Police said on Wednesday that they had arrested 29 people, including 24 foreign domestic workers, in connection with a suspected HK$27 million money laundering scheme. The force said a syndicate used 35 bank accounts belonging to helpers to launder...

The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to one of the 47 pro-democracy figures facing subversion charges over their involvement in Legco primary polls last year. Winnie Yu, the former head of the HA Employees Alliance – a Hospital Authority worke...

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) experts said on Wednesday that, after a decade of study, they had developed a non-invasive test that can accurately detect colon cancer at its earliest stages. Colon cancer is Hong Kong’s most common cancer, ...

Cheers erupted across Hong Kong once again on Wednesday as the SAR scooped its second medal at the Tokyo Games. Some Hongkongers celebrated in shopping malls where they watched Siobhan Haughey take silver in the women's 200 metre freestyle final, wh...

An expert in infectious diseases on Wednesday urged the government to send outreach teams to housing estates to vaccinate elderly people against Covid-19. Dr Ho Pak-leung of the University of Hong Kong welcomed the government’s plan to offer walk-...

The Department of Justice says police will "leave no stone unturned" to catch a person who has been intimidating judges. In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the department did not give any more detail about the alleged threats. But the stateme...

Lee Man-tat, the head of the oyster sauce company Lee Kum Kee, has died. He was reportedly 91 years old. Lee was the third generation head of the condiment business, founded in Guangdong by his grandfather Lee Kum-sheung in 1888. Born in Macau, Le...

The operators of the June 4 Museum were on Tuesday fined HK$8,000 for running the venue as a place of public entertainment without the required licences. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China was prosecuted by ...

Former restaurant worker Tong Ying-kit on Tuesday became the first person to be found guilty of offences under Hong Kong's national security law, as the High Court convicted him of terrorism and inciting secession. Tong, 24, was arrested on July 1 l...

Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long says winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Games is a dream come true and he never imagined it was something he could achieve. The 24-year-old thanked those who had cheered him on as he won the men's individual foil event...

People aged 70 or above will be able receive coronavirus vaccines without first making a booking starting from Thursday, under a scheme to boost their low inoculation rate. The government said that 4,500 tickets will be made available each day to th...

Educators on Tuesday expressed worries that schools are under-recruiting due to an exodus of students amid an emigration wave and may have to close down in future as a result. Dion Chen, chairman of the Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council, said w...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Institute Lam Tai-fai on Tuesday said he hoped the victory of Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long at the Tokyo Olympic Games will inspire more young people to pursue professional sports. Speaking on a radio programm...

An education scholar has played down concerns about an exodus of pupils from the SAR's schools, saying administrators should see this as an opportunity to enhance the competitiveness of their institutions. Officials data on Monday showed that the nu...

The champagne was out across the city on Monday evening as Hongkongers celebrated Cheung Ka-long’s remarkable victory in the final of the men’s individual foil at the Tokyo Olympics. Cheung’s win ended Hong Kong’s 25-year-long wait for an Ol...

Education minister Kevin Yeung on Monday backed Baptist University's decision to make students attend courses on national security, saying the move is in accordance with the security law. The university announced earlier in the day that undergradua...

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) on Monday said it will no longer collect membership fees on behalf of its students' union, but denied that the move is aimed at severing ties with the body. This follows similar decisions taken by a number of othe...

Health authorities on Monday reported no new Covid-19 infections – the fifth time this month – after a week of single-digit cases. It's understood there were fewer than five preliminary positive cases. The Centre for Health Protection said a t...

One of the 12 Hongkongers captured during an attempt to flee the SAR by speedboat has been given more time in detention after appearing in court over the escape bid and earlier protest-related offences. Hoang Lam-phuc, 17, pleaded guilty to perverti...

Occupy movement co-founder Benny Tai has been charged by the ICAC over a strategic voting scheme that he proposed for the Legco polls in 2016. Five years ago, Tai came up with the “ThunderGo” strategy, which sought to use pre-election poll resu...