Taiwan says it will be "adjusting" the services provided by its office in Hong Kong from Monday with all but one staff member having left the SAR, though "essential operation" will be maintained. In a statement released on Sunday, the island's Main...

Hong Kong recorded no new local Covid-19 cases on Sunday, with only one imported case from Russia. This marks the 13th day in a row since the city last reported any local infections. The imported case is a 36-year-old flight crew who arrived from...

A new MTR platform in Hung Hom for the Tuen Ma line has begun operation, with some users complaining it’s taking longer for them to switch between different lines but others saying direction signs are quite clear to follow. Passengers who want to...

Apple Daily said on Sunday that it’s asking the government to release part of its frozen assets so it could pay wages, adding it only has enough cash left to run the paper for several more weeks. Authorities last Thursday froze HK$18 million of a...

The head of the General Chamber of Commerce warned on Sunday that the economic downturn in Hong Kong may continue unless the city can reopen its borders soon, and this is only possible if enough people are vaccinated against Covid-19. Speaking on a...

The government said on Sunday that it will tighten regular testing requirement for care home staff who are not vaccinated against Covid-19. Writing in his blog, Labour and Welfare Secretary Law chi-kwong noted that care home workers who are not ino...

Conservation group WWF Hong Kong has called on restaurants and seafood vendors in the SAR to stop selling horseshoe crabs as their numbers are swiftly dwindling. According to WWF, the local horseshoe crab population is estimated to number 4,500 to 7...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association on Saturday elected a new chairman and a new executive committee. Former vice-chairman of the association, Ronson Chan, from Stand News is replacing veteran journalist Chris Yeung as the new head of the group. ...

The European Union (EU) has added Hong Kong to an updated list of places where travel restrictions should gradually be lifted, paving the way for the city’s residents to be able to visit EU countries. Under the EU recommendation, all travellers fr...

The privacy watchdog on Saturday alerted the public to protect their personal information when taking part in lucky draws organised for people who have received Covid-19 vaccinations. Many private companies have heeded calls from the government and...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported one imported coronavirus case. The patient is a 19-year-old woman who flew in from the UK recently. She was undergoing quarantine at Metropark Hotel in Ho Man Tin when she developed symptoms....

West Kowloon Court on Saturday denied bail for two Apple Daily executives charged under the National Security Law. It also adjourned a mention hearing for the pair until August 13. The chief executive of Next Digital, Apple Daily's parent company, C...

A government advisor on Covid-19 vaccination on Saturday again played down concerns over the safety of the Covid vaccines, saying the percentage of people experiencing severe side effects after vaccination is low. Professor Ivan Hung, the convenor ...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, on Saturday warned people against cashing out the HK$5,000 spending vouchers to be dished out by the government in August. The vouchers will come in instalments and must be spent locally. The scheme is aimed at b...

Three of the five Apple Daily executives, arrested by national security police on Thursday, were released on bail on Friday evening. Their release came hours after police charged the other two - editor-in-chief, Ryan Law, and chief executive, Cheung ...

A former history museum worker has been jailed for six months for posting a photo of police officers online during the siege of the Polytechnic University in November 2019. Kowloon City Court on Friday convicted Chan Chi-wah, 44, of obstructing pol...

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) on Friday appointed former government official Betty Fung as its CEO for the next three years. Fung, who has been the authority's acting CEO after it parted ways with former chief Duncan Pescod last y...

A social work scholar says people with intellectual disabilities are being left behind because they struggle to follow information put out by the Hong Kong government about Covid-19. Angela Cui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University, too...

The host of a popular RTHK radio programme, Tsang Chi-ho, said on Friday he’s been sacked by the government broadcaster with immediate effect. RTHK neither confirmed nor denied the claim, saying only that the station conducts regular reviews of i...

The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported three imported coronavirus cases. Two involved domestic helpers from Indonesia, with one of them found to have the L452R mutant strain of coronavirus. The third new patient, a seaman from Cyprus...