Health Secretary Sophia Chan has again sought to allay concerns over the use of the government’s LeaveHomeSafe app, reiterating that it would not send any personal data to the authorities. She was speaking on Friday as health officials reported 2...

The head of the University of Hong Kong’s journalism and media studies centre, Keith Richburg, says it’s “surprising” that RTHK has pulled the plug on its live relay of BBC World Service. RTHK’s decision came just hours after Beijing said...

People have flooded the Wong Tai Sin Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year to seek blessings, but strict crowd-control measures are being put in place as an anti-epidemic precaution. Visitors to the temple have to scan a QR code for the gov...

Hong Kong's Covid-19 vaccination push was given a boost on Thursday after government advisers recommended that the benefits of giving most frail, elderly people the BioNTech jab outweigh any risks. An advisory panel recommended last month that the B...

A former police officer was given a suspended jail sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to making a fraudulent housing benefit claim, allowing him to stay in the police quarters for 15 years. Lee Tak-ming was found to have lied about his marit...

A law firm shut down by the Law Society for allegedly misappropriating client funds, along with clients whose money was frozen, have argued against the society's intervention in a court hearing, but the professional association insisted it was the be...

Police have arrested a 57-year-old woman suspected of vandalising a number of items in Hung Hom by writing protest slogans on them. The force said officers were conducting patrols in the Ma Tau Wai area on Thursday when they spotted someone writing...

Health officials say they have so far used the government’s LeaveHomeSafe contact-tracing app fewer than 20 times since it was launched in November last year, and it hasn't led to the discovery of any Covid-19 infections. The government says from ...

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...