Health authorities on Tuesday reported three new imported Covid-19 cases, including two arrivals from Colombia who were detected with the more infectious N501Y mutation. One of the arrivals from Colombia – a 19-year-old man – started displaying ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government will take appropriate action to monitor the behaviour of the current crop of district councillors, saying they have been a major headache for the government because of their “unpreceden...

The government on Tuesday proposed freezing the salaries of more than 170,000 civil servants for a second year. The Executive Council made the suggestion after taking into account a number of factors such as the pay trend survey, the economic situa...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday welcomed Beijing's plan to introduce a law countering foreign sanctions, saying China is only engaging in "tit for tat". At her media briefing before this week's Executive Council meeting, Lam was asked about re...

Universities in Hong Kong need to beware of "external forces with ulterior motives", Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, warning that students could be indoctrinated into taking part in illegal activities. Ahead of her weekly Executive Counc...

Hong Kong Airlines is set to announce another round of mass layoffs as the airline industry continues to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic. The cash-strapped carrier slashed around 650 jobs last year, while remaining staff had been asked to t...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said the only way to guard against any missed imported Covid-19 cases is to have the community vaccinated against the disease, but she doesn't think there is a "big loophole" in the current quarantine arrangement...

Epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling says people who test positive for Covid antibodies should be exempt from doing quarantine. The professor from the University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health says Covid patients are usually discharged from hospi...

The UK government on Monday announced a new consul general to Hong Kong and Macau. In a statement, the British Foreign Office says Brian Davidson will take office next month, replacing Andrew Heyn, who has now retired from the diplomatic service. ...

The High Court was told on Monday that Hong Kong needs to be more tolerant of satirical shows in order to protect the city’s freedom of speech. The argument was made at a judicial review hearing by the RTHK Programme Staff Union and the Journalis...

The MTR Corporation has played down concerns about the safety of new platforms at Hung Hom Station, ahead of the full opening of the Tuen Ma Line on June 27. The new platforms will first come into operation on June 20. They were at the centre of ...

A survey of more than 5,000 primary and secondary students in Hong Kong suggests many of them are unhappy with their lives. Chinese University carried out the survey between June and December last year. On average, students gave a score of 6.97 out...

The High Court on Monday allowed prosecutors to add an alternative charge against the first person charged under Hong Kong's national security law – dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, rather than terrorism. Tong Ying-kit is also accus...

A 30-year-old legal assistant appeared in court on Monday over an alleged collusion case involving media tycoon Jimmy Lai and activist Andy Li – one of 12 Hongkongers accused of trying to escape prosecution in the SAR by fleeing to Taiwan. Chan Ts...

A third member of a Tin Shui Wai family was on Monday confirmed to be infected with a mutated strain of coronavirus. The 20-year-old student was sent to a quarantine centre on June 4 and developed symptoms such as a cough, runny nose and diarrhoea ...

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) is set to hear arguments on whether people charged with unlawful assembly or rioting can be convicted even if they were not present at the scene. An appeal has been initiated by Tong Wai-hung, who was among several de...

The Education Bureau said on Monday that it is investigating the suspension of classes at a private school in Tsim Sha Tsui over financial problems. Mount Kelly School Hong Kong has reportedly told parents in an email that it needs time to sort out ...

The pro-democracy alliance which for decades organised June 4 vigils has always been subversive in nature and should disband or risk prosecution, a pro-Beijing stalwart warned on Monday. Lo Man-tuen, vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Retu...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung says the government should trace and test people who flew in from high risk places in the past month, to see if any of them were infected with a UK variant of Covid-19 and spread it to a family livi...

A group of pro-democracy district councillors on Sunday criticised government departments for lacking coordination when heavy smoke caused by a burning barge engulfed West Kowloon last week. The fire broke out on the vessel near Stonecutters Island...