Executive Council convenor Regina Ip expressed concern over the impact of the Middle East war stalemate on inflation on Saturday, saying food prices will very likely go up in the long term. While the supply of oil to Hong Kong has been largely un...

Lawmaker Vincent Cheng says tourists should be encouraged to extend their stay through improved package promotion. Over the Labour Day Golden Week break, 1.2 million tourists came to Hong Kong, eight percent more than last year. About a million were...

Hong Kong’s second biggest public housing provider said on Saturday that reserving 400 units for those displaced by the devastating Wang Fuk Court fire in November would have minimal impact on other applicants looking for a subsidised flat. The ...

The Hospital Authority's Chief Pharmacist, William Chui, says more patients can be brought into the public health system's safety net thanks to the government's hospital fee reform at the start of the year. In April, the leukaemia drug Dasatinib was...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Friday five local education institutions have been affected by a hacking attack on the learning platform Canvas. They're among some 9,000 institutions worldwide impacted by the breach....

Thirteen people have been arrested over an alleged triad-controlled phone scam syndicate that is suspected to have defrauded victims in at least 20 cases of more than HK$1 million. Wu Siu-siu, chief inspector in the organised crime and triad bureau,...

Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific announced on Friday it is reducing fuel surcharges for long-haul flights by about HK$200 to HK$1,362 from HK$1,560 currently, starting from next Saturday. It will also be cutting the fuel surcharge for sho...

The former head of the Housing Bureau’s independent checking unit said on Friday that there had been "systemic loopholes" in the way it monitored and inspected renovation works at Wang Fuk Court. Lau Fu-kwok, who retired in February, told a hearin...

The government on Friday announced that residents of the fire-ravaged blocks at Wang Fuk Court could head home for the second time in batches between May 21 and 29 to retrieve their personal belongings. Wang Yan, Wang Sun and Wang Tai blocks will op...

The head of the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), Teresa Cheng, on Friday said the body had settled a maritime charter dispute involving parties from China and Singapore this month. The remarks came as she delivered a speech at an IO...

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau defended the city’s major public healthcare fee reform on Friday over concerns that it is placing a huge financial burden on chronic patients and the middle class. He was speaking while updating lawmakers on the c...

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday said Hong Kong is striving to become an international mediation centre at a time when rising volatility in global affairs is making it "imperative" for more peaceful resolutions to be reached. The remarks came as h...

The UAE's top lender and two other Middle Eastern banks are launching or expanding operations in Hong Kong, as they target better China connectivity and foreign business growth amid uncertainty in the domestic economic outlook. First Abu Dhabi Bank,...

The Hospital Authority on Thursday announced it has regularised a Princess Margaret Hospital scheme that remotely monitors patients suffering from inflammatory stomach flu. Patients taking part in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Smart Care Telehealth...

Police said a man was injured when he allegedly tried to evade arrest over a burglary case. Officers on Thursday went to a unit on Mok Cheong Street in To Kwa Wan to investigate the case in which three suitcases and 10 boxes of models were taken fro...

The chairman of the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry on Thursday criticised a government surveyor, saying his explanations were unconvincing and appeared to shift blame. Justice David Lok made the remarks after senior maintenance surveyor Yung Siu-lun f...

The District Court on Thursday sent two women to 36 months and 58 months in jail each for money laundering. They were found guilty of bringing in a total of HK$280 million in crime proceeds from the mainland on multiple occasions between 2018 and 20...

Lawmakers say there is a responsibility to educate young people on the dangers of deep fake technology while ensuring responsible use of electronic devices. This came as the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) hel...

A senior Housing Bureau surveyor has told the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry that he thought unauthorised openings in staircases at the estate were nothing more than broken windows. The inquiry earlier heard that unauthorised openings in staircases tur...

Police have classified as murder-suicide the death of a 77-year-old man and his estranged 71-year-old wife whose bodies were found at a public housing estate in Sau Mau Ping. Speaking in a press briefing, assistant district commander of Sau Mau Ping...