Beijing expects the current Legislative Council to be “more proactive” in aligning Hong Kong with the country’s latest five-year plan, according to local National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies. They were speaking following a meeting with...

The government will take the necessary action and introduce measures to safeguard market stability as geopolitical hostilities escalate in the Middle East, according to Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui. Speaking on a...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun has highlighted Hong Kong’s stable and secure environment as a growing competitive advantage in the global race for talent, particularly amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Speaking on a Comm...

Hong Kong households may soon face higher electricity bills, as the conflict in the Middle East ties up oil and liquefied natural gas supplies and pushes up fuel costs. Speaking to reporters after a Commercial Radio programme, Billy Mak, an associat...

The Home Affairs Department (HAD) says a mainland organisation, which media reports allege is running a student dormitory without authorisation, does not hold a bedspace apartment licence. The organisation, Gleam Haven, in a recent social media post...

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has asked the Legislative Council to come up with practical ways to better implement the executive-led political system in Hong Kong. He made the remarks at a meeting on Saturday during which Hong Kong's sole delegate to ...

Police said on Friday that they've arrested three renovation workers for allegedly stealing jewellery from a unit at fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court. Officers said they became suspicious about the three men, aged between 32 and 38, who were carrying ou...

The SAR’s women’s football team returned to Hong Kong on Friday after pulling out of a tournament in Dubai amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The squad was initially stranded in Dubai, but they flew to Bangkok on Wednesday. Captain Ma...

Three men have been arrested on suspicion for conspiracy to rob after two people carrying HK$10 million were held up at knifepoint at Sheung Wan MTR Station in the morning on Friday. Superintendent Lo Ka-chun from the police’s organised crime and ...

Henry Tang, a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Standing Committee member, said on Friday Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang had encouraged Hong Kong delegates to the top political advisory body to contribute more in advancing execut...

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang outlined the need for Hong Kong to develop innovation and technology and the Northern Metropolis, according to local delegates of the nation's top political advisory body. Hong Kong members of the Chinese People’s Politi...

A new survey has found that a majority of Hong Kong women of childbearing age, who do not have any offspring, remain reluctant to have children, citing financial pressures, housing constraints and career priorities as key factors for their hesitation...

A Beijing official said Hong Kong's judges handed down the right judgement in the case involving Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily. Sun Qingye, deputy head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security, made the remarks on the sid...

The government announced on Friday that it had disbursed HK$6.15 million to the family of the firefighter who died while battling the Wang Fuk Court blaze last November. Senior fireman Ho Wai-ho, 37, was one of 168 people who lost their lives in th...

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has stressed that the executive-led political system in Hong Kong is “not a matter that concerns only the chief executive” and that truly implementing the governing principle is not an easy task. The senior Beijing off...

The principal of a school with a semi-boarding programme on Friday said the government should get guardians accredited to help tackle potential problems arising from an expected increase in the number of non-local students coming to study in the city...

Tseung Kwan O Hospital has launched a probe into the death of an 85-year-old patient after surgery. According to the Hospital Authority, the patient, who had colon cancer, underwent a transverse colostomy on February 7 to relieve an intestinal obstr...

The Immigration Department said on Thursday that it's doubled the manpower of a unit responsible for helping Hong Kong people stranded in the Middle East because of the Iran war. Those who require assistance can call the hotline, 852-1868. The dep...

Local National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies have hailed a government work report unveiled by the country’s leaders, saying it is effective in responding to external challenges. Beijing has set an economic growth target of 4.5 percent to 5 p...

Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) has taken another step in expanding its regional partnerships, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications on Thursday to enhance media collaboration and foster cultural e...