Legislators on Friday took up a suggestion by Chief Executive Carrie Lam and set up a Legco sub-committee to help fast track looming legal changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, even though Beijing has yet to reveal exactly what it has in store for...

Police said on Friday they have arrested 21 people over a parking racket in Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei, where they allegedly forced people to pay them to use public parking meters. Those arrested are aged between 19 and 57, and are suspected to h...

The government will start accepting applications under its billion-dollar Smart Traffic Fund from the end of this month, with officials saying they are expecting to fund projects that aim to improve road safety and efficiency, as well as enhance conv...

Hong Kong's sole delegate to the nation's top legislative body Tam Yiu-chung said on Friday that he expects a new committee to be set up to vet candidates for public office will comprise of around 20 people familiar with the Basic Law who are not pla...

The High Court on Friday refused to grant bail to district councillor Andy Chui, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under the national security law in relation to primary polls for Legco elections that never took place. Chui asked the court...

The president of the UK’s Supreme Court said he would not be prepared to serve or nominate any of his judges to sit on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal if judicial independence or the rule of law is undermined in the SAR. Lord Reed made the co...

The honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Danny Lau, said on Friday the business sector is unsure which Covid-19 vaccine to take as different countries currently recognise different jabs. European officials h...

Infectious diseases experts warned on Thursday that, of the three coronavirus vaccines Hong Kong has procured so far, only one – BioNTech – has proven to be effective against variants of the virus that have been emerging around the globe, and the...

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Thursday said that challenging the authorities is one of the main purposes of art, as he rejected a pro-Beijing lawmaker's claim that his work subverts the state. Eunice Yung, from the New People's Party, had singled ou...

A construction worker was on Thursday given a 13-month jail sentence for inciting others to besiege a police detention centre in 2019, after the Department of Justice won a sentencing review. Poon Yung-wai, dubbed "Kim Jong-un" on social media, wa...

The government has been urged to reach out to countries such as Japan and South Korea to introduce so-called vaccine passports to make travel easier and allow people to be exempt from quarantine amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. An infectious d...

Police say they are looking for about six people who allegedly attacked a 28-year-old man outside Langham Place in Mong Kok on Wednesday night before abducting him and pushing him out of a car in Tuen Mun. Officers said the suspects then fled in thr...

The number of new coronavirus infections in Hong Kong continued to drop on Thursday, with 10 cases reported, six of which were locally acquired. The Centre for Health Protection was unable to trace the source for three of the infections – a 15-ye...

Customs officers said on Thursday that smuggling cases are on the rise amid the Covid-19 pandemic as they seized HK$20 million worth of goods at Lau Fau Shan in what's believed to be the latest attempt to smuggle goods across the border by speedboat....

Hong Kong health authorities have defended the practice of physically restraining some babies and children to beds in coronavirus isolation wards after criticism built over the treatment of families under the city's strict anti-virus measures. There...

State-run tabloid Global Times says an Oscar-nominated documentary about the 2019 Hong Kong protests should not win an award because it "lacks artistry and is full of biased political stances". An article in the paper cites comments from "Chinese fi...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Taxi and Public Light Bus Association says he expects the government to approve fare increases for the trade, now it has given the green light for franchised buses to put up their prices. Chow Kwok-keung told an RTHK pr...

An infectious diseases expert said on Thursday that people shouldn't let their guard down after they receive their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, as it wouldn't have generated enough protection. Joseph Tsang of the Medical Association was speaking...

Health officials found no suspected Covid-19 cases after locking down several buildings in Sai Ying Pun and Causeway Bay on Wednesday evening. A total of 2,430 people were tested at two blocks in Phase Three of Kwan Yick Building on Des Voeux Road W...

The government has hit out at organisations using medical professionals to undermine public confidence in the Sinovac vaccine. In a statement issued early on Thursday, a government spokesman said all Covid-19 vaccines used in Hong Kong were authoris...