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...

Fire service officials and building authorities both have statutory powers to oversee the use of polystyrene panels and temporary moveable boards installed at emergency staircases during renovation works, an independent committee probing the Wang Fuk...

Health officials on Friday dismissed claims that large amounts of patients have stopped collecting their medication after visits to public hospitals and clinics because of fee rises since the start of the year. During a Legislative Council session ...

The Harbourfront Commission believes the public will get to enjoy the Central Harbourfront Event Space more often now that a new operator is set to take over. A Henderson Land Development joint-venture company – Central Grand – has won a five-ye...

Eight Hong Kong universities have made it to the top 100 of the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2026, including the debut of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and Lingnan University. Professor John Lee, president of EdUH...

Art lovers are in for a treat as a garden art exhibition opens at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) on Friday, featuring more than 100 sets of Chinese and Western garden artwork, including French Impressionist master Claude Monet's original works. ...

Researchers at the Our Hong Kong Foundation have projected an increase in the supply of subsidised housing in the next few years. "We are seeing that the supply of subsidised housing is going to increase in the upcoming five to 10 years, and for tho...

A senior fire services official has defended the decision not to activate Hong Kong's city-wide emergency alert system during November’s Wang Fuk Court blaze, citing fears of unpredictable responses from the Tai Po residential estate's inhabitants ...

Police on Thursday said they arrested six men and three women over suspected fraudulent travel insurance claims totalling HK$1.7 million. Officers said the arrestees were suspected to have worked under a crime syndicate, filing some 70 claims over ...

A private club failed to take all practicable steps to protect the personal data of its members following a ransomware-related data breach that affected more than 9,000 people, the Privacy Commission said following an investigation. The probe was la...

The second batch of displaced residents from Wang Fuk Court returned to their homes on Thursday to salvage what they could. The returnees are residents of units across five floors of Wang Cheong House and 10 floors of Wang Yan House. This comes aft...

The government on Thursday said it was working on arrangements for Wang Fuk Court residents who want to make a second visit to their homes to salvage their belongings. This was according to Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk. On Monday, the initia...

A construction worker died on Wednesday after suffering head wounds in an industrial accident at a Kai Tak Hospital site. Police said the 59-year-old man was found lying on the ground unconscious after 5pm at the hospital's phase II main constructio...

A senior fire services official on Wednesday vowed to step up referrals of fire safety hazard complaints that are outside the department's jurisdiction, saying previous practices might have left some issues unaddressed. Michael Yung, an assistant d...

Lawmakers kick-started discussions on the budget bill on Wednesday by recognising the government's focus on innovation and technology development. Debating the bill in the legislature, councillors said it was right to focus on artificial intelligen...

Seven "mega" trade fairs set to kick off in Hong Kong next week will bring in thousands of exhibitors from around the world, including first-time participants from the Middle East and Central Asia. An executive councillor says that the organiser, Tr...

DAB lawmaker Chan Hok-fung on Wednesday called on the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office (TACO) to work closer with other government departments to better enforce smoking regulations. New tobacco control measures took effect at the start of the year...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Wednesday that the risk of local transmission of dengue fever is moderate, after the SAR logged its first local case this year. On an RTHK radio programme, the CHP's communicable disease branch head Alb...