The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has called on employers not to discriminate against their staff based on race or disability, saying it’s received complaints from South Asian workers that they’ve been banned from entering a construction s...

The High Court on Thursday quashed a DAB member's challenge to the result of the District Council election in 2019, ruling that his pro-democracy opponent was duly elected. Koo Yeung-pong of the DAB, who lost in a Tsuen Wan constituency, said in an ...

The undersecretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Andy Chan, has resigned, with the government saying on Thursday that he was leaving for health reasons. Chan, who is in his late 40s, is currently on leave and will vacate the post on Febru...

Long queues formed at wet markets across the city on Thursday as crowds of people rushed to do some last-minute shopping for their Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner. Many shoppers said they were left with no choice but to cook at home themselves, bec...

Officials say they caught scores of people on Thursday who couldn't prove they had taken Covid tests as ordered. The government said that during a morning operation at two buildings on Nam Cheong Street in Sham Shui Po, police and officials checked ...

Representatives of the tourism sector are urging the authorities to allow Hongkongers to go to Shenzhen on quarantine-free day trips so they can be vaccinated there against Covid-19. Working in concert with local deputies to the National People's Co...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, says she believes Hong Kong will “rise above all challenges” and “scale new heights” as the city prepares to ring in the Year of the Ox. Speaking in a minute-long video message released on Thursday – the l...

Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip says if government employees genuinely accept the content of a declaration form pledging allegiance to the SAR then they should not feel threatened by it. His comment comes amid concerns that the requirement will...

US President Joe Biden underscored his "fundamental concerns about China's crackdown in Hong Kong" in a call to President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, the White House says. It was Biden's first direct contact with Xi since winning the November US presid...

The president of the Federation of Restaurants said on Thursday that the easing of anti-pandemic measures could prevent more than two thousand eateries from going bust. Simon Wong said he estimated that the move would allow restaurants to boost the...

A restaurant chain owner has questioned whether Hong Kong's Covid-19 testing capacity can handle the regular checks of some 300,000 catering sector workers, after the government announced plans to extend the hours of restaurant dine-in services after...

Police on Wednesday charged a 41-year-old man with one count of manslaughter. The case is linked to the deaths of a 73-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman, who were found on a platform at 50 Yuen Long On Hing Street in Yuen Long early on Wednesday...

All staff and visitors who enter government buildings will be required to use the government’s contact-tracing app, LeaveHomeSafe from March 1, or register their personal information – a move the administration admits may lengthen waiting times f...

Front-line doctors, medical students and non-governmental organisations have joined forces to oppose a government proposal to make it easier for doctors trained outside of the SAR to return here to practise medicine. They said the proposal – to al...

About 200,000 construction workers in the city will be regularly tested for Covid-19 tests after several major outbreaks were linked to building sites. According to a statement released by the Construction Industry Council and the Construction Assoc...

The West Kowloon Magistracy on Wednesday denied bail to a radio host accused of acting with seditious intent. Chief magistrate Victor So said the court didn't have sufficient grounds to believe that Wan Yiu-sing, also known as "Giggs", will not re-...

An expert panel tasked with advising the government on the use of coronavirus vaccines in Hong Kong said on Wednesday that it is seeking more information from mainland drug maker Sinovac about the jabs it produced. Speaking after a three-hour meetin...

The government says social-distancing rules will be eased after the Lunar New Year break, with the extension of dine-in services at restaurants till 10pm and reopening of venues such as gyms and beauty parlours, as the number of Covid-19 cases heads ...

A woman who said police officers pushed her to the ground and dragged her while she was heavily pregnant has filed a complaint with the force, saying the alleged assault has led to the premature birth of her son, who is still being hospitalised. Th...

The High Court on Wednesday dismissed a legal challenge by a foreign domestic helper against the live-in requirement for those on maternity leave. Yvette Dingle Fernandez had sought to challenge the refusal by the labour commissioner and immigration...