Six key topics have been highlighted in the public consultation document for the SAR’s first five-year plan for public discussion. One of them is to speed up the development of Northern Metropolis. In the document, the government said the bluepri...

The government on Monday said its hope in adopting a "railway plus property development" model for the planned smart and green transit system in East Kowloon is to ease the financial pressure on the eventual operator. Authorities said last week thre...

The Consumer Council is urging hotels, guesthouses and booking platforms to improve their services after receiving around 1,000 related complaints each year – covering various types of issues. Of the complaints, those relating to booking changes a...

Hong Kong on Monday launched a two-month public consultation for its first five-year plan, with the goal of publishing it in the third quarter of the year. Speaking to the media, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Janice Tse said the ...

The People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison will open three barracks to the public late this month to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR. The open days of the barracks were arranged to enhance the communicat...

The Consumer Council is urging claw machine operators to make improvements to the device to avoid disputes with customers. The call came on the back of a surge in the number of complaints received by the watchdog over the devices in the past three y...

A series of new features for electronic traffic fixed penalty notices was launched on the e-Traffic Ticket Platform on Monday, according to the police. Targeting commercial vehicles, "vehicle-specific QR codes" can now be generated on the platform. ...

Xia Baolong, the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, will arrive in Hong Kong on Tuesday for a two-day visit, the government said on Monday. The senior Beijing official will inspect Hong Kong's alignment with the National 15th Five-Y...

A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) said it hopes to eliminate the possibility of cancer patients having to undergo a second operation to gain tumour samples through the development of the world’s first A...

A respiratory physician on Sunday said there was no evidence suggesting that the H9 bird flu virus is highly contagious. David Lam's remarks came after health authorities reported a local infection of the avian influenza strain involving a two-year-...

Chief Executive John Lee said Hong Kong will continue to explore new markets and consolidate existing ones, such as the United States and Europe. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Lee looked back at his work in the past four years a...

A prominent paediatrician on Sunday urged the public to get their Covid jabs as soon as possible since the current batch of Covid-19 vaccines would expire soon. Mike Kwan, president of the Asian Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, said it ta...

Technology minister Sun Dong on Sunday said a real-time chat between Hong Kong residents and the city’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying could be arranged in one to two months at the earliest. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme, he said the gover...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong’s first five-year plan would facilitate the establishment of consensus, gather resources and boost development. His remarks came as the two-month public consultation period for the blueprint ...

The government-appointed estate management company for Wang Fuk Court said on Saturday it is dedicating resources to facilitate the holding of a meeting for flat owners of the residential estate "as soon as practicable". Hop On Management, which was...

An intern doctor on Saturday was given bail after she was arrested on suspicion of accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent. The 24-year-old was taken to Caritas Medical Centre in the afternoon to help out with evidence collection. Sh...

Cautious optimism has been expressed by Hong Kong's commerce minister regarding the city's export outlook for the year. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau told a television programme on Saturday that export figures had bee...

Executive councillor Jeffrey Lam said the start of direct flights between Hong Kong and Almaty in Kazakhstan next year will lead to more opportunities as the aviation network expands. Speaking after a Commercial Radio programme on Saturday, Lam, who...

The first facilities at the Hetao industrial zone are already operating, and the leasing situation is satisfactory, the Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi, said on Saturday. Choi, who also chairs Hong Kong-Shenzhe...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said on Saturday that a number of professional industries are expected to benefit from the government’s latest plan to promote the development of corporate treasury centres. Under t...