Health officials on Friday urged Hong Kong people to guard against complacency, warning that each holiday gathering brought the risk of a "super spreader" event even as the SAR's daily Covid-19 infections fell to their lowest since November. The SAR...

The Civil Human Rights Front has swapped its annual New Year's Day march for a mobile protest featuring a van and a loudhailer. The group set off from the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre and travelled around the SAR chanting protest slogans, including ...

As bars and party rooms remain closed to fend off the coronavirus, more people headed into nature to see in 2021, but an infectious disease expert warned that any festive gatherings would probably lead to more Covid-19 cases. One man said he spent N...

Traffic in the new tunnel linking Tuen Mun and Chek Lap Kok was disrupted on Friday afternoon after a truck flipped on its side, partially blocking access to a roundabout near Tuen Mun. One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The acc...

The vice chairwoman of the Bar Association, Anita Yip, has cast doubt on a decision by the top court to rescind bail for media tycoon Jimmy Lai, though executive councillor Ronny Tong said the bail threshold should be higher in national security case...

Hong Kong has welcomed in the New Year but with the pandemic putting a dampener on celebrations. There was no firework display at midnight and there'll be no New Year Parade. Nevertheless, the Hong Kong Tourism Board still made an effort. It ran a ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called for the immediate release of 10 Hong Kong activists who were sentenced to between seven months and three years in jail by a Chinese court. "The United States strongly condemns the Shenzhen court's...

Hong Kong's biggest free-to-air broadcaster, TVB, on Thursday lost a legal bid to justify its "indirect advertising" of a fast food chain's fried chicken during a programme in 2015. In an awards ceremony, actors were seen eating the chicken, with c...

The Centre for Health Protection announced on Thursday that Hong Kong has seen the first mutant Covid-19 strain being imported from South Africa. The case involves a 29-year-old man who came back to the SAR earlier this month. Authorities say he's ...

A group of localist district councillors announced on Thursday that they have abandoned plans to form a public platform for policy discussion, saying they have been unable to unite different factions of the pro-democracy camp. Home Affairs Secretary...

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Thursday reversed the decision to allow Jimmy Lai to live under house arrest ahead of trials for an alleged national security offence and fraud, cancelling the media tycoon's bail and remanding him in custody again....

An orthopaedist told an inquest into the death of Chow Tsz-lok on Thursday that the university student most probably fell from height by accident last year, rather than having been attacked by someone. The 22-year-old was found lying on the second f...

A green group on Thursday urged the government to step up efforts to prevent imports of plastic waste that can't be recycled, as new international rules restricting the trade take effect on Friday. Ray Yeung from The Green Earth said Hong Kong has ...

NPC Standing Committee member Tam Yiu-chung says he has no idea which of his fellow delegates attended the trial and sentencing hearing of the group of Hongkongers detained in Shenzhen, after the court said that representatives had been present. Te...

Temperatures on Hong Kong's highest peak plunged below freezing point in the early hours of Thursday as a severe cold snap gripped the SAR. While temperatures dropped to nine degrees in urban areas and as low as seven degrees in parts of the New Ter...

The families of some of the 10 Hongkongers jailed on the mainland for illegal border crossing have called on mainland authorities to allow them to visit their loved ones behind bars. The 10 were each given jail terms ranging from seven months to thr...

There are fears of a Covid-19 outbreak at Buddhist Hospital in Lok Fu after three people from the same ward came down with the virus. The Hospital Authority said the latest case involved an 83-year-old male patient who tested preliminary positive ...

Security Secretary John Lee on Wednesday praised the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) for its "invaluable contribution" to Hong Kong. The comment came as the government announced various appointments and re-appointments to the police wat...

Ten Hongkongers jailed in Shenzhen on Wednesday for their alleged illegal border crossing had nothing but praise for the mainland's judicial system – according to state media. The group, who had been held for more than four months since being ca...

A mainland criminal lawyer says the jail sentences two Hongkongers received on Wednesday for “organising an illegal border crossing" were not very heavy, adding that they could get parole after serving half their terms. Zhang Dongshuo was speaking...