Health officials on Sunday announced they had recorded 6,575 new Covid infections, including 467 imported cases. The daily caseload was a jump from the 5,723 on Saturday. Nine more people with coronavirus have died.

A government medical adviser, David Hui, said on Sunday that he doesn't think Hong Kong will see another surge in Covid cases, and testing of incoming travellers can be scaled back. The respiratory medicine professor from Chinese University pointed ...

The MTR Corporation says outside experts will be asked to take part in a probe into a train incident on Sunday morning which prompted an evacuation that put one passenger in hospital and caused serious service disruption. Several doors were ripped o...

Passengers caught up in a drama on the MTR on Sunday morning should not have used an emergency exit to escape into the tunnel, according to lawmaker and former engineer at the railway company, Gary Zhang. Some 750 passengers were on board a Tsuen Wa...

Officials say they believe a partially derailed train bogie was to blame for an incident at Yau Ma Tei Station on Sunday morning that saw two sets of doors ripped off an MTR carriage, as they warned it could take "a rather long time" to clear the blo...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says he's not optimistic about the outlook for Hong Kong's economy, citing a range of factors including falling export volumes and rising interest rates. On Friday, the government downgraded its GDP growth forecast for ...

For the first time in three years, wreath layers were able to go up to the Cenotaph in Central without Covid restrictions for the Remembrance Day ceremony. There was a full contingent of religious representatives for the annual event. The only Wo...

Multiple doors came off an MTR carriage on Sunday morning, with at least one person injured during an evacuation of the train. Passengers said two sets of doors of a Tsuen Wan Line train bound for Central were damaged. Images from the scene showed ...

All five suspects arrested in connection with an incident that injured two dancers during a show by the popular boy band MIRROR were granted bail on Saturday. The four men and one woman taken into custody on Friday are workers for the main contract...

The police on Saturday said they were picking up twice as many young people for drug-related offences each month as they did two years ago, but noted a decline in the number of such cases so far this year. For the first nine months of the year, off...

Health officials on Saturday reported 5,723 new Covid infections, including 392 imported cases. The daily tally was slightly up from 5,599 the day before. The authorities said they had for the first time found a local patient who was infected with ...

The chairman of the Hospital Authority said on Saturday that a dozen experienced doctors from Guangdong province would come to work in Hong Kong under a new exchange scheme, as soon as relevant authorities give their approval. Writing on his officia...

Police said on Saturday they noticed some drug traffickers changing their techniques for bringing narcotics into Hong Kong. Officers made the remarks after seizing suspected cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine with a total street value of $80 mil...

Executive Council member Jeffrey Lam said on Saturday that the mainland's move to shorten the time inbound travellers must spend in quarantine will benefit Hong Kong's economy. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme, Lam – who is also a legislat...

A government probe into the MIRROR concert accident has concluded that organisers had violated leasing terms for hiring the Hong Kong Coliseum. The fall of the giant LED screen at the concert on July 28 injured two dancers, including Mo Li, who rema...

The government has announced the easing of Covid-19 curbs at residential care homes, saying residents can go out in groups under "closed-loop" arrangements starting Monday. The rule allowing only one visitor per resident at a time will also be lifte...

Police on Friday accused the main contractor of the concert by the popular boy band MIRROR of making false declarations about the weights of mechanical devices used. Officers also said they arrested five people in connection with the incident during...

Health officials on Friday reported 5,599 new Covid cases, including 398 imported ones. Ten more patients with Covid have died. _____________________________ USEFUL LINKS General Covid-19 situation: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/ Community Cli...

The Health Secretary, Lo Chung-mau, has revealed that the government's plan to require medics to spend time in the public sector will cover all doctors, nurses and dentists. Chief Executive John Lee put forward the idea in his Policy Address last m...

The government said on Friday that it's cleaned up over 230 places deemed to be hygiene black spots across Hong Kong. The Home Affairs Department said in the past four months, district officials have removed 290 abandoned vehicles from over a hundr...