The government said it may increase by as much as fifty percent the fare elderly people have to pay on public transport as it seeks to ease the burden on public finances. Speaking on a television programme aired on Sunday, welfare minister Law Chi-...

A land policy researcher has called on the government to do more to stop indigenous male villagers from selling their so-called "ding rights" to developers to make profit, to prevent what he calls an abuse of the Small House Policy. Chan Kim-ching...

Executive councillor Lam Ching-choi said the government will deploy medics to give Covid-19 vaccinations at elderly care homes when the inoculation programme begins after the Lunar New Year. Vaccines made by mainland firm Sinovac and Germany's BioNT...

The exiled former lawmaker, Ted Hui, said he's received a personal email from HSBC's Chief Executive explaining why it froze credit cards and accounts belonging to him and his family. Hui posted a picture of the email from Noel Quinn on his Faceboo...

The financial secretary, Paul Chan, said Hong Kong's next round of job statistics – to be released on Tuesday – will show unemployment surpassing a sixteen-year high, as the city continues to grapple with the fourth wave of Covid-19. The minist...

Senior officials have strongly criticised people here and overseas for making what they describe as "inappropriate comments" about cases that are before the courts, saying they won't accept remarks or actions that interfere with judicial independence...

A medical expert has warned that Hong Kong will not achieve "herd immunity" against the coronavirus unless it is able to provide five million people with vaccines, about 80 per cent of the population. Speaking on RTHK's Letter to Hong Kong programm...

Health officials on Saturday played down hopes of an easing in coronavirus restrictions, after the number of Covid-19 cases ticked up. Of the 50 new infections that were reported, 49 were local and 15 had no clear source. The Centre for Health Prot...

Residents in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan flocked to get tested for Covid-19 on Saturday, after dozens of infections were detected in the area over the past fortnight. More than 80 coronavirus infections have been recorded in Yau Tsim Mong district, includ...

The sole Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress Standing Committee, Tam Yiu-chung, said on Saturday that he'd already anticipated being sanctioned by the US and and wasn't concerned by the inconvenience caused as he had no assets in the...

The Hong Kong government on Saturday reacted angrily to what it dubbed an "insane, shameless and despicable" decision by the outgoing US administration to slap "so-called" sanctions on six SAR and mainland officials. The US State Department announce...

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, says experts will begin talks on Monday on approving the BioNTech vaccine for use in Hong Kong, increasing the likelihood that inoculation will begin next month. Hui said on Saturday that he and othe...

The United States announced sanctions on Friday against six Hong Kong or central government officials it blamed for implementing a new security law in Hong Kong, following the mass arrests of pro-democracy activists this month. Hong Kong police arre...

The police have arrested two people on suspicion of helping two suspects linked to the city's social unrest to flee the city. Officers said the pair who fled are wanted in connection with an incident in November 2019 when a man was set ablaze in Ma ...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Civil Service Unions, Leung Chau-ting, said on Friday that more clarity was needed on what exactly would constitute a breach of the new declaration required of public servants. The city’s 180,000 civil s...

Yau Tsim Mong district councillors on Friday said the government needs to do better in communicating with ethnic minority residents in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan who have been ordered to get Covid tests amid a rising number of cases in the area. Thousand...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Friday that it had identified another residential building in Yau Ma Tei with a cluster of Covid-19 infections, as the authorities ramped up testing in the area. The centre's Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said fo...

Hong Kong's 180,000 civil servants were told on Friday that they will be given four weeks to sign a declaration that they will uphold the Basic Law, pledge allegiance to the SAR, be dedicated to their duties, and be responsible to the government – ...

The government is seeking an additional HK$1.5 billion in funding from Legco to cover budget overruns in the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The 55-kilometre bridge and tunnel connecting the three cities opened in 2018 and is fund...

Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Kwok Wai-keung said on Friday he will be happy to cooperate with any possible investigation against him, a day after he was caught driving while using the video conferencing software Zoom to attend an online Legco ...