The Hospital Authority said on Thursday that 5,000 members of staff who care for vulnerable patients are getting Covid tests on a voluntary basis every two weeks, although those looking after people who are known to have the virus are not included. ...

A 24-year-old construction worker was on Thursday jailed for three years and two months, after he admitted to possessing explosives in his Tin Shui Wai flat. The District Court heard that Lo Chun-hei was arrested on August 1, 2019 after the police ...

Canada, Britain and the United States have expressed alarm after Ottawa revealed that authorities in Hong Kong forced a dual citizen to choose one nationality, enforcing what they said was a little-used regulation for the first time in decades. Cana...

The Consumer Council said it received more than 30,000 complaints last year – 26 percent more than the previous year and the highest since 2015 – due to a surge in travel- and health-related cases amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The watchdog said mo...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, says the government will introduce a series of new laws to tackle privacy infringements, hate speech and fake news. At a Legco question-and-answer session on Thursday, Lam said such problems have proliferated on the...

The government on Thursday proposed new arrangements to allow Hong Kong permanent residents who are working as doctors overseas to come back and practise in the SAR. The Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the government will table a proposal ...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, says improvements must be made at RTHK after an "unacceptable" amount of complaints against the public broadcaster were substantiated in the past year or two. During a Legco question-and-answer session on Thursday, D...

A secondary school principal on Thursday questioned the government's proposal to resume in-person classes after the Chinese New Year break once all teachers and staff return negative Covid-19 test results. Tai Tak-ching, the headmaster of Sheng Kung...

Government staff working at the administration's headquarters in Admiralty have told RTHK that they don't understand why there's a need to scan the "LeaveHomeSafe" app, but they will comply with the new rule over worries of "consequences" if they don...

Over 2,500 people were tested for Covid-19 in the government's latest overnight lockdowns, resulting in one preliminary positive case from the Tuen Mun area. The person found in the anti-epidemic operation at Tower 1 of Goodview Garden has been sent...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday said the government is handling the city's coronavirus vaccination programme carefully, to avoid the issue being politicised. She was responding to a question in the Legislative Council over the expected use of...

The Professional Teachers' Union (PTU) on Thursday said the sector is angry about proposed changes to the liberal studies subject that will put a heavy emphasis on national education. Liberal studies has been blamed by pro-Beijing figures for fuell...

The government is wrapping up overnight lockdowns and compulsory testing at three locations across Hong Kong early on Thursday, with no new coronavirus cases found. However, results are still being verified in Tuen Mun. Around 240 residents were ...

The government on Wednesday outlined plans for coronavirus testing for teachers and other school staff ahead of the resumption of classes after the Lunar New Year holiday, but the city's largest teachers' union has highlighted the need for pupils to ...

Chinese University said the school will not condone unlawful activities, actions that breach university regulations, or tolerate any act that disrupts campus operations. In an open letter, the university management, including council chairman Norman...

The government has announced ambush-style lockdowns in multiple districts for the third straight evening, after previous operations ended with no new Covid-19 cases found. Residents of a public housing block in Chai Wan and a residential building in...

The number of new Covid-19 infections declined for the third day running on Wednesday to a two-and-a-half-month low, though health officials cautioned that the local outbreak has yet to come under control. All 19 new Covid cases reported were locall...

Struggling restaurant and bar owners on Wednesday urged the government to ease social-distancing measures on the coronavirus-ravaged catering industry and allow them to expand their services over the Lunar New Year holidays. At the moment, bars have...

Police have arrested three men for allegedly taking part in an illegal assembly during a protest against the government's "Lantau Tomorrow" project on October 14, 2018. The suspects are aged between 18 and 28, and one of them is also alleged to hav...

Pro-establishment lawmakers on Wednesday urged the administration to do more to push back against US sanctions imposed on Chief Executive Carrie Lam and a number of local officials, with one suggesting that the Monetary Authority should order banks t...