Health authorities said on Friday that three restaurant staff were among the latest coronavirus cases recorded in the city. A cook at a noodle shop in Tai Hang, a worker at a McDonald’s in Central, and a waitress at a Chinese restaurant in Tin Hau...

RTHK's Programme Staff Union on Friday expressed serious doubts about the appointment of bureaucrat Patrick Li as director of broadcasting, while also warning that the government's interventions have stripped the station of its editorial independenc...

The government and the Hospital Authority have accused a medical staff union of spreading "unfounded" information about the contact-tracing app, LeaveHomeSafe. They did not name any group, but the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance is urging peop...

A former chairman of RTHK's Board of Advisers, Eugene Chan, on Friday hailed a government review of the station, saying the report compiled was comprehensive and fair. He said the editorial management deficiencies identified have been long-standing....

The largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong, the DAB, said on Friday that it hopes the new director of broadcasting appointed by the government will bring about "editorial improvement" at RTHK. The public broadcaster has long been under pressure from...

The magic is back at Hong Kong Disneyland as it reopened on Friday, and many visitors say they like the option of using either the government's LeaveHomeSafe app or the theme park's own contact-tracing device. Infection-control measures were put in ...

The government said on Friday that public broadcaster RTHK has "serious inadequacies" in its editorial processes and lacks transparency in handling complaints, telling the station to map out a timetable to make improvements recommended in a review re...

Medical staff and care home workers on Friday called for clarification that they won't be punished or barred from going to work if they choose not to get inoculated against coronavirus. Medics and care home staff are among the 2.4 million people who...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan on Friday clarified that people who buy takeaways at restaurants are not required to use the government’s contact-tracing app, as she brushed aside criticism that she appeared to have wrongly interpreted her own rules. ...

The Government said on Friday that Patrick Li Pak-chuen would become Director of Broadcasting on March 1, replacing Leung Ka-wing who is stepping down early. It said Leung's contract was due to expire in August, but it had been resolved early by mu...

A 45-year-old man has died in an alleged hit and run incident in Sham Shui Po. The accident happened on Thursday evening as a heavy goods vehicle was turning right onto Hai Tan Street, from Pei Ho Street. The man was taken in an unconscious state t...

An RTHK employee has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. The staff member, who's an assistant producer working at the Educational Television Centre on Broadcast Drive in Kowloon Tong, last went to work on February 10. He primarily worked in t...

Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a protest at a Chinese University congregation ceremony in November. They said the man was detained for alleged unlawful assembly and inciting secession. It's understood that he was a stude...

Many restaurants resumed their evening dine-in services on Thursday after the government relaxed social-distancing rules to allow them to serve customers until 10pm instead of 6pm. At a restaurant in Wan Chai, a customer surnamed Chan said she would...

Hang Lung Properties said on Thursday that Beijing has given it the green light to complete its purchase of the US consulate's staff compound on Shouson Hill. The HK$2.6 billion purchase of 37 Shouson Hill Road was agreed in September, but was effec...

Unemployment in the SAR rose to seven percent in the three months ending last month – the highest rate in almost 17 years, the government announced on Thursday. The latest unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the quarter ending ...

The High Court on Thursday refused to grant bail to pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai after hearing a fresh application by the national security suspect. Lai is accused of colluding with foreign forces. He had once again been remanded in custody...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Thursday that she will be taking the Covid-19 vaccine made by mainland company Sinovac. In a Facebook post, Lam said the vaccination programme to be rolled out next week is a milestone in the city’s anti-ep...

A specialist in respiratory medicine said on Thursday that he believed more people would be willing to receive coronavirus vaccine once the inoculation programme is rolled out, although various surveys suggested a low acceptance rate. Previous poll...

Officers from the police’s traffic branch have been equipped with new drug detection tests, which they say will save time and enhance objectivity when stopping drivers suspected to be intoxicated. The Rapid Oral Fluid Test (ROFT) will determine th...