One more arrest has been made over a murder and wounding case in Tsim Sha Tsui nearly six years ago, police said on Wednesday. The bar fight on October 6, 2020, led to the death of a 36-year-old man and injuries for some people. Officers laid a hol...

A senior Housing Bureau surveyor told an inquiry hearing on Wednesday on the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire that its officers did not regularly conduct inspection visits to sites where major-renovation work was being carried out – and that they mainly ...

Catering sector lawmaker Jonathan Leung on Wednesday called on the government to promote "delicacies tourism" as part of efforts to prop up Hong Kong's restaurants. Speaking on RTHK's "In The Chamber" programme, Leung also suggested authorities set ...

New People's Party lawmaker Judy Chan on Wednesday was slapped with a written warning by the Legislative Council over her careless driving conviction this year. Legco's Supervisory Committee said it made the decision after the council received a pu...

The Hospital Authority on Wednesday said it expects more than 400 patients will save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year following a major change to drug subsidies. The leukaemia drug Dasatinib was reclassified from a self-financed item to a spe...

A Hong Kong man who was trapped while climbing the Japanese Alps has been rescued, while his companion – also an SAR resident – has died, according to Japanese media reports. The pair reportedly had been climbing the Hida Mountains on Honshu sin...

A 12-year-old Form One student has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to make explosives, police said on Tuesday. Officers said they were alerted a day earlier to a video shared on social media purportedly showing someone manufacturing explosi...

The vast majority of lawmakers on Tuesday expressed support for the government's plans to change fire safety laws following the deadly Tai Po blaze. Under the amendment bill, officials propose a number of tougher penalties for violations, such as s...

The Hong Kong economy expanded at its fastest pace in almost five years in the first quarter. Advance estimates released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday showed the city's gross domestic product jumped 5.9 percent year on year in r...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong said on Tuesday they have, in collaboration with InnoHK, developed the world's first nasal spray for patients suffering from the most common type of stroke to receive timely emergency aid prior to their arri...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday Hong Kong can turn challenges posed by the global energy disruption in the Middle East into "green opportunities", as exemplified by the SAR working with Dongguan to set up a biofuel base. The sustainable avi...

Two lawmakers on Tuesday expressed their support for the government's plan to require operators of claw and pinball machines to obtain licences. Officials said machine operators would be required to apply for prize-based amusement licences under ga...

The government has proposed regulatory changes to strengthen the supervision of claw machines, pinball machines and internet cafes. In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Monday, the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau proposed amendments to t...

A lift technician died on Monday afternoon while carrying out repair works at a housing estate in Stanley. Police were called to the scene on Tai Tam Road at around 3pm and found the victim trapped inside a lift shaft. He suffered serious head inj...

The government on Monday appointed former police spokesman John Tse as the new director of information services, effective on Tuesday. Tse joined the force in 1999 and then the Chief Executive's Office as its communications secretary nearly four yea...

The Inland Revenue Department on Monday said tax revenue surged 22 percent for the year 2025/26 as it issued 2.77 million tax return forms, including 1.85 million paper forms and 920,000 e-returns. Wang Fuk Court homeowners and residents will be wai...

The first round of home visits for Wang Fuk Court residents concluded on Monday as people salvaged what they could from their fire-ravaged homes. Some collected belongings which had a sentimental value to them, including a Wang Tai House resident w...

The conflict in the Middle East weighed on the first-quarter performance of the Exchange Fund, which posted its smallest investment gain in five quarters. According to figures released by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Monday, the fund, ...

A female passenger died in the early hours of Monday, after the private car she was travelling in crashed on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. Police said at about 4.41am, the vehicle was approaching Hong Kong when it was suspected to have lost co...

A tourism sector representative on Monday said the surge in mainland tourists camping in Hong Kong's countryside would not hurt the city's hotel industry. Speaking to RTHK, the executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association Timothy Chui sai...