Police on Friday sealed-off most parts of Causeway Bay's Victoria Park, saying they had seen online appeals for people to gather there despite a ban on this year's June 4 vigil. From 2pm, groups of officers sealed off the park's football pitches, ba...

Twenty-four people were injured on Friday after a school bus and a private car collided in Sha Tin. The bus was carrying around 40 students when the accident happened on Tai Chung Kiu Road at around 1pm. A dashcam video circulating online showed ...

Sources said on Friday that a 17-year-old girl has tested preliminary positive for a mutated strain of the coronavirus. She was reportedly infected with the more infectious N501Y mutated strain, and is being treated in Tuen Mun Hospital. Authoritie...

RTHK said on Friday that its acting assistant director of TV and corporate businesses, Jace Au, had resigned, making her the latest senior member of staff to quit in recent months. A spokesman for the government station said Au was leaving to pursue...

The MTR Corporation was questioned by lawmakers on Friday over why passengers using the new Tuen Ma Line after it fully opens on June 27 will pay more for some journeys than others travelling further. The legislators noted that people going from Hun...

A foreign judge sitting on Hong Kong's top court has been quoted by the UK's Times newspaper as saying that she plans to quit the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) as concerns grow over the national security Law. Lady Brenda Hale – a former president o...

Police said on Friday that they had arrested two people on suspicion of appealing to others to join a banned candlelight vigil at Victoria Park, to commemorate those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. Officers identified them as a vice-chairper...

The United States said on Thursday it stands "with the people of China" in their fight for human rights on the eve of the anniversary of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, amid heightened tensions between the two economic giants. Secretary of Sta...

One of the organisers of the annual candlelight vigil to remember those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Chow Hang-tung, was among two people arrested on Friday morning, sources told RTHK. She was reportedly taken away near her office. ...

Customs and police officers seized 14 gas masks and eight filter canisters in an investigation into imports of unlicensed goods bought on the internet. A 27-year-old man was arrested at a flat in Tai Po and a 14-year-old boy was picked up in Tai Wai...

The Home Affairs Department said on Thursday it had written to district councillors across the SAR, warning them against encouraging or helping people to take part in unauthorised assemblies. The department said it acted after receiving complaints a...

Exiled activist Nathan Law said on Thursday that a website featuring a charter that calls for international advocacy, democracy and autonomy had been temporarily taken down, after the Hong Kong police alleged that it contained messages violating the ...

Children as young as 12 will be allowed to get the BioNTech vaccine, authorities announced on Thursday, adding that they will give more details on the arrangements early next week. In a statement, the government said Health Secretary Sophia Chan ma...

Firefighters said on Thursday that large amounts of scrap metal on board a burning barge off Tsing Yi had made it much harder for them to control and put out the blaze. The fire broke out on the vessel near Stonecutters Island on Wednesday evening a...

Police are planning to deploy up to 7,000 officers – more than a fifth of the force’s strength – across Hong Kong on Friday, to handle potential gatherings in memory of victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, sources have told RTHK. Ear...

Only one in four Hongkongers who are yet to receive a Covid jab plan to get vaccinated within the next six months, researchers at Chinese University said on Thursday. Around 1,047,000 of the territory's 7.5 million people have had two doses of vacci...

Health officials on Thursday reported one imported Covid infection. The 37-year-old woman, who flew in from Indonesia on May 30, was undergoing quarantine at Silka Far East Hotel in Tsuen Wan when she tested positive for the virus. The Centre for...

Relatives of some of those killed in Beijing's crackdown in 1989 say they believe Hong Kong people will continue to find ways to mourn the victims, even if they can't hold the traditional June 4 vigil. For the second year in a row, the gathering at ...

Property developers who are offering a flat as a prize in a lucky draw designed to boost Hong Kong's Covid-19 inoculation rate say people can sign up from June 15. Permanent adult residents who have received two doses of vaccine by September 1 can r...

The equality watchdog on Thursday said companies should not remove or deny benefits for employees who refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccination – warning that the firms could be found to have broken the law. The note of caution from the Equal Opportuni...