Hong Kong may be in its worst recession in years but its luxury property market is still thriving after a five-bedroom apartment broke records with its US$59 million price tag. While there have been more expensive properties sold in Hong Kong, the 3...

Health authorities on Wednesday said a jobless man who came down with Covid has forced nearly 50 relatives into quarantine because they had gathered during the Chinese New Year holiday. The Centre for Health Protection said the 34-year-old patient m...

A 29-year-old legal assistant has been charged under the national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces by requesting a foreign country to impose sanctions on Hong Kong. Chan Tse-wah was escorted to West Kowloon Magistracy for a m...

The government on Wednesday launched a public consultation on proposed legal amendments that will tighten the control of firearm components, citing a loophole in the definition of “arms” in existing laws. It proposed to define a list of compone...

A District Court judge has rejected an expert report on policing submitted by the defence on day one of the trial of seven prominent pro-democracy figures on illegal assembly-related charges. A lawyer representing two of the defendants, veteran demo...

RTHK has learnt that people who do not have priority for Covid-19 vaccines may be able to get a jab early if they are accompanying an elderly person to get vaccinated, as the first batch prepares to arrive in Hong Kong this week. Sources said the go...

The Consumer Council on Wednesday said the performance of some UV disinfecting devices is disappointing and that the gadgets have a lot of limitations, stressing that alcohol and bleach are much cheaper and clean a lot better.   The watchdog teste...

The head of a pharmacists' group said more people in Hong Kong need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to receive herd immunity, given the low efficacy rate of the Sinovac vaccine. One day after recommending the jabs for emergency use in Hong Kong, t...

The Consumer Council on Wednesday urged people not to overindulge in food cooked by air fryers, saying the high temperatures used to cook certain foods can produce cancer-causing substances. The consumer watchdog said the appliances, which have been...

A University of Hong Kong public health expert on Wednesday called on the authorities to keep social distancing measures in place until the SAR stops recording new cases of Covid-19 every day. Epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling made the comments a day ...

Experts advising the government on its Covid-19 vaccination programme on Tuesday recommended the emergency use of the Sinovac vaccine in Hong Kong, after receiving data from the mainland drug maker suggesting that its product’s efficacy rate exceed...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan says the government will go ahead with a plan to relax social distancing measures on February 18, but it's unlikely that the rules will be loosened further anytime soon. Chan said that since the number of new coronavirus...

A 48-year-old woman was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 months in prison in connection with a fatal traffic accident last year. Chan Kit-fong also had her driving licence suspended for five years. The District Court heard that Chan, who works in the Agr...

Hotel workers on Tuesday called on the government to give them priority for coronavirus vaccines. The Hotels, Food and Beverage Employees Association said although staycations helped push occupancy rates up to 80 percent over the Lunar New Year per...

Taiwanese authorities have been urged to issue a visa to murder suspect Chan Tong-kai "on humanitarian grounds" so he could turn himself in for killing his girlfriend there in 2018. The call was made on Tuesday by Reverend Peter Koon, who has been ...

The number of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong stayed in the single digits for a second day, with eight infections reported on Tuesday, six of which are locally acquired. Officials are unable to trace the source of three cases: a firefighter, a ho...

Representatives from the bar industry on Tuesday urged the government to let them reopen, as they questioned why they have to remain closed while restaurants could extend their opening hours from Thursday. The government earlier announced the easing...

Former lawmakers Au Nok-hin and Leung Yiu-chung on Tuesday pleaded guilty to protest-related charges over an anti-government demonstration on August 18, 2019. They were among nine pro-democracy figures charged with organising and joining an unauthor...

The government has been urged to set up more mobile testing centres in busy districts so that workers can get tested for Covid-19 as various businesses prepare to reopen. Officials have said that restaurants can extend dine-in service hours in the ...

An infectious disease expert is warning of a possible rebound in Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong as people rush to get tested ahead of Thursday's relaxation of some social distancing measures. Workers from different industries have been snapping up boo...