A concern group said on Thursday that the family of one of the Hongkongers released from a mainland prison this week have been unable to trace his whereabouts since he was brought back to the SAR and charged under the national security law. Andy Li...

A judge hearing a trial over the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack has questioned claims that a group of people had intended to attack an ancestral shrine on the night of July 21, saying he couldn't understand why the crowd didn't just bypass villagers confr...

A doctor taking part in the government’s coronavirus vaccination programme has admitted that he had given Sinovac shots to mainlanders without Hong Kong identity cards. The government says holders of so-called two-way permits are not eligible for...

Six of the eight Hong Kong youths released from a mainland prison and handed over to the SAR authorities this week have refused lawyers appointed for them by their families, according to a concern group. The Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group sa...

The Hong Kong government has told some foreign consulates to stop accepting a British travel document that many of its young people use to apply for working holiday visas in Europe, North America and parts of Asia, diplomats say. In a move seen by ...

A barista has been found guilty of arson and rioting in relation to an anti-government protest in Mong Kok in 2019, where objects were thrown and cardboard set on fire. Siu Lok-ting, 26, denied that she was one of the people captured in video footag...

Secondary school students taking public examinations from next month will receive their results in an SMS text message – one of a number of special arrangements education authorities are taking to mitigate the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pand...

The official spearheading Hong Kong's Covid-19 vaccination programme, Patrick Nip, conceded on Thursday that the government's abrupt suspension of the use of BioNTech jabs created some "chaos" at vaccination centres. Some of those with bookings on ...

A panel of experts said on Wednesday that the death of a man who had received a Sinovac jab was probably not linked to the vaccine, but caused by the cardiovascular disease he'd suffered from. The man, 60, was vaccinated on March 11 and died on Wedn...

A man charged with rioting over the Yuen Long mob attack in 2019 told the District Court on Wednesday that he never hit anyone on the night in question. Ng Wai-nam denied accusations from the prosecution that he had used a stick to strike a man wea...

Mahjong parlours have appealed to the government to let them reopen, saying they will comply with any conditions imposed. Parlours were ordered to shut once again from early December as the pandemic situation in Hong Kong deteriorated. Representat...

Zimbabwe backs Beijing's decision to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system and is fed up with foreign countries meddling in the SAR's affairs, mainland state media announced on Wednesday. Xinhua News Agency ran an article setting out where the Afric...

Health officials on Wednesday said a furniture delivery man was one of the latest confirmed Covid-19 cases, and about a dozen customers whose homes he visited had to be put under quarantine. Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection s...

Health officials said on Wednesday that BioNTech vaccinations will remain suspended while the drug manufacturer conducts an investigation into packaging defects among a batch of jabs used in Hong Kong – even though there is no suggestion that the ...

One of the 12 Hongkongers caught by mainland authorities during an alleged bid to flee by speedboat to Taiwan last summer has been charged with the national security law offence of "colluding with foreign forces". Andy Li, 30, was one of the eight m...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Wednesday that officials were holding an emergency meeting with BioNTech's partner company in the region, Fosun Pharma, after use of their coronavirus jab was suspended in Hong Kong and Macau. The Hong Kong gover...

People turned away from vaccination centres on Wednesday after the government suspended use of BioNTech jabs spoke of their frustration and disappointment, while complaining that officials wouldn't even tell them why their bookings were cancelled. T...

RTHK producer Bao Choy was put on trial on Wednesday for allegedly making false statements while trying to obtain vehicle registration information as part of research for a TV documentary aimed at finding the perpetrators of the 2019 Yuen Long gang a...

The Elderly Services Association on Wednesday urged the government to ease visiting restrictions at elderly care homes as soon as possible, saying discussions on how this could happen need to begin immediately. The association’s chairman, Kenneth ...

The government announced on Wednesday that it had temporarily stopped administering BioNTech coronavirus vaccines due to "packaging problems" in one of the batches of supplies. A statement said that although the drugmaker did not find any safety r...