Figures by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies showed a slight drop in the number of people who would move out of the city if given the opportunity. The institute interviewed 716 people over the phone from September 16 to 25 and found 42...

A construction workers’ union has urged the government to carry out more short-term projects to create jobs as it announced a wage freeze for members for another year. At a press briefing on Wednesday, the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employee...

The mother of murder victim Poon Hiu-wing has lashed out at people involved in suspect Chan Tong-kai's case, alleging they are "unrighteous people" who did not have the courage to meet her. She had invited Chan and his parents, pastor Peter Koon, se...

The Home Affairs Department (HAD) has proposed stripping district councils of their role in implementing community and minor work projects. At a Legco panel meeting on Wednesday, officials said district councils should no longer review funding requ...

The chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Ricky Chu, says now is the time to make it illegal to discriminate against mainlanders, noting that the body has received a lot of complaints regarding such discrimination in recent years. Chu tol...

A doctor from the Family Planning Association on Wednesday said the rate of osteoporosis in Hong Kong is expected to increase as the population ages. To mark World Osteoporosis Day, the association is urging elderly women to get tested for the cond...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) on Tuesday said it has been informed by the police that all but one of 27 complaints it filed against officers during the 2019 unrest have been classified as “not pursuable”. The HKJA filed the compla...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said it will take about two to three weeks for her fractured right elbow to heal and she will have some rest in the meantime. Lam uploaded a selfie to social media hours after she was discharged from hospital, e...

The number of designated quarantine hotels will go up from 35 to 40 in December to meet what's expected to be higher demand during the holiday season. The government unveiled on Tuesday the list of hotels for incoming travellers between December and...

Authorities said on Tuesday that they had seized thousands of tonnes of meat worth about HK$2 billion from an unlicensed cold store near Lok Ma Chau. Officers from the police and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department swooped on a container ...

The Wine and Dine Festival will return with a “City Wine Walk” offer and last throughout next month, the Tourism Board announced on Tuesday. The festival was moved online last year due to the pandemic and was cancelled altogether in 2019 because...

Health officials on Tuesday reported two new Covid-19 infections, both of them imported cases. One of the patients, a three-year-old girl, flew in from Mongolia via Korea on October 17. The other patient is a 51-year-old man who flew in from the Un...

Five Chinese University students were on Tuesday sentenced to up to four years and 11 months in prison, after they were convicted of rioting at the institution two years ago. The five, aged 20 to 23, were arrested amid violent clashes between protes...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam was discharged from hospital on Tuesday morning after she stayed overnight following a fall at Government House. She was admitted the previous night after fracturing her right elbow. The fracture was described as minor....

Chief Executive Carrie Lam was admitted to hospital on Monday night after fracturing her right elbow in a fall at Government House earlier in the evening. On doctor's advice, Lam remained in hospital for observation and took leave, with Chief Secret...

The Chief Executive's Office on Monday announced the appointment of DAB member Clement Woo as the new undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs. The position has been vacant since Andy Chan resigned in February citing health reasons. ...

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...