A High Court judge has rejected a bail application by former lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung who is charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law. Leung and 35 other activists and politicians who were involved in primary p...

Another RTHK television programme has been pulled from the schedule at the last minute, with no word from the station's management as to why the decision was taken. The latest show to be dropped is an episode of the documentary series Hong Kong Conn...

The head of the West Kowloon Cultural District, Henry Tang, said on Monday that it will be up to the police to decide if art displayed at the M+ museum violates Hong Kong's national security law. Even before the museum opens, pro-Beijing figures an...

The Buildings Department came under fire on Monday for its “serious delay” in tackling the misconnection of sewage pipes at private buildings, with some cases remaining unresolved for over a decade. According to the Ombudsman, the misconnection ...

Health experts on Monday renewed their warnings against any further relaxation of social distancing measures, after two days in a row with zero new local Covid-19 cases. Hong Kong reported zero local transmission on Saturday and Sunday, leading to h...

A mainland law firm - linked to a lawyer, who was hired to help 12 Hong Kong residents detained by the Guangdong coastguard last summer - has been asked by authorities to disband. Ren Quanniu, who already had his licence revoked due to the case, was...

A government adviser on the pandemic said on Sunday that antibodies generated by Covid vaccines should last for at least a year, adding that he hoped the BioNTech vaccination programme could resume in a week. Speaking during a television interview, ...

A 62 year-old man, with high blood pressure and other chronic conditions, has become the latest person to die in Hong Kong after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. The man, who had obesity, hyperlipidemia and other diseases, received a Sinovac jab on Ma...

A pro-Beijing group on Sunday staged a protest outside a Tsim Sha Tsui branch of H&M, one of the companies facing backlash in China for the stand they have taken against the alleged use of forced labour to produce cotton in Xinjiang. The group call...

A group of sexual health specialists has found that couples in Hong Kong are feeling more intimate and seeing their relationships improve during the pandemic, despite their sex lives being adversely-affected. The Association of Sexuality Educators,...

Hong Kong reported no local Covid-19 infections for the second day in a row on Sunday. Health authorities said the only new case was a 24-year-old woman, who arrived from Indonesia. But the likelihood of having zero cases for three straight days ...

The Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that he believed the global economy would be on the path to recovery this year, as vaccination programmes got underway. Writing on his blog, he also said the easy monetary environment would contribut...

A 27-year-old man has died after being hit by a car as it was allegedly reversing in a Sheung Shui car park last night. The man received serious head injuries and was sent to Prince of Wales Hospital, where he was declared dead. Police have arrest...

The chairman of Southern District Council, Lo Kin-hei, says the government gave no political leeway to district councils following the pro-democracy camp's landslide victory in the 2019 elections. Speaking on RTHK 's Letter to Hong Kong, Lo said fo...

Initial investigations by German drugmaker BioNTech says packaging defects found in some of its coronavirus vaccines could have been caused while they were being shipped to Hong Kong, and no systemic factors were identified. According to a governme...

Police said on Saturday that a man had allegedly tried to run away from a quarantine camp at Penny’s Bay but was eventually subdued by officers. A spokesman from the force said officers were called in for help at around 10am on Saturday, after th...

Swimming coaches are calling on the government to partially reopen swimming pools and beaches, saying they can comply with conditions such as only letting in those who have tested negative for Covid-19. Hong Kong Recreation and Sports Professionals ...

For the first time in more than four months, Hong Kong has reported no new local coronavirus cases. Health Authorities said on Saturday that all six cases recorded are imported, involving people who flew in from India, Pakistan, the Philippines and...

Health experts on Saturday advised people not to mix Covid jabs from different manufacturers, after the government suspended the BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday due to packaging problems. Over 150,000 people, who have already had their first BioNTech ...

A government advisor on the pandemic, Yuen Kwok-yung, said on Saturday that Hong Kong was finally in sight of achieving zero infections but that it was crucial people did not let their guard down. Local Covid infections have remained in single digit...