Thousands of Chinese University staff, students and alumni have signed an online petition supporting the newly elected cabinet of the institution's student union, Syzygia, after the university announced a decision to cut ties with the group. As of ...

Baptist university has scrapped an exhibition of World Press Photo winners just days ahead of its opening, citing "safety and security" fears. The exhibition was set to include prize-winning images of the protests that swept Hong Kong in 2019. "Aft...

The Department of Justice told Kowloon City Court on Friday that it is planning to charge one of the group of 12 Hong Kong youths who were detained in Shenzhen with absconding. Hoang Lam-phuc, 17, already faces charges of arson and possessing danger...

Five Central and Western district councillors have pleaded not guilty to violating the government’s gathering ban in connection with a meeting they held outside the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Sports Centre last year. Prosecutors told Eastern Magistracy ...

A number of pro-democracy politicians and activists who were arrested last month under the national security law say they have been asked to report back to the police on Sunday, weeks ahead of schedule. The suspects say they fear the force will off...

Transport minister Frank Chan has defended the government’s decision to raise taxes for new private vehicles and increase annual licence fees, dismissing criticism that the changes would increase people's financial burden during the economic downtu...

The government said on Friday that a few hundred thousand people from priority groups will get their first shots of coronavirus vaccine in the next month or so, as a city-wide inoculation programme gathers steam. Speaking as five vaccination centre...

The Student Union of the Chinese University said it is facing “unprecedented suppression” from the institution after management announced they would cut ties with the group. In a statement issued late on Thursday, the university said it would st...

The government said on Friday its plan to phase out the sale of private petrol and diesel cars by 2035 is progressive and could be brought forward. The Environment Secretary Wong Kam-sing said the scheme - announced in Wednesday's Budget - could pu...

Secretary for Development Michael Wong said on Friday that he expects to start subsidising 300 old buildings to repair their sewage pipes this year, with the Urban Renewal Authority accepting applications from May. HK$1 billion has been earmarked f...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says Hong Kong is still considering alternative ways of raising funds through the tax system, and is closely monitoring international moves to impose minimum global tax rates that could deliver billions of dollars in rev...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has defended his decision to offer a guaranteed loan scheme for the unemployed in his budget, but wasn't clear on what – if anything – will happen to those who fail to eventually pay it back. Chan was asked about th...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has said the government is still working on the details of its HK$5,000 per head voucher scheme, including working with different payment providers, but he's assured people they won't require a personalised Octopus card....

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) said on Thursday that it'll stop providing administrative support to the student union as well as venues for its activities after accusing its new cabinet of failing to clarify what the institution said were...

Taiwan has refused to grant residency to a famous Hong Kong entertainment tycoon – whose family are vocally pro-Beijing – on "national security" grounds, the government and media said on Thursday. The National Immigration Agency said it denied r...

Development Secretary Michael Wong has dismissed concerns that plans to turn five commercial sites in Kai Tak into residential plots will undermine the government's goal of turning Kowloon East into the city's second Central Business District (CBD). ...

The government said on Thursday that it was putting RTHK's former Educational Television Centre up for sale, just months after the broadcaster was evicted from the site, ostensibly because another government department needed the space. Around 100 R...

A Lands Department surveyor was on Thursday remanded in custody after being found guilty of possessing an offensive weapon – namely a laser pointer – at the scene of a protest. Lui Kai-tim had earlier told Kwun Tong Magistracy that he had just f...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Thursday defended his proposal to raise stamp duty on stock transactions by 30 percent despite complaints from lawmakers who said it would undermine Hong Kong's status as an international financial centre. Chan propo...

The government says the HK$8 billion set aside in the budget for "safeguarding national security" will not be going to the office set up for this purpose, but it can't disclose any details about what the money will be spent on. According to Financia...