual abuse laws to enhance protection for children. The four NGOs – Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women, Hong Kong Committee on Chi...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan said authorities will fast-track the Northern Metropolis University Town (NMUT) project, while briefing Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, in Beijing on Thursday. Chan, who is leading the "Work...

The statutory body that regulates the city's travel agents, tourist guides and tour escorts said on Thursday it had made comprehensive preparations for the expected visitor surge during the upcoming Ching Ming holiday in the mainland. The three-day ...