Health authorities on Wednesday ordered people who've been to a Chinese restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui in the past week to get tested for Covid-19, after six customers there came down with the disease. One patient visited Mr Ming's Chinese Dining on F...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has revealed that the government has set aside HK$8 billion for "safeguarding national security in the coming years" – without giving any further details. A breakdown of the figures provided in Chan’s latest financ...

The pro-government Legislative Council largely cheered Financial Secretary Paul Chan’s latest budget on Wednesday, though questions were raised about the effectiveness of his HK$5,000-per-resident spending voucher giveaway, a controversial hike in ...

The government announced on Wednesday it will set aside HK$1 billion to subsidise owners of old buildings to improve their sewage pipes, but a plumbing expert said the authorities should also conduct regular checks to ensure the pipes are well mainta...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said while he expects the Hong Kong economy to return to positive growth in the coming financial year, the government faces at least five more years of budget deficits as it continues spending to try to revive the ...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said country parks and hiking trails will be upgraded as part of the government’s effort to build a “quality city for our citizens”. He said HK$500 million will be spent on installing new facilities in coun...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said he expects Hong Kong to report a deficit of HK$257.6 billion in the current financial year, with the fiscal reserves expected to stand at HK$902.7 billion by March 31 2021. While delivering his annual budget...

The government is to raise taxes on new vehicles and increase annual licence fees in an attempt to relieve traffic congestion in Hong Kong, as it eyes phasing out the sale of petrol- and diesel-run cars entirely by 2035 or earlier. Financial Secreta...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, has announced a number of measures aimed at attracting and nurturing talent IT talents in the city, including subsidies to train local students to be more IT savvy. He said despite challenges posed by the epidemic...

The government will earmark HK$934 million to boost tourism – one of the industries hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic. Announcing his budget proposals on Wednesday, financial chief Paul Chan said HK$169 million will be used to promote local cu...

The Financial Secretary Paul Chan handed out fewer sweeteners in his latest budget blueprint delivered on Wednesday, offering up HK$5,000 worth of electronic spending vouchers, tax breaks of up to HK$10,000, along with a variety of other measures to ...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, says the government will set aside HK$9.5 billion to help businesses ride out the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said profit tax for 2020/21 will be reduced by 100 percent, but subject to a ceiling of HK$10,...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said he expects the Hong Kong economy to return to positive growth and expand by 3.5 to 5.5 percent this year. Delivering his annual budget speech on Wednesday, Chan said the roll out of Covid-19 vaccination schem...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday said the government will introduce HK$120 billion in ‘counter-cyclical measures’ to try to stabilise Hong Kong’s Covid-ravaged economy. He is delivering his latest budget blueprint at the Legislative ...

Secretary for Civil Service Patrick Nip said on Wednesday that more Covid vaccination slots will be up for grabs in the coming few days, after the quotas for the first two weeks of the territory-wide inoculation programme got snapped up by around 70-...

The government on Wednesday morning lifted the ambush-style lockdown in San Po Kong, brought in on Tuesday evening after a Covid-19 case turned up in a building where there are a lot of subdivided flats. Over 500 people were tested and no new cases w...

Parts of San Po Kong were sealed off on Tuesday evening as the government imposed its first ambush-style coronavirus lockdown in the Year of the Ox. Effective from 8.30pm, residents of Cambridge Building on 6-24A Kam Wing Street, and Tong Seng Mansi...

Four serving district councillors will almost certainly lose their seats under the government's plans to extend an oath of allegiance system, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said on Tuesday. The government intends to re...

Health authorities revealed on Tuesday that a 55-year-old woman was in intensive care after she waited for several days to receive her positive test result for coronavirus. The woman, who works in a cake shop at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Mong Kok, d...

The government on Tuesday announced its intention to require district councillors to take a pledge of allegiance, with any who are disqualified for breaching the oath to be banned from running for office for five years. Planned amendments to the law...