The government will roll out a new batch of signature tourism projects starting from the fourth quarter of the year, featuring industrial brand tours, a miniature city exhibition and immersive temple culture tours, the Working Group on Developing Tou...

The Housing Bureau said on Friday that 93.2 percent of owners at Wang Fuk Court have signed the Agreement for Sale and Purchase (ASP) before the deadline, with the government pledging to handle remaining cases on a case-by-case basis. A total of 1,8...

Bus operators said a sharp rise in fuel costs has created a huge financial burden and other revenue streams were also falling, as the four firms seek fare increases with Citybus applying for the highest rise of 17.7 per cent. Appearing before the Le...

Five yachts from Guangdong entered Hong Kong waters on Friday as a new scheme to ease cross-border yacht visits took effect. Nearby vessels sounded their horns as the visiting boats docked one by one at the Lantau Yacht Club in Discovery Bay around ...

The chairman of the San Tin Technopole Company, Sunny Chai, has said Hong Kong must be clear about which industries to develop given its limited land, arguing that life sciences should be housed at the Lok Ma Chau Loop while San Tin should focus on m...

The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) said on late Thursday it has referred a registered lift contractor to the police for possible fraud after inspections found that fire-resistant door frames were missing from 48 newly installed ...

The Election Affairs Commission said on Thursday that it has received another 29 nomination forms for the Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections on November 22. Twenty-six forms were submitted by individual candidates, and the remaining thr...

Top stories for Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 - Five mainland yachts get the go-ahead to sail to Hong Kong under a new scheme. - Dozens were killed in a school roof collapse in Pakistan. - Yeung Siu-ki and Katie Wong have been chosen as flag bearers for ...

The government will put up a residential site in Shek Mun for tender this quarter, with an estimated yield of about 960 flats, the Development Bureau said on Thursday. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said the site at the junction of Tai Ch...

Police on Thursday said they smashed a cross-border syndicate accused of running an elaborate investment fraud centred on agarwood trees, arresting six people and seizing more than HK$14 million linked to the scheme. The suspects, aged between 52 an...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang said on Thursday he received a scam call from someone posing as a Security Bureau officer, and that he challenged the caller to find him in his own office. In a video posted on social media, Tang said the caller tol...

Movers have been urged to better spell out their quotation details and service arrangements to boost the confidence of people moving homes. The Consumer Council made the suggestion on Thursday as it noted that complaints about movers has stood at ab...

Hong Kong received about 4.03 million visitor arrivals in September, up 22 percent year on year, pushing the cumulative total for the first nine months of 2026 past the 40 million mark, the Tourism Board announced on Thursday. The board said Septemb...

The Consumer Council has called on the retail sector to proactively follow up on customer complaints and ensure that their handling of any ensuing disputes are transparent instead of solely relying on technology. The call came on Thursday as the wat...

An annual survey by the Independent Commission Against Corruption survey showed 99.2 percent of respondents said they had not personally encountered corruption in the past year – the highest figure ever recorded. The survey, commissioned by the IC...

Five yachts from the Greater Bay Area have received approval to enter Hong Kong waters as a new scheme facilitating such cross-border visits takes effect on Friday, according to Director of Marine Wong Sai-fat. The scheme allows yacht masters across...

Para taekwondo player Yeung Siu-ki and para athlete Katie Wong were on Thursday named as the flag bearers for Hong Kong, China at this year's Asian Para Games before the 150-strong delegation departs for Nagoya. Yeung, who is Wong's teacher, said t...

The government said on Wednesday that a flat HK$8 toll will apply to all vehicles using the Central Kowloon Bypass starting on December 6, when all sections of the mega project open. A spokesperson for the Transport and Logistics Bureau said authori...

The Fire Services Department (FSD) said it wants to speed up fire safety equipment upgrades at thousands of high-rise buildings by allowing smart devices and portable extinguishers. Since 2007, authorities have inspected thousands of buildings built...

Top stories for Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026 - The MTR apologises for back-to-back disruptions at Lam Tin station. - Franchised bus operators seek fare hikes of up to 17.7 percent. - A former care home staff is jailed for 13 years for raping a mentally...