A survey measuring pupils' stress levels ahead of next week's start of university entrance examinations suggests the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on their mental well-being. Announcing the results on Sunday, the Hok Yau Club said the 1,700 ...

The Centre for Health Protection on Sunday reported 30 new coronavirus cases, with all but one imported from overseas. Health officials said the local case is a woman who lives in Jordan's Parkes Building, where a returnee from Dubai who carried a ...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Sunday the government is considering whether it needs to further tighten hotel quarantine measures and flight restrictions, after a man who returned from Dubai and completed 21 days of quarantine tested positive f...

The chief executive of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Albert Wong, warned on Sunday that tech companies will start looking outside the city for opportunities if the SAR fails to attract enough talent to join the sector. Speaking on RTHK'...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Chris Yeung, on Saturday said he’s extremely concerned that freedom of the press here could be further restrained, after Police Commissioner Chris Tang warned that the national security law cou...

The government has rejected criticism of recent court sentences, saying it disagrees with the "ungrounded comments" made by politicians. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Department of Justice said there had been “bare assertions” that the...

Local health authorities are scrambling to find out how a 29-year-old man who returned to Hong Kong from Dubai last month got infected with a highly infectious coronavirus variant. It’s the first N501Y strain reported in the Hong Kong community. ...

Police said they arrested four men in connection with a robbery on a car in Yau Ma Tei. Officers said the robbers crashed their car into the victim's vehicle on Hoi Po Road and smashed the windows with hammers before stealing HK$16 million in cash. ...

The president of the Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades, Simon Wong, has dismissed concerns that some employees in the catering sector would face the sack if they don't get vaccinated against Covid-19. The government earlier announced tha...

Liberal Party leader Felix Chung says the party will probably stop running for directly elected seats in future Legco polls. The decision follows Beijing's decision to reform the SAR's electoral system. Earlier this week, the Chief Executive, Carr...

Health officials have ordered the quarantine of more than 80 residents of a building in Jordan on Saturday after the discovery of a highly infectious coronavirus variant. The N501Y mutant strain was uncovered in the Parkes Building. While an over...

The sentencing of nine veteran pro-democracy activists on Friday drew international criticism. In a statement, Hong Kong’s last colonial governor, Chris Patten, noted the Chinese Communist Party (CPC)'s “comprehensive assault on the freedoms of...

A youth group says its recent survey of 750 children has found that half are unsatisfied with Hong Kong's governance, with almost a tenth of them saying they'd like to leave the territory. The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association polled children aged ...

Police say a fire at a Sau Mau Ping public flat early on Friday which left four people dead appears to have been caused by an overheated battery. A 60-year-old man managed to escape the blaze in the fifth floor unit, but was left in intensive care, ...

Five of the most well known pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were jailed for up to 18 months on Friday and four were given suspended sentences, for their involvement in one of the largest 2019 protests over the government's widely despised extrad...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung has brushed aside legislators’ calls to make it compulsory for schools to report suspected child abuse cases, saying it’s not fair to rely solely on teachers because “children after all only spend a few hours in ...

Prosecutors have pressed two additional charges against pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including another one under the national security law. As well as the earlier charge of colluding with foreign powers, Lai is now also accused of conspiri...

Police Commissioner Chris Tang on Friday accused the media of "smearing" and trying to intimidate people who are “close and supportive” of his officers, saying this is “extremely unethical”. At a Legco meeting, Tang accused a newspaper he di...

Health authorities on Friday reported 17 new coronavirus infections, of which six were locally acquired. Among the local cases, five are relatives of a couple who were confirmed to have the virus on Thursday. Officials said the family had gathere...

A local restaurant chain has admitted that it's told workers to get vaccinated soon if they want to keep on working. An internal memo of the U-Banquet group, which says that workers must be vaccinated by April 26 or they won't be able to work from A...