The government on Tuesday announced that more buildings in Jordan, Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei and Hung Hom are coming under stringent mandatory coronavirus testing rules. Two new areas, in Hung Hom, and Yau Ma Tei/Mong Kok, will see tests ordered for all ...

The head of the territory's biggest police association on Tuesday lashed out at RTHK for what he said was misleading coverage of last weekend's lockdown in Jordan, accusing the public broadcaster of harming the territory. Pro-Beijing figures had alr...

Hong Kong authorities are scrutinising the financial records of pro-democracy activists as they crack down on political opposition, according to some activists and a senior bank executive. Six pro-democracy activists told the Reuters news agency tha...

An expert on a government panel tasked with monitoring the use of coronavirus vaccines in Hong Kong said on Tuesday that health authorities would make sure people are treated quickly if they develop severe side effects after getting the jabs. Profes...

A respiratory disease expert who earlier suggested sealing off the Yau Ma Tei fruit market and its neighbourhood says a lockdown may not be necessary after all, if enough residents there undergo Covid-19 tests. The earlier suggestion by David Hui, ...

The High Court on Tuesday threw out an appeal by exiled former lawmaker Ted Hui over his conviction for snatching a mobile phone from a Security Bureau official in Legco in 2018. Judge Wilson Chan noted that Hui had not turned up for the case, and n...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that she hopes new US president Joe Biden will view Hong Kong's national security law in a fair manner, adding that it's just as good as similar legislation in other places, if not better. In a speech deliv...

Police said on Tuesday that a Chinese University student is wanted in connection with an alleged attack earlier this month by a group of people on campus security guards. The force called on the student, who wasn't named, as well as "other assailan...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that more lockdown orders could be imposed to curb the coronavirus after a "successful" operation in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan over the weekend, adding they will be "ambush-style operations" made without any pri...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that she has asked Beijing to provide Hong Kong with mainland-made Covid-19 jabs, after "hiccups" or delays in the delivery of the vaccines the government has ordered. Speaking to reporters ahead of her wee...

Police confirmed on Tuesday that they arrested three men on suspicion of illegal assembly and assault, in connection with an alleged attack this month by a group of black-clad people on campus security guards at Chinese University. The university sa...

The government on Monday confirmed that it had accepted a recommendation from its expert panel on vaccines to approve a jab made by Germany's BioNTech, and distributed by the mainland's Fosun Pharma. It's the first vaccine approved for use in the S...

Police have arrested a 24-year-old man after an 89-year-old woman died when a private car reportedly reversed over her in Tuen Mun early on Monday morning. The man, who was allegedly driving the car, fled the scene of the accident in Leung Tin Tseu...

An RTHK report on tinned goods handed out to people caught up in the weekend’s unprecedented coronavirus lockdown in Jordan has apparently opened a can of worms, with the broadcaster on Monday having to hit back at accusations that it tried to inte...

Cathay Pacific on Monday warned that its passenger and cargo services, as well as its finances, will be hit hard by quarantine rules for flight crew expected to take effect next month. The government is planning to require airline flight crew to joi...

The government was on Monday facing mounting calls to compensate businesses that lost out because of the weekend lockdown in Jordan. Yau Tsim Mong district councillors urged officials to provide a cash subsidy to those affected and criticised the Ch...

About half of the national-level sports organisations included in a study by the Equal Opportunities Commission have failed to state clearly that alleged victims of sexual harassment would not be punished for coming forward. In its survey, the watch...

The Hospital Authority says three nurses at Queen Elizabeth Hospital have tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, but the infections don't appear to be linked. Two of the nurses worked together in an isolation ward and had taken care of coronavir...

A health expert said on Monday that the government should avoid giving sick and weak elderly people the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech when the inoculation programme starts in Hong Kong, saying more time is needed to observe its side effec...

The government on Monday filed a writ at the High Court claiming it had been duped into paying tens of millions of dollars for Japanese face masks that turned out not to be Japanese after all. The writ says the Government Logistics Department purcha...