The Privacy Commissioner is calling on WhatsApp to provide more clarity regarding issues surrounding recent changes to its privacy policy, saying its responses so far have left many questions unanswered. By February 8, users of the messaging app ac...

One of the 12 Hongkongers intercepted by the Guangdong coast guard while apparently fleeing to Taiwan in a speedboat has appeared in an SAR court for the first time since his arrest in August, and could be facing more charges related to his ill-fated...

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday restored the full rights of male indigenous villagers to build their own homes, as it overturned a lower court's ruling that narrowed the Small House Policy. The policy, which dates back to 1972, allows for three-sto...

The Secretary for Health, Sophia Chan, on Wednesday faced a barrage of criticism from pro-Beijing lawmakers over the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, with one legislator describing her as a "broken record player" for repeating her answ...

The labour secretary on Wednesday rejected what he said could be a discriminatory suggestion by DAB lawmaker Elizabeth Quat to impose a "weekend lockdown" on foreign domestic helpers (FDH) to help fight the coronavirus in the territory. During a Leg...

A District Court judge said on Wednesday that he had ordered people wearing yellow masks out of his courtroom not because of the colour, but because the masks had a political slogan on them. Ernest Lin had caused a stir on Monday when he told three ...

The police on Wednesday declined to comment on a Washington Post report that said mobile phones and other digital devices seized from pro-democracy figures arrested under the national security law last week were sent to authorities across the border ...

Medical experts on Wednesday said more data is needed to evaluate the efficacy of the coronavirus vaccine produced by mainland company Sinovac, in view of media reports that the jabs were found to be 50 percent effective during trials in Brazil. Inf...

A human rights lawyer is calling for an explanation as to why a new panel has been assigned to decide whether to approve his client's asylum application, fearing it may further delay a decision they've been waiting on for more than three years. Ajit...

The Law Society said on Tuesday that it cannot tell when clients of a law firm it ordered to shut down will be able to get their money back, despite demands for it to speed up the process and unfreeze the funds. Wong, Fung & Co. was ordered to shut...

The labour and welfare secretary said there won't be travel restrictions for people aged between 60 and 64 under a HK$2 public transport subsidy scheme. To reduce crowding during peak hours, transport authorities in London require those 60 and above...

A Covid outbreak at an old tenement block in Jordan rapidly expanded on Tuesday, as 10 more residents living in partitioned flats there were confirmed to be infected. This took the total number of cases at the block on Reclamation Street to 21, whil...

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in prison after he was convicted of three counts of resisting police during an anti-government protest at the Harbour City mall in Tsim Sha Tsui on Christmas Eve in 2019. He was released on bail pe...

Researchers at Chinese University said on Tuesday that Hong Kong should be prepared for a low take-up rate for Covid-19 vaccinations, with only 37 percent of respondents to a survey saying they were willing to get the jabs. “We think this is rath...

Police chief Chris Tang has condemned an attack by a group of black-clad people on security guards at Chinese University. He said on Tuesday that a student from the university has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the incident the day bef...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that district councillors and members of the election committee that select Hong Kong's leader should be regarded as "public officers" under the national security law and be required to take an oath of offic...

A cyber security expert says people should avoid sending sensitive personal data, like photos or passport and ID card information via WhatsApp to reduce the risk of their details being leaked. Anthony Lai made the comment after WhatsApp announced i...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that it isn't time yet to relax anti-epidemic measures, saying the coronavirus situation in the territory is still fluctuating. The government had announced last week an extension to its social distancing m...

An infectious disease expert on Tuesday warned that religious activities that attract big crowds during the Chinese New Year could be dangerous amid the pandemic and the government needs to carefully consider whether to allow these events to go ahead...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has dismissed claims that the arrests of 55 pro-democracy figures under the national security law last week were meant to silence dissent, saying nobody is above the law. Speaking to reporters ahead of the weekly Ex...