An Ocean Park employee has died after being found unconscious at the theme park on Friday. Police said they received a call around 9am that the man had been found unconscious with head and shoulder injuries at the park’s peak area. Officers said...

The government has allocated the first batch of permissions for 1,000 restaurants to host dogs, ending a decades-long ban on canines in eateries and unleashing a niche potential for the catering sector. The 1,000 restaurants, randomly selected in a ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said he's optimistic about Hong Kong's future development, citing its advantages over New York and Silicon Valley because of its close proximity to the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Chan on Friday joined a dialogue session at...

Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Manda Chan on Friday said priority access for people using iAM Smart in facility bookings could combat touting. The remarks came after her department announced a new measure that from July 7, users of SmartP...

Chief Executive John Lee said Hong Kong's first five-year development plan might be rolled out by the end of the third quarter, earlier than the year-end release that had been originally envisaged. Speaking in a joint interview with RTHK and Ta Kung...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said a 12-year-old girl who fell to her death in Tai Koo Shing on Wednesday had been assessed by medical professionals as fit to return home from hospital following her mother's death earlier that day. Spea...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday Hong Kong is well positioned to support the development of Kazakhstan's high-tech city, Alatau, by serving as a gateway for it to access global capital and the mainland market. The remarks came as Lee joined...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam on Thursday said granting the executive branch the power to classify criminal acts as a matter of national security is a rational and widely accepted practice across common law jurisdictions. His remarks came after the...

Executive councillor and senior counsel Ronny Tong said subsidiary legislation clarifying the classification mechanism for "other offences endangering national security under the law of the HKSAR" will not affect the substantive rights of defendants....

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) on Thursday announced a new measure designed to combat touting through the unauthorised transfer of bookings for leisure and sports facilities. Starting July 7, SmartPLAY users who log into the My ...

Permanent residents entering and leaving the SAR through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will soon be able to pass the boundary in about five seconds as the Immigration Department gives its contactless e-channels an upgrade. The Immigration Depar...

Customs officers on Thursday said they arrested six people in an operation targeting counterfeit goods related to the World Cup. The 230,000 items seized – which were either cross-boundary shipments or online goods – had an estimated market val...

The University of Hong Kong medical school said it is launching a formal investigation into an intern doctor following multiple allegations of professional misconduct, including the unauthorised use of medical equipment and potential breaches of pati...

The chairman of the Legislative Council's transport panel, Ben Chan, on Thursday proposed extending mandatory monitoring systems for driver fatigue to all new private and commercial vehicles. His remarks came after Secretary for Transport and Logist...

The Hospital Authority (HA) has filed a report to police after a trainee doctor was suspected of using someone else's login credentials to browse patient records without permission. In a statement released on Wednesday, the authority confirmed the n...

A worker has died after falling from height at a construction site in Mong Kok on Wednesday. Police said they received a report received at around noon that a construction worker had fallen from a third-floor working platform while on duty at a resi...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday said Hong Kong's upcoming new five-year plan would inject vitality into the city's future development. The remarks came as he announced on Tuesday that the city would launch a two-month public consultation on th...

A new drug has shown major promise on its ability to suppress advanced lung cancer into a manageable chronic disease, according to researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine). In a global clinical trial s...

The government on Wednesday proposed declaring Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai and Stanley Mosque as statutory monuments. The Antiquities and Monuments Office said the two historical buildings have significant heritage value and reached the “high th...

Seven people and two companies were on Wednesday charged by police and the Independent Commission Against Corruption with 25 offences linked to last year’s deadly fire in Wang Fuk Court. Police said the blaze, which tore through seven of the estat...