Restaurants on Sunday said they anticipate less business on Father's Day, due to there being fewer customers and rising costs. Some residents celebrated the day at restaurants with their husbands or fathers. One of them was Lo, who was eating out w...

Hong Kong is no longer just a fundraising bazaar for mainland tech firms, it is now a "strategic adaptation ground" where hard-tech champions reshape governance and supply chains for global markets, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunda...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun on Sunday said the government plans to review the visiting mechanisms of the city's care teams and optimise the application of big data, including adding parameters such as chronic illnesses, to better ident...

The university town being planned for the Northern Metropolis can play a role in helping primary and secondary school students come to grips with artificial intelligence learning, Secretary for Education Christine Choi said on Saturday. She was spea...

A motorcyclist has died following a crash with a bus on New Clear Water Bay Road on Saturday. Police received reports at around 4pm about the incident near Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters. The motorcyclist was taken to United Christian Hosp...

The mainland's gasoline, diesel and jet fuel exports to Southeast and South Asia rose in May but were still less than a year earlier due to export restrictions imposed over the Iran war to safeguard domestic supply. Customs data released on Saturday...

Following Friday’s tragic fatality in Lai King, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun offered his deepest condolences and stated his commitment to integrating elderly chronic disease patients into the government's social welfare safety net. A...

Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of crimes including conspiracy to rob a man of six gold bars worth about HK$7 million at the airport. The arrests were made after police received a report in the early hours of Thursday from the victim, w...

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Janice Tse on Saturday said the government had received many submissions for Hong Kong's inaugural five-year plan. A two-month public consultation began on Monday. Speaking on RTHK, she said time wa...

Customs on Friday seized suspected ketamine with a street value of about HK$16 million at Hong Kong International Airport, making two separate arrests. The first case involved a 50-year-old Japanese man who had flown in from Amsterdam with about 16...

Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier Eileen Gu said on Friday she hopes to return to Hong Kong next year for the dragon boat races. Gu was speaking after a dragon boat eye-dotting ceremony in Stanley Main Beach, where 185 local and international te...

Hong Kong Island was afire with the thrill of competitive adrenaline and festive excitement on Friday as rowers competed in the annual dragon boat races to mark the Tuen Ng Festival. In Stanley, the extravaganza drew 185 local and international team...

Welfare Secretary Chris Sun on Friday outlined why the government is shifting away from a solely income-based poverty line in the fight against hardship. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, he detailed its new "multi-dimensional analysis framework"...

Chief Executive John Lee has expressed strong confidence in the city’s talent acquisition drive, revealing that more than 290,000 professionals have arrived in the SAR in recent years, easily surpassing the government's target. In an interview mar...

Chief Executive John Lee said Hong Kong needs to remain vigilant against ongoing national security threats, saying the greatest danger lies in complacency. In an interview marking his four years in office, he quoted the Chinese saying “Forgetting ...

Chief Executive John Lee has pledged to intensify efforts to tackle Hong Kong’s housing shortage and further lower the wait for public housing. He said encouraging progress has been made but that the battle is far from over. In an interview revie...

Chief Executive John Lee met Hong Kong members of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Thursday to gather views on the city's first five-year plan. A public consultation on the bl...

Towngas said it will raise basic tariff by 4.4 percent to HK$1.25 cents per megajoules (MJ) starting August 1. At the same time, the fixed monthly maintenance charge will go up by HK$1 to HK$11. Under the increment, the firm said about 65 percent o...

The Black Rainstorm Warning was issued at 6.35pm as it came into effect for the second time on Thursday. The Observatory said it means heavy rain has fallen or is expected to fall generally over Hong Kong, surpassing 70 millimetres in an hour, and i...

Hong Kong has risen to second place in global competitiveness in a worldwide ranking, gaining ground for a third consecutive year to its highest placing since 2019. Published by the International Institute for Management Development, the World Comp...