The Housing Society said on Saturday it is looking to gradually amend the ratio of flats that it will put up for sale so that they account for at least 40 percent of supply in future projects. Chairman Ling Kar-kan told a television programme that t...

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said on Saturday the Public Service Commission would hold all government officials accountable if they were involved in serious incidents. She was speaking after the administration had this week proposed ...

Commerce Secretary Algernon Yau on Saturday said he remains confident about long-term trade with the Gulf, in spite of the Middle East conflict. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, he said the SAR has strengths in areas such as innovation, technolo...

The 50th annual Hong Kong Sevens kicked off in spectacular fashion on Friday evening at Kai Tak Stadium, where a dazzling dragon dance and cheerleading robots took centre stage during the opening ceremony. Following a full day of pool matches, the ...

The Hong Kong Sevens has returned with renewed energy and expanded programming, and organisers expect this year’s tournament to deliver an even greater economic and tourism boost than previous editions. Hong Kong China Rugby chairman Chris Brooke ...

Anyone who has been properly registered will be allowed inside the fire-ravaged buildings at Wang Fuk Court to help retrieve their belongings, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Friday, dismissing reports that volunteers had been barr...

The owners' corporation at Wang Fuk Court had pushed to replace polystyrene boards and scaffold nets used during the fire-ravaged estate's renovation works, an independent committee probing the deadly blaze heard on Friday. Tony Tsui, chairman of t...

Rugby fans began filling Kai Tak Stadium on Friday for the opening day of the annual Hong Kong Sevens, as the tournament marks its golden anniversary. Despite rainy weather, the crowd steadily grew inside the 50,000-seat venue, with a particularly s...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Friday said the government would increase the number of phone lines the Fire Services Department (FSD) uses to answer emergency calls, with the goal of boosting it to more than 100 next year. This comes as the in...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on Friday said many of the suspected animal-cruelty reports they had received turned out to have been nothing of the sort as they were sparked by pets and their owners being a nuisance to ...

Customs officers on Friday said they had arrested seven people in a territory-wide crackdown on party rooms and bars providing karaoke systems pre-loaded with suspected copyright-infringing songs. The five men and two women apprehended, aged between...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Thursday pledged to tighten security measures and conduct a holistic review of its vendor management to reduce risks of data breach. This follows the arrest of a contract worker earlier this month on suspicion of acces...

The main contractor of major-renovation works being carried out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po at the time of the estate's devastating fire in November had asked subcontractors to create openings at fire-escape stairwells, with one of the witnesses tell...

Researchers at Polytechnic University say a robot co-developed with CLP is reducing the time required to inspect electricity generators by almost a week. Previously, inspections involved deploying a team of 30 people and removing a rotor inside the...

Ombudsman Jack Chan on Thursday questioned whether the authorities take reports of animal cruelty seriously, after uncovering inconsistent and ineffective investigations into suspected abuse. Announcing the findings of a direct investigation, Chan ...

An inquiry hearing into the cause of the Wang Fuk Court inferno heard on Thursday the first-hand account of how a resident had broken through cordon lines to seek help for his household trapped in one of the burning buildings, only to be told by fire...

University of Hong Kong researchers on Thursday revealed that the reoperation rate for robotic procedures in surgeries involving hip joint replacements was lower than that for conventional methods. That came following the research team's review of 5...

Customs on Thursday said they had seized approximately 63 kilos of silver ingots with an estimated market value of HK$1.2 million during an anti-smuggling operation at Lok Ma Chau checkpoint. Officers, acting on intelligence, stopped an outgoing med...

The Public Light Bus Owner and Driver Association said on Thursday that fuel subsidies set to be offered to commercial vehicles and vessels running on diesel will help alleviate their burden, particular red minibus drivers, amid a surge in fuel price...

Sufficient manpower and technical incompatibility were the reasons the Fire Services Department (FSD) decided it was unnecessary to seek help from Guangdong counterparts during the Wang Fuk Court blaze, an official told the inquiry probing last Novem...