Hong Kong has to overcome obstacles and forge its own path in 2026, Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday, following a year filled with events of far-reaching significance to the city's development. At a function announcing the top 10 events re...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) urged construction workers to stay vigilant against fraudulent recruitment ads as Chinese New Year approaches. In the past two weeks, the PCPD received 42 complaints from workers who sh...

Sources on Thursday said that a cleaning company's forewoman was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty, following the deaths of more than a hundred fish in a pond in Tseung Kwan O. The fish were found dead on Monday in a park in King Lam Estate, ...

Customs officers on Thursday said they seized smuggled goods worth more than HK$56 million last week on a vessel at Black Point near Tuen Mun. Officers said after carrying out the appropriate analysis and risk assessment, the vessel departing from ...

A study by accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found only 16 percent of the city's employees intend to change jobs over the next 12 months — a more than 50 percent drop year-on-year. Respondents cited job security concerns as the reason...

The MTR reminded Tuen Ma Line passengers that they will have to change trains when passing through Hung Hom station on Sunday, when the railway operator carries out track modification works. Its head of Line Group Management for the Tuen Ma Line, Da...

The Transport Department on Thursday said it might extend the promotional period for mandatory seatbelt law for public buses if that's deemed necessary, after the new legislation sparked much debate. The department's safety director, Stella Lee, sa...

Two men charged with smuggling HK$6.1 million worth of suspected silver to the mainland will appear in court on Thursday morning. The pair, aged 40 and 46, were arrested at the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point on Tuesday, as they tried to make ...

Police said they are investigating a case of criminal damage after a seatbelt was reportedly cut on a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) on Wednesday. Officers received a report at around 5pm concerning the damaged seatbelt on a KMB bus operating route 86K. ...

The city's new mandate requiring seatbelts to be worn on buses and minibuses will focus on education and persuasion during the initial adaptation period, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said. The stricter regulations came into effec...

A think tank on Wednesday said government departments should divide their workload more effectively to facilitate communication with mainland enterprises hoping to go global through Hong Kong. According to Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), more than...

Hong Kong's Exchange Fund saw its investment gains reach a record high of HK$331 billion in 2025, as a bull run in the stock market as well as interest rate cuts helped boost the city's financial war chest used to defend the local currency. The gain...

An accounting industry group has called for tax concessions to boost Hong Kong's headquarters economy while allowing mainland talent to buy flats using renminbi. The calls were made on Wednesday as the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Account...

Lawmakers have called on the government to better utilise a 60-kilometre trail connecting promenades and countryside paths that encircles Hong Kong Island, with suggestions including introducing catering facilities. The government has sought to dev...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau said on Wednesday that patients with urgent medical needs have generally been treated faster at public hospital emergency wards since fee changes were adopted on New Year's Day. In a written reply to a question from DAB...

Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a new AI model that improves weather forecast accuracy by more than 15 percent and can predict inclement conditions up to four hours ahead. Using past dataset...

Customs officers have arrested a man suspected of illegally importing a cat into the SAR. Officers said they found a cat in a rucksack at the arrival hall of Lo Wu Control Point on Tuesday. They said the cat had an estimated market value of about ...

Preparations are in the final stage to upgrade an online reservation system for test-free driving licence applications with the use of artificial intelligence for verification, transport chief Mable Chan said on Wednesday. The minister also said of...

The government said on Wednesday that the support fund for Wang Fuk Court residents has reached HK$4.5 billion, around HK$1.2 billion of which is earmarked for financial measures supporting those affected by the blaze. "The support fund's account w...

The Productivity Council on Wednesday called on companies to strengthen protection against cyberattacks, as the city logged more than 15,800 cybersecurity incidents in 2025 — an almost 30 percent increase from 2024. Phishing accounted for nearly ...