Scientists at the University of Hong Kong said on Wednesday they will collaborate with mainland drug makers to develop a vaccine against the Omicron variant, adding that it would take a few months to make an inactivated vaccine using the Covid-19 vir...

A 19-year-old student acquitted of possessing a laser pointer for an illegal purpose is filing a lawsuit against the secretary for justice to claim damages. West Kowloon Court found Parco Pang not guilty of the charge in June, after ruling that the ...

The High Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction and sentence of a university student accused of hitting a mainland student. Chan Hoi-man had been given a nine-and-a-half month prison term for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Video foot...

Hong Kong has been ranked the fifth most expensive city in the world – down from it’s top position last year. According to data by the Economist Intelligence Unit's World Cost of Living Index, the SAR was knocked off the top spot by Tel Aviv �...

A government adviser on values education says there's a global problem of young people lacking goals in life and that’s why “diligence” has been added as one of the core values to be taught in Hong Kong schools. Alan Chow, a member of the Cur...

Police on Wednesday said they had arrested 20 people on suspicion of money laundering over alleged online dating scams involving a total of HK$15 million. The operation was jointly carried out with Interpol and police in Malaysia, where another sev...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have successfully isolated the Omicron variant from clinical Covid-19 specimens, in a crucial development which would enable the development of vaccines against the variant. The university on Tuesday said t...

The Hong Kong government announced on Tuesday that travel restrictions will be tightened on arrivals from Japan, Portugal and Sweden because of the emergence of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. From Friday, non-Hong Kong residents who've spent time in ...

A new survey suggests the number of young people who are keen in pursuing full-time jobs in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) has dropped slightly to 12.5 percent, while 82 percent say they aren't interested. MWYO, a think-tank, commissioned the Chinese Un...

Police said on Tuesday eight people were arrested over the seizure of cannabidiol (CBD) products that contain a dangerous drug. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive substance in cannabis and is banned in Hong Kong. It can cause seriou...

Hong Kong residents will be able to enter or leave the city by simply looking into a camera from Wednesday as the Immigration Department introduces facial recognition technology at some of its automated clearance channels. The airport, the Shenzhen ...

The Education Bureau (EDB) on Tuesday unveiled new guidelines on values education aimed at instiling positive values and attitudes in primary and secondary school students, using "Chinese culture as the backbone." The Values and Education Curriculum...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported six imported Covid-19 cases. Three of the patients arrived from Pakistan, while the others flew in from the UK, India and the Philippines. Hong Kong has recorded 12,436 coronavirus cases so far.

The Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan, said on Tuesday that the government may require inbound travellers to stay longer at quarantine camps upon arrival to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, but said there’s no need to close the b...

University of Hong Kong epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling has questioned whether it's sustainable to quarantine all incoming travellers from high-risk areas for seven days at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre. He made the comment after Hong Kong tigh...

Former Democratic Party legislator Ted Hui and former district councillor Yau Man-chun are now wanted by the ICAC for allegedly calling on people to boycott and cast blank votes in the upcoming Legco elections. According to a statement by the anti-g...

An administrator of a Telegram group on Monday pleaded guilty to nine incitement charges linked to the 2019 social unrest, including incitement to commit rioting, public nuisance and arson. The District Court heard that Siu Cheung-lung, 33, forwarde...

The government has announced stricter quarantine rules on travellers coming from high-risk countries and regions in view of the emergence of a new Covid variant. It said on Monday that travellers from places where there's been community transmission...

A retired police superintendent was on Monday sentenced by the District Court to a year and a half in prison for deceiving the government and a bank into granting him housing and mortgage loans worth about HK$6 million. Lung Siu-chuen, 55, was earli...

Hong Kong residents living on the mainland will have to sign up online from Wednesday if they want to vote in the Legislative Council elections next month, so they can cast their ballots at one of the polling stations set up at the border. The gove...