The government said Hongkongers can expect to start receiving Covid-19 jabs next month, as it's seeking to finish preparations by the end of January. Civil service minister Patrick Nip, who's in charge of the vaccination programme, said on Saturday...

The family of the only woman among 10 young Hongkongers jailed on the mainland over an apparent bid to flee to Taiwan has complained that government-assigned lawyers were no help at all. Quinn Moon was jailed for two years this week for "organising ...

Former opposition lawmaker Ted Hui, who said last month that he was going into exile, has accused HSBC of cancelling his credit cards and his family's cards for political reasons. Writing on his social media page, Hui said the bank had told him tha...

Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien on Saturday urged the government to draw on the massive reserves of the Exchange Fund to help people and businesses hit by the pandemic. The legislator said many businesses are suffering and also called on the author...

The SAR government is in talks with other countries over recognizing an electronic record for Covid-19 vaccination due to be rolled out on an official app – so local residents may use it for travel purpose. That's according to the Secretary for I...

Infectious disease expert Professor David Hui said on Saturday that the SAR government is planning to train officers such as the immigration and customs staff to collect specimens for Covid-19 testing as the SAR battles the fourth wave of the pandemi...

The government says just under 30% of people ordered to take Covid-19 tests - because of outbreaks at 43 premises across Hong Kong - had done so by the end of Thursday, the first day of testing. It said so far 14,600 samples had been received. Anyon...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, says her biggest hope for the new year is for society to return to harmony, and she urged people to stop getting into quarrels. She made the remarks in a conversation with the Executive Council convenor, Bernard Chan...

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...