Tens of thousands of runners – from professionals to enthusiastic amateurs – took part in the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Half Marathon on Sunday morning. The event featured three groups: the 10-kilometre challenge, along with the half-maratho...

A fire at a public housing unit in Wong Tai Sin on Sunday claimed the life of an elderly resident and forced the evacuation of about 300 people. Firefighters were notified of the blaze at Lung Kwong House of Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate at 8.45am, and ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong’s finance and trade sectors are moving from the accumulation of quantity towards enhancement of value, as the city looks ahead to the launch of the Offshore RMB Bond Index. Writing in his week...

Thousands of swimmers took to the water for the annual cross-harbour race on Sunday morning, swimming a one-kilometre course from Wan Chai Golden Bauhinia Square Public Pier to the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui. However, the race featuring one ba...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau on Sunday said the development of AI could slow down, and the SAR should keep looking for new opportunities to maintain its status as an international trade centre. His remarks came as Hon...

Deploying robots to repaint airfield markings that guide pilots during take-off, landing and taxiing has more than halved the time needed for the job and cut cost, airport authorities said. During a media briefing, Airport Authority chief operating ...

Top stories for Saturday, Nov 14, 2026 - Flights in the US are resuming following a nationwide ground stop. - Police arrest 12 drivers suspected of providing illegal cross-border car-hire. - US President Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping, and Rus...

Two Hong Kong-bound flights from the US were cancelled and seven others were delayed, according to the Airport Authority Hong Kong, after US aviation officials issued a temporary nationwide ground stop. For flights from Hong Kong to the US, two were...

Hong Kong has so far received no reports of government systems being affected by Friday’s disruption to Microsoft services. In response to enquiries, the Digital Policy Office said it was highly concerned about the software system failure, which d...

An 82-year-old woman has been hospitalised in an unconscious state after being hit by a light goods vehicle in Ngau Tau Kok around noon on Saturday. The 40-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. Police said the driver was ...

Lawmakers have called on the government to tighten artificial intelligence regulations after the city ranked just 50th out of 70 economies for AI governance in a new global index. In terms of competitiveness, the Switzerland-based International Inst...

MTR Corporation chief executive Jeny Yeung said the quality and safety standards of the Northern Link line that it is building will not be compromised despite a significantly reduced cost forecast. Her remarks came after the government gave the gree...

Police have arrested 12 drivers suspected of providing illegal cross-border hire cars over the past two weeks, Police Commissioner Joe Chow said. Speaking after a police passing-out parade, he said the arrests were part of a series of operations tar...

Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of common assault after a 13-year-old student was allegedly attacked at his school on Wednesday. Police said the student at Lingnan Secondary School in Heng Fa Chuen was allegedly assaulted on campus. ...

Hong Kong is putting in place a verification regime for proxy votes at property owners’ corporation meetings, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak said on Saturday. Checks requiring both parties to sign and declare are, she said, "more e...

Health authorities said on Friday that a 14-month-old baby girl with severe influenza has died, the third child flu death in Hong Kong this year. The toddler, who had been in good health, developed a fever and cough in late October and was taken to ...

Top stories for Friday, Nov 13, 2026 - Lawmakers raise concerns over the faulty lifts saga at Queen Mary Hospital. - The Housing Authority makes it easier for young families to buy a home. - A major Microsoft outage causes disruption across the wo...

The government on Friday raised Hong Kong’s economic growth forecast for 2026 to 4.8 percent from the previous forecast of 3.5 to 4.5 percent. The rise in the full-year GDP forecast came as the SAR saw strong economic expansion in the third quarte...

The Housing Authority approved two measures to assist people in purchasing subsidised sale flats on Friday. This included a government proposal aimed at further facilitating families with newborns to buy their own homes. Starting with the next Home...

Heavy losses incurred by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority are the result of a "time-lag problem" that ensues when cultural venues have opened but the commercial developments meant to support them have not yet been built, its chairman said...