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...

The final group of displaced residents from Wang Sun House on Wednesday returned to their fire-ravaged flats to see what they could salvage. Residents whose flats are on the building’s upper floors were given access, after those who lived on the ...

The Buildings Department on Wednesday said it would publish a list of water seepage technicians ahead of streamlined measures for investigating leaks. Under the improved measures that are set to take effect by the middle of the year, homeowners susp...

A senior Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has met a delegation of government officials visiting the capital, as part of their study programme to better understand the nation's policies and development strategies. The Hong Kong and Macao...

The Labour Department on Tuesday told the Wang Fuk Court inferno inquiry that it had failed to spot that the estate's main contractor for renovations had provided officials with old mesh netting certificates on the month when the deadly blaze took pl...

Customs officers have arrested three people and seized HK$40 million worth of slimming and cosmetic injections, as well as pharmaceutical products, in two operations targeting smuggled goods. The Customs and Excise Department on Tuesday said the me...

The procession of people returning to devastated Wang Fuk Court continued apace without a hitch on Tuesday, with those who used to live in Wang Sun House returning home hoping to salvage what November's inferno hadn't scorched. A man, Cheung, said ...

Four elite European clubs are set to give fans a glimpse of the beautiful game at the 50,000-capacity Kai Tak Stadium this summer as the Hong Kong Football Festival returns for a second year. The tournament will kick off with a clash between English...

Two pedestrians were struck and killed in separate traffic accidents on Tuesday morning. Police said they were alerted at around 8.51am that a 30-year-old woman was hit by a light goods vehicle when crossing the road near Yau Tong MTR Station. Sh...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday that the government has to be cautious about launching basketball betting in Hong Kong. He was speaking after the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau said last week that plans for a launch, following the legalisati...