Executive Council convenor Regina Ip has urged new-term lawmakers to co-operate with the government while acting as a watchdog. Ip, who is also the New People's Party chairwoman, on Saturday said a legislature that did not keep the administration i...

Hong Kong might be able to return to an operating account surplus earlier than expected, due to stamp duty gains from stock trading, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Saturday, while pointing to significant infrastructure expenses, such as for th...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn on Saturday said that more than 10,000 new pieces of mesh netting were currently undergoing laboratory testing and would be distributed to building contractors next week for use if they pass muster. The gov...

The government on Saturday said it had no plans to use the site of November's Tai Po fire at Wang Fuk Court for residential use. Speaking on a radio programme, Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong - who heads the task force on emergency accommoda...

More than 49,000 patients had their medical fee waiver applications approved as of Wednesday, 3.5 times higher than the tally for the previous year, health authorities said on Friday. This follows the introduction of new public healthcare service f...

Six men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to defraud the government out of HK$8.24 million in potential subsidies through the use of shell companies. The eight are alleged to have attempted to fraudulently claim millions be...

Shares of MiniMax Group surged around 109 percent on the first trading day for the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up in Hong Kong. The company's shares opened trading at HK$235.40 and saw a 42.7 percent surge in demand. The stock finally clo...

The government is distributing questionnaires to Wang Fuk Court flat owners to gauge their long-term rehousing preferences, with three sites identified as potentials for relocating them within Tai Po. According to the questionnaire, the earliest pos...

The Law Reform Commission has suggested including defence clauses for cybersecurity professionals and parents when it comes to unauthorised access to programs and data under a proposed legislation. In a report on Friday, the government-appointed bod...

Bus operator Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) said it would intensify public education and reminders ahead of the new seatbelt regulation that is coming into effect, but emphasised the legal responsibility to fasten seatbelts ultimately rested with the passen...

With the summer flu season now at an end, health authorities are advising people to get vaccinated for the winter even if they caught the flu during the summer season. Speaking on an RTHK programme, Centre for Health Protection controller Edwin Tsu...

Fewer people have sought help at accident and emergency (A&E) departments since new public healthcare service fees took effect, the Hospital Authority said on Thursday. The authority revealed that A&E units of public hospitals saw an average of 4,59...

The Centre for Health Protection announced on Thursday the summer influenza season had ended and warned that its winter equivalent is approaching with the weather taking a decidedly colder turn in recent days. The Department of Health said influenza...

Five barristers have been appointed as counsels for the independent committee looking into the cause of the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire. According to a statement released on the committee's website on Tuesday, they include the former chairman of the...

An Office of the Ombudsman probe revealed that more than 40 percent of landslides that occurred over the past decade involved government-built slopes, with some of them seeing repeated incidents within three years after the first slip. The finding ...

Some residents in the New Territories awoke to a frost-covered landscape on Thursday morning, following an official warning issued the previous afternoon. The Observatory had alerted the public at around 4.30pm on Wednesday that ground frost was lik...

New Legco president Starry Lee said she was sincerely thankful for those who voted for her, while thanking her opponent Ronick Chan for taking part in a rational debate. The DAB lawmaker was on Thursday elected as the head of the legislature, defeat...

Hong Kong's economy is expected to move forward at a steady pace this year, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said. Speaking in an interview with the Hong Kong Economic Times, Chan also said IPO fundraising in the SAR this year would "very likely" surpa...

Authorities said on Thursday they are intensifying public education before new transport regulations, which include tighter seatbelt rules, are set to take effect on January 25. The Transport Department – in close collaboration with the police, t...

The DAB's Starry Lee was on Thursday elected as the Legislative Council's president after she beat the finance sector's Ronick Chan 47 votes to 42. Legco members cast their secret ballots after they asked both candidates questions during a two-hour ...