Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said more complaints of potential child abuse had been lodged after the law requiring people working in 25 professional categories to report suspected serious maltreatment cases came into effect on Tuesday. ...

Consultants and contractors who make it to a government vetted eligibility list for major renovation works can be removed from it in the event of serious misconduct that resulted in arrests, prosecutions or convictions, the development chief warned o...

Respiratory health expert David Hui on Saturday urged the public to get vaccinated against flu quickly with the SAR expected to enter the winter flu season soon and at least three influenza indicators logging up more case numbers. Hui said that acc...

With the government set to unveil its new budget in a month's time, lawmakers have been making suggestions on what Financial Secretary Paul Chan should focus on. Councillors at an RTHK programme on Saturday made a range of suggestions, from handing ...

Lawmaker Judy Chan apologised on Saturday for "carelessness" after she was filmed driving against the flow of traffic in Wan Chai. Her apology came after an online video on Friday showed a black car being driven against the flow of oncoming traffic ...

Tenants of a youth hostel in Causeway Bay facing closure have been given more time to find a new home. The BeLIVING Youth Hub on Morrison Hill Road, operated by the Hong Kong United Youth Association, was the first project of a government subsidy sc...

A 60-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wounding in a knife attack at a public housing block in Tuen Mun that ended with four people, including the suspect, hospitalised on Friday. Police first received a report of the incident at Hing Cheung...

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan expressed optimism about registration numbers for a scheme allowing Guangdong drivers to travel to Hong Kong, particularly with the approaching Chinese New Year holiday. Speaking at a ceremony on Frid...

Public-private collaboration holds the key to helping Hong Kong achieve its carbon neutrality goals, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said as he wrapped up his five-day trip to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The remarks came in ...

Housing-sector representatives said on Friday they believe fears over taking on a heavier financial burden had led to a drop in interest among public housing tenants in buying their flats. That came after the latest survey by the Housing Authority, ...

Police arrested a 73‑year‑old woman on Thursday for allegedly murdering her husband during an apparent joint suicide attempt in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel. Police called to the scene by a hotel staff member found the couple lying unconscious on a bed...

Police have launched a probe after a man in his 70s was found to be unconscious inside a hotel room in Tsim Sha Tsui, and later died in hospital. His wife, who is of a similar age, was also taken to hospital. Officers were alerted to the case at a...

Senior Counsel Jose-Antonio Maurellet has been re-elected unopposed as chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association. Vice-chairs Martin Hui and Eva Sit also retained their positions. Speaking to reporters after the election on Thursday, Maurellet said...

Inflation edged up to the highest level in Hong Kong in half a year as price spikes for package tours and cross-border transport drove up overall consumer prices, according to latest government data. Figures released by the Census and Statistics Dep...

Accounting giant Deloitte on Thursday called on the government to reduce taxes when it unveils the next Budget in late-February. It is forecasting a HK$500 million consolidated surplus for this current fiscal year, up from the financial secretary's...

Discussions centred on the absence of a watertight door revealed “systemic deficiencies” among marine authorities in acting without independent verifications, the Coroner’s Court said on Thursday, as it wrapped up an inquest into one of Hong Ko...

A former leader of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance, Albert Ho, has pleaded guilty to a subversion charge in court. The alliance and three of its former leaders – Ho, Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan – are the defendants in the High Court tria...

The government said on Thursday that Legislative Council President Starry Lee has resigned from a government working group on patriotic education with immediate effect. In a statement, it said Lee tendered her resignation earlier this month when sh...

A think tank and university found moderate knowledge on the part of the public of herbal remedies following the city's first Chinese medicine health literacy survey carried out to take the pulse of the city's efforts to transform the sector. Followi...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said all economies must embrace technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain as he met leaders at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos. The remark came as he delivered a speech at the "202...