Hong Kong, China won silver in the women's sabre team event on Saturday at the Asian Para Games. The SAR quartet of Yu Chui-yee, Lam Ka-man, Tong Nga-ting and Chung Yuen-ping fell to the national team 16-30 in the gold-medal match. Thailand took br...

Hong Kong, China boccia athletes continued to shine on the final day of the Asian Para Games on Saturday as they seized the chance to take home more medals. In the mixed pairs BC4 event, Leung Yuk-wing and Cheung Yuen dominated the match to beat the...

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Saturday said a newly launched scheme that eases cross-border yacht visits would usher in a new wave of tourist consumption. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, she said the first batch of five ma...

Advanced technologies and additional manpower have been deployed at Huanggang Port to ensure smooth border crossings, Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat said on Saturday. Speaking after a Commercial Radio programme, he said customs clea...

Para fencer Tong Nga-ting has been named Hong Kong, China’s flagbearer at the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games on Saturday, the China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee announced. Writing on social media, the committee noted that Tong has been...

Top stories for Friday, Oct 23, 2026 - President Xi Jinping calls for all-out rescue after an earthquake in Xizang kills over a dozen people. - Top officials pay their final respects to late police officer Chu Chun-kwok. - Treasury chief Christoph...

Chief Executive John Lee said he was deeply saddened by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Xizang Autonomous Region. Writing on social media, he expressed his deepest condolences to those who lost their lives and sympathy to the bereaved famil...

The Tourism Commission and the Tourism Board will submit a revised proposal for a lighting project on the Peak to the Central and Western District Council next month for consultation. This was announced in a social media post by the Culture, Sports ...

SAR paddlers have captured a total of five silver and 10 bronze medals at the Asian Para Games. The Hong Kong, China squad added to its medals tally on Friday when Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting-ting took silver in the women's doubles WD22 event. In the ...

Police on Friday said they arrested two people in Wong Tai Sin, after videos of an 11-year-old girl seeking help went viral on social media. Officers detained the girl's 61-year-old grandmother and a 43-year-old foreign domestic helper on suspicion ...

The Health Bureau on Friday announced the launch of patient pairing arrangements under the Community Pharmacy Programme and the annual adjustment of consultation co-payment fees under the Primary Healthcare Co-care Network. The bureau said the first...

RTHK signed a memorandum of understanding with broadcaster Chengdu Radio and Television to carry out a series of events there next year, as well as step up people-to-people bonds and cultural connections between the two cities. Director of Broadcast...

Hong Kong, China on Friday continued to shine in table tennis at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya, bagging a silver and a bronze in the men's and women's doubles events. With no third-place play-off, Hong Kong were guaranteed of at least bronze enteri...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said on Friday the Apec Finance Ministers' Meeting that concluded in Hong Kong on Wednesday was the "perfect prelude" to the leaders' summit in Shenzhen next month. He told RTHK's Bac...

Chief Executive John Lee and officials paid their final respects to late senior police constable Chu Chun-kwok at a funeral with full honours on Friday. Chu was paralysed after being attacked on duty in 2005 and passed away last month at the age of ...

Security minister Chris Tang on Friday said the government will roll out a series of legislative reforms to improve fire safety, as the administration mulls sweeping changes in response to the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire. The independent committee lo...

The new Huanggang border crossing facility is operating smoothly but still has room for improvement, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said on Friday, as he revealed that daily passenger traffic hit 130,000 during the three-day Chung Yeung festival h...

Hong Kong's jobless rate increased slightly to 3.9 percent between July and September, but the government expressed optimism that economic expansion and rising visitor arrivals would support local employment. Figures released by the Census and Stati...

Top stories for Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 - The independent committee investigating the Wang Fuk Court fire submits its report to the chief executive. - Asian stock markets plunge on a tech sell-off. - Hong Kong is experiencing a prolonged summer flu...

Chief Executive John Lee and officials have paid tribute to late senior police constable Chu Chun-kwok at a vigil held on Thursday at the Universal Funeral Parlour in Hung Hom. Chu, who was paralysed after being attacked on duty in 2005, passed away...