Chief Executive John Lee vowed on Sunday to help Hong Kong businesses build their own brands, 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 K...

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...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Friday five local education institutions have been affected by a hacking attack on the learning platform Canvas. They're among some 9,000 institutions worldwide impacted by the breach....

Thirteen people have been arrested over an alleged triad-controlled phone scam syndicate that is suspected to have defrauded victims in at least 20 cases of more than HK$1 million. Wu Siu-siu, chief inspector in the organised crime and triad bureau,...

Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific announced on Friday it is reducing fuel surcharges for long-haul flights by about HK$200 to HK$1,362 from HK$1,560 currently, starting from next Saturday. It will also be cutting the fuel surcharge for sho...

The former head of the Housing Bureau’s independent checking unit said on Friday that there had been "systemic loopholes" in the way it monitored and inspected renovation works at Wang Fuk Court. Lau Fu-kwok, who retired in February, told a hearin...

The government on Friday announced that residents of the fire-ravaged blocks at Wang Fuk Court could head home for the second time in batches between May 21 and 29 to retrieve their personal belongings. Wang Yan, Wang Sun and Wang Tai blocks will op...

The head of the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), Teresa Cheng, on Friday said the body had settled a maritime charter dispute involving parties from China and Singapore this month. The remarks came as she delivered a speech at an IO...

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau defended the city’s major public healthcare fee reform on Friday over concerns that it is placing a huge financial burden on chronic patients and the middle class. He was speaking while updating lawmakers on the c...

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday said Hong Kong is striving to become an international mediation centre at a time when rising volatility in global affairs is making it "imperative" for more peaceful resolutions to be reached. The remarks came as h...

The UAE's top lender and two other Middle Eastern banks are launching or expanding operations in Hong Kong, as they target better China connectivity and foreign business growth amid uncertainty in the domestic economic outlook. First Abu Dhabi Bank,...

The Hospital Authority on Thursday announced it has regularised a Princess Margaret Hospital scheme that remotely monitors patients suffering from inflammatory stomach flu. Patients taking part in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Smart Care Telehealth...