A large-scale publicity campaign is underway to remind tourists about an upcoming ban on alternative smoking products, a health officials said on Sunday. From April 30, the possession or use of alternative smoking products, such as vapes, e-cigaret...

Residents of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court on Sunday continued to say emotional goodbyes to their homes, with one family planning to take a final group photograph inside their apartment. Authorities are allowing people to return in small groups t...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says the development of Hong Kong’s financial market is “unstoppable” despite global uncertainties. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the SAR continued to rank first globally in initial public offerings this y...

Movie lovers packed theatres across Hong Kong on Saturday for the annual Cinema Day, which offered screenings for just HK$30. At a cinema in Mong Kok, long queues formed outside the venue in the afternoon, with the line at one point stretching well ...

Police said on Saturday that more than 40 reports have been lodged regarding missing property in the first five days that displaced residents of Wang Fuk Court were allowed to return to their homes to salvage what they could. Since Monday, resident...

Ocean Park said its veterinary team has successfully saved a cownose ray from a life-threatening gastric rupture in what experts believe may be a world-first surgical achievement. In an announcement that coincides with World Veterinary Day on Satur...

Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung said on Saturday that the Department of Justice would discuss with mainland counterparts the regularising of a pilot scheme that has licensed more than 600 local lawyers to practise in the Greater Bay Area. ...

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law has vowed to take a tough stance against unethical practices that have long tarnished the city’s tourism reputation, with the mainland's five-day Labour Day Golden Week approaching. The Immigr...

Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat on Saturday said that current regulatory prohibitions against fuel smuggling and penalties are sufficient to deter any surge in crime that may result from the high oil prices caused by the current Middl...

City University of Hong Kong announced on Friday that its president, Freddy Boey, had resigned due to personal reasons. In a statement, the university said a global recruitment effort would be launched shortly to fill the vacancy. The university co...

The Medical Council on Friday resumed looking into allegations of doctor negligence back in 2009 after an earlier probe was delayed so much it was dropped, prompting the government to come up with changes to how the watchdog operates. A mainland cou...

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...