The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Sunday urged the public to avoid eating raw oysters after five more people fell ill with food poisoning. The CHP said food poisoning cases have surged in recent weeks. In late December, health officials saw...

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho said on Sunday that there are enough transitional housing units available to accommodate low-income tenants affected by the upcoming new law regulating subdivided flats. The Basic Housing Units Ordinance, which take...

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak on Sunday said the government would enhance the city's property management systems through legislative amendments. Her remarks came as authorities recorded more than 1,600 complaints against building ma...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said the nation's 15th Five‑Year Plan will guide Hong Kong’s next stage of faster, larger‑scale development. Writing on his blog, he called the plan the key blueprint for China’s social and economic d...

Former chief executive CY Leung on Sunday said Hong Kong should play a more proactive role in international exchanges to support the country amid complex geopolitical changes. Speaking on a radio programme, Leung, who's a vice chairman of the Chine...

Citybus on Saturday thanked passengers for their understanding after one of its buses left the usual route and diverted to a hospital because a child on board was sick. The 79X bus was supposed to go from Cheung Sha Wan to Fanling's Queen Hill. But...

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak said on Saturday a district councillor had been told that she had to meet public expectations after being found to have parked illegally at Shek Lei Estate in Kwai Chung. Kwai Tsing councillor Chau Kit-...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of a bomb hoax and possession of imitation firearms. The arrest came after police received reports on January 27 alleging that the man, who is 31 years old, had made claims on an online game chatgroup that he wo...

Pedestrians will find road crossings to be more convenient and time-saving in phases this year with a facelift for some of the city's intersections, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said. Writing on her blog, she said her bureau was ...

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law on Saturday said she is optimistic about business prospects for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, amid expectations from the Immigration Department that 1.43 million mainlanders would visit Hon...

Allowing more elderly people to benefit from the automatic medical fee waiver at public hospitals and improving the economy are among the suggestions lawmakers have made for the upcoming budget. Currently, only those eligible for the Old Age Living ...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau on Friday summoned Panama's consul-general in Hong Kong to express the government’s strong opposition to a controversial ruling by the Central American nation’s top court. Panama's Sup...

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has ordered a recall of several batches of Aptamil infant milk formula, saying an alert on its Food Incident Surveillance System indicated the batches might contain bacteria that can cause vomiting and diarrhoea. In ...

Transport secretary Mable Chan on Friday said the government would launch a public consultation on requiring passengers to put on seatbelts on public buses. This came as the government repealed the legal clauses on such a requirement on the same day...

The Hospital Authority said a third stroke centre was in the process of being set up at Prince of Wales Hospital amid hopes that it could achieve national accreditation by the end of this year. The move follows the founding of stroke centres at Tuen...

Health officials are seeking to bring in more non-professionals to the Medical Council while maintaining "a certain proportion" of doctors on the watchdog, as part of a preliminary proposal amending legislation to reform the body. Proposing changes...

The government on Friday unveiled a new blueprint outlining Hong Kong’s transport strategy for the next two decades. The plan is built around three main themes: “Enjoyable Journeys”, “Well-Connected City”, and “Healthy Mobility”, alo...

Police on Friday said they had arrested 156 people in a major crackdown on online shopping fraud, solving 269 cases involving more than HK$6 million in direct losses and unravelling money flows exceeding HK$25 million. The three-week operation, code...

Secretary for Education Christine Choi on Friday said a one-year grace period might be allowed for a government proposal that requires teachers to obtain a practising certificate and renew it every three years. The new plan, in addition to the curre...

Police said there were two incidents involving power banks on the MTR network during rush hour on Friday morning. About 400 passengers were evacuated from a train at Tsuen Wan West Station after smoke was seen inside one of its carriages. Officers ...