The Institute of Human Resource Management has projected a 3 percent pay increase for workers next year. The institute based the projection on its poll of 115 companies in 16 sectors from January to September this year. Of the 105 firms that respon...

Authorities suspect a short circuit caused a yacht to catch fire in Aberdeen on Monday morning. No one was injured. Police said they received multiple reports at around 10am that a vessel in the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter was on fire, with black smo...

The Consumer Council said on Monday that the average number of complaints linked to the electronic spending voucher has dropped significantly, probably because retailers and e-wallet providers are now more familiar with how the scheme works. The gov...

Health authorities on Monday reported five newly confirmed imported cases of Covid-19. The five male patients, aged between 29 and 59, were all asymptomatic and flew in from the Philippines, Ghana, Nigeria and Britain via Finland. Four had been in...

The Consumer Council on Monday warned people not to eat too many biscuits, saying not only are a lot of products high in fat, sugar or sodium but they also contain substances that can cause cancer. The council said tests on 60 different types of bis...

A deputy to the National People’s Congress, Michael Tien, on Monday called on the government to tighten its quarantine exemption system, saying this could be key to reopening the border with the mainland. Tien made the suggestion after a Russian ...

The head of the Medical Association on Monday said it's important for people to get their seasonal flu vaccination, despite admitting that the risk of a flu epidemic was low as everyone was wearing masks. Dr Choi Kin said the risk of death was much...

The Urban Renewal Authority says it's launching a major study into the future of a 24-hectare site in Sai Wan Ho, adopting a new approach that will see property owners asked about their views of the future of the area. The URA said on Sunday that th...

Innovation and technology secretary Alfred Sit said the government had submitted a number of proposals to mainland authorities on how a Hong Kong health code should work, in order for people to be able to travel quarantine-free to the mainland. He ...

Health officials on Sunday reported three new Covid-19 infections, all of them imported. Two of the patients, aged 47 and 63, flew in from the Philippines via flight CX906. They tested positive during their quarantine period. The two male patients ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says Hong Kong needs to work with "brother cities" in the Greater Bay Area to make it a "world-class city cluster", and to ensure the SAR's economy is sustainably developed. Writing on his blog on Sunday, the minister ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said on Sunday that its Faster Payment System (FPS) has been down after it encountered “unforeseen circumstances” during a planned maintenance. The authority said the system maintenance period was originally sch...

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, says there will be enough funds to develop a metropolis in northern New Territories, as long as the government can find the most efficient plan to utilise both public money and p...

Hong Kong's sole delegate to the nation's top legislative body, Tam Yiu-chung, says he has been barred from attending the committee's meeting in Beijing next week – due to the recent discovery of an untraceable Covid-19 case in Hong Kong. In a vi...

Health officials on Saturday reported six imported Covid infections, including a Russian consulate worker who had been exempted from hotel quarantine and tested preliminary positive earlier. The fully-vaccinated 55-year-old was self-isolating at his...

A 31-year-old man appeared before Kwun Tong Court on Saturday to face a charge of murdering a taxi driver in Sai Ying Pun. The prosecution requested psychological reports on the accused, Matthew Choi, before proceeding with the case. Magistrate May...

The District Court on Saturday sentenced seven activists to between six and twelve months behind bars for their roles in a protest on July 1 last year. The seven are former lawmakers Wu Chi-wai, Leung Kwok-hung and Chu Hoi-dick, former district coun...

Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip admitted on Saturday that a new test on the national security law for would-be government workers will reduce the number of people seeking such roles, but he said he was confident the administration would ...

The government has ended its lockdown of a residential building in Sai Wan Ho, with no new cases of Covid-19 being being found. Around 830 people were tested. Compulsory testing was ordered after a resident, who had been exempted from hotel quaranti...

The government on Friday ordered an overnight lockdown at a building in Sai Wan Ho after a resident who was exempted from hotel quarantine tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. The resident, 55, works for the Russian consulate and was allowed to...