A Hong Kong man who received three doses of coronavirus vaccine has a very high antibody level against Covid-19, medical experts said on Friday. However, they added that they can't determine whether or not this positive discovery is down to him rece...

Hong Kong on Friday reported zero confirmed Covid-19 cases for a second day in a row. It’s the first time since last June that the city has booked consecutive days without any local or imported infections of the coronavirus. But a microbiology pr...

The Chief Executive on Friday appointed barrister Priscilla Wong as the new chairperson of the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) for a term of two years from June 1. Wong is also the wife of executive councilor and the convenor of the pr...

Hong Kong's newest MTR line will be fully operational from June 27, the government announced on Friday. While part of the Tuen Ma Line opened last year, the latest extension will see the opening of two new stations, To Kwa Wan and Sung Wong Toi. Th...

Some of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy campaigners were given new prison terms on Friday, this time over an unauthorised protest on October 1, 2019. Former legislators Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Leung Kwok-hung and Civil Human Rights Front c...

A student was jailed for four years and three months on Friday for rioting during Hong Kong's social unrest two years ago. Lee Ho-ming, 21, was found guilty earlier this month by the District Court after taking part in a “liberate Tuen Mun Parkâ€...

A former Medical Association president says he doubts any Hongkongers who trained overseas as doctors would want to come back and work in the SAR under a new government policy, saying the social status of doctors has diminished in light of the recent...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Beijing of continuing to undermine democratic institutions in Hong Kong and called on central government and SAR authorities to release and drop charges against everyone charged under the national secu...

The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance said on Thursday night that it has been warned by film censors over its screening of two movies related to the June 4, 1989, crackdown in Beijing. In a social media post, the union said staff from the Offic...

The Centre for Health Protection on Thursday reported no new Covid cases, either local or imported, for the first time since October last year, as Hong Kong continued to keep its coronavirus situation under control. But an infectious disease specia...

Britain has received far more applications for visas from Hong Kong than from the European Union after a new system opened up for residents in the former British colony and post-Brexit rules kicked in, a report said on Thursday. There were 34,000 a...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday thanked lawmakers for their "tireless" efforts in passing the electoral reform bill at lightning speed, her colleagues for putting it all together and the public for their "support", while also acknowledging tha...

The Legislative Council on Thursday completed a series of law changes to enable Beijing's sweeping overhaul of the way Hong Kong chooses its lawmakers and the chief executive. The changes, which were approved by Beijing in March, were passed by a ma...

For the second year in a row, Hong Kong authorities have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil at Victoria Park. Tens of thousands of people normally gather at the park to commemorate those massacred by the People's Liberation Army in 1989. Last year...

Researchers at Baptist University on Thursday called on the government to promote e-sports, saying the fact that it will be an official competition event in the 2022 Asian Games shows it is not just about playing video games. Professor Chung Pak-kwo...

Hong Kong's security chief sent letters to media tycoon Jimmy Lai and branches of HSBC and Citibank this month threatening up to seven years' jail for any dealings with the billionaire's accounts in the city, according to documents seen by Reuters. ...

Hong Kong's political system is beyond redemption and any pro-democracy politicians taking part in it would be used solely as "window dressing", an academic said on Thursday. Kevin Carrico, a senior research fellow in Chinese Studies at Monash Unive...

A specialist in respiratory medicine warned on Thursday that the "cruises to nowhere" announced by the government this week will "obviously" bring with them a risk of imported coronavirus cases, and infected passengers could go on to spread the virus...

The MTR Corporation has said testing is complete on the next phase of its Tuen Ma Line, with reports late on Wednesday suggesting it could open as soon as the end of June. The long-delayed project will see phase one of the line, covering the former ...

Moongazers in Hong Kong were out in force on Wednesday evening for the rare cosmic event known as the "super blood moon". While some said they enjoyed the occasion, others were left disappointed, saying the moon was mostly hiding behind the clouds. ...