Transport Commissioner Rosanna Law said on Saturday that the authorities are working on revamping the bus route arrangements in Southern District. Law said the authorities are thinking about creating a main public transport interchange for the area...

Four people have been given jail terms of up to three years and two months in connection with a case of petrol bomb possession in 2019, including two men who were arrested after trying to flee to Taiwan. The four earlier pleaded guilty to possessin...

The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Alice Mak, on Saturday said the administration is collecting people's views on the role of District Council, before it conducts a review on the matter. She said the authorities will also look into whether t...

Health secretary Lo Chung-mau on Saturday said having real-name registration on the LeaveHomeSafe app "isn't something the government is considering with priority", and most people won't be affected by the colour codes that will appear on the Covid a...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 75 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. Th...

The Competition Commission said on Friday it welcomed a settlement under which a former chairman of the Travel Industry Council was banned from serving as a company director for three years and his travel agency and a hotel operator were fined over a...

Customs officers on Friday said they had made their largest seizure of illicit cigarettes in 21 years, as part of a crackdown. Some 78 million cigarettes with an estimated market value of about HK$220 million were confiscated. It was one of 20 ciga...

The Insurance Authority (IA) on Friday said managers it appointed to run the affairs of a company that provided cover for most of the SAR's taxis have brought a winding-up petition against the firm. The managers, from the accountancy firm Deloitte, ...

Health authorities on Friday reported 3,574 new Covid infections, including 216 that were imported. A total of 1,082 Covid patients were being treated in public hospitals, almost 140 more than the day before. Seven patients were in intensive care...

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday said he attaches great importance to the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong, adding that the city must proactively integrate into the national development as the central government firmly supports...

Seven people on Friday were jailed for 10 months after pleading guilty at the District Court to perverting the course of justice. They were among 12 Hong Kong people who tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat and were intercepted by the Guangdong coa...

An official from the Financial Secretary's Office said on Friday that some 240,000 people have been told they are not eligible for an upcoming HK$5,000 spending voucher, but promised leniency if they ask for a review. The administration has said pe...

The government said on Friday that it has balanced safety and practical needs in its proposal to bar drivers from having more than two mobile phones on their dashboards. Deputy Secretary for Transport and Logistics Edward Mak was asked at a Legco me...

The Transport and Logistics Bureau has assured lawmakers that fares won't be affected by the coming merger of Citybus and New World First Bus, and any reductions in routes will be done gradually. At a Legco panel meeting on Friday, the bureau's perm...

People heading to the mainland arrived at Shenzhen Bay Port on Friday with bookings for Covid tests there, with a new system in place to prevent long queues at the border. Travellers are required to reserve a PCR test at the control point through ...

Hong Kong's top court on Friday overturned the conviction of a man who was found carrying zip ties in a backpack in November 2019. Chan Chun-kit was arrested near Victoria Park, where a district council election rally was planned. He was jailed for...

A professor of engineering said on Friday that stricter penalties may ensure Covid patients instructed to isolate at home make proper use of new electronic wristbands, though he stressed that trust was also vital for the system to work. Authorities ...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 67 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. ...

The government said on Thursday that it will put three residential sites up for tender in the July-to-September quarter as part of its land sale programme. The sites in Tuen Mun, Sha Tin and Kwai Chung are expected to generate 2,600 units. The Tue...

Health authorities have warned that a rise in Covid cases shows no sign of abating, with the daily figure hitting its highest level since early April. Thursday brought 3,674 new infections, 257 of them imported. There have also been five more death...